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Kevin's Greenhouse Angle: Planting Pride: Lompoc Valley

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Planting Pride: Lompoc Valley. Lompoc Valley, a city in California that competed and won the America In Bloom competition last year, recently painted a mural honoring 100 years of the local flower seed industry in the city. The mural was completed in January and 200 volunteers from the area participated in painting it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Twitter Updates 2.2: FeedWitter. Do you sell any live goods over the internet? Visit Our New Blog.

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Kevin's Greenhouse Angle: State Of Botanical Gardens A Red Flag

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Monday, August 9, 2010. State Of Botanical Gardens A Red Flag. Botanical gardens aren’t just looking for gardeners to come visit them these days. They’re looking for people who go to art museums and zoos. So says Pat Matheson, the executive director of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, who’s quoted in a New York Times story. Times change, though. Shockingly, Stark’s daughters are 4 and 8. And if they already care enough to preserve trees, our industry needs to be front and center explaining to the...The sam...

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Kevin's Greenhouse Angle: How’s This For Consumer Advertising?

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009. How’s This For Consumer Advertising? If you picked up a copy of Vogue magazine’s November issue – I’ll admit I didn’t, but that’s only because I’m a Sports Illustrated guy – you may have noticed Proven Winners is featured in a piece that links fashion to gardening. 8226; Circulation: 1.2 million. 8226; Median Age: 35 years. 8226; Median Income: $65,908. How’s that for consumer advertising? November 26, 2009 at 9:28 AM. Customized sanitizers and many more. I'm managing editor...

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Kevin's Greenhouse Angle: Rethinking America In Bloom

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Friday, July 16, 2010. Rethinking America In Bloom. AIB) has been around since 2002, leading the charge to beautify our communities, towns and cities with floriculture. But despite the nine years AIB has spent spreading the word of our industry, growth has been somewhat hard to come by. First, a grassroots program like America In Bloom is only possible because of the volunteer board. Ultimately, it should come from growers. But AIB needs to show growers precisely what its impact is on them. AIB l...If AI...

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Kevin's Greenhouse Angle: The Blue Orchid

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Monday, January 24, 2011. One of the most-talked about products unveiled at last week's Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition. TPIE) was Silver Vase. If you're a blooming potted grower, the more appropriate question than "what do you. Think of 'Blue Mystique,'" is whether or not there is indeed a market for it. Put aside your personal feelings and consider whether or not consumers would buy into blue. I've already heard one potential marketing approach for 'Blue Mystique'. In "It's a boy! Arguably 95 percen...

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Sara's Green Space: Pumpkin Trees And The No-Man's Land of Autumn In The Garden Center

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011. Pumpkin Trees And The No-Man's Land of Autumn In The Garden Center. Seeing an empty garden center this time of year kind of gives me the same feeling. Is there anything sadder than empty benches in a garden center? If your store depresses me, I'm probably not going to be stopping by. So what do you do this time of year? If I'm not into pansies and mums, does my gardening year have to be over? Fall Is For Gardening. One Halloween idea website, 365halloween.com. Says, "I’...

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Technology Toolbox: May 2013

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Colorado State University Extension Technology Blog. Three Ways to Reduce PDF File Size. Posted by Jeff Wood. On Thursday, May 9, 2013. Most of you who have access to your county's Extension website frequently post Adobe PDFs on the site, as it is seen as a universal format, since it does not requite the end-user to buy anything, but merely download the Adobe Reader. Save as a Reduced Size PDF. In Adobe Acrobat, choose File. Then Reduced Size PDF. In Adobe Acrobat, choose File. Links to this post. If you...

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Technology Toolbox: February 2014

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Colorado State University Extension Technology Blog. Posted by Jeff Wood. On Wednesday, February 26, 2014. There are many task organizing programs out there, from Outlook to Evernote to Google tasks, that can track a project you are working in detail and with great precision, sync across platforms, and in some cases allow you to assign different tasks to different groups. They are all excellent tools. It's simple, it's easy, it gets the job done. And it's free! Links to this post. Get the buzz this year.

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CSU Extension Greenhouse & Nursery Diagnostics: New Diagnostic Reporting System

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CSU Extension Greenhouse and Nursery Diagnostics. Im the Regional Extension specialist for commercial greenhouse and nurseries with Colorado State University Extension. This blog focuses on disease/insect diagnosis and management of problems submitted to the Adams County Extension plant diagnostic lab. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. New Diagnostic Reporting System. As of March 1. And now the software has been revised. Hopefully this transition will flow smoothly with very few malfunctions or delays. We welcome...