In this issue:
- Some Like It Hot, Some Like it Cool
- Perennial Perspectives: Korean Feather Reed Grass
- We've Grown Our Management Team
- Connecting Students to Horticulture
- How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health
- Grasses at Work in a City Park
- GROW Summit Dives in the Future of Horticulture
- Supernaturalistic: The New Perennial Pond Garden
- Upcoming Events
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Some Like It Hot, Some Like it Cool
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Do you know which of your grasses are cool season and which are warm season? It makes a difference. Get a look at this important factor in growing grasses.
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Perennial Perspectives:
Korean Feather Reed Grass
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Korean Feather Reed Grass is the
Calamagrostis
you may not know well. Sharing a genus with perennial rock star
C.
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acutiflora
'Karl Foerster', this species has a hidden strength. It's one of the few true grasses in the trade that will bloom in partial shade.
Michigan Gardener
's Perennial Perspectives highlights its stellar features, with a full profile and beautiful images. Find out why this
Calamagrostis
deserves more attention.
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What's New at Hoffman Nursery
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Michael Betterly and David Hoffman
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We've Grown Our Management Team
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To help you build and maintain successful grass programs, we've expanded our management team. Michael (Mike) Betterly, an experienced horticultural and consumer products executive, joins us as Head of Sales and Marketing. David Hoffman moves up to Senior Director of Sales and Operations.
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Connecting Students to Horticulture
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Every March we get a huge boost in horticulture. The
National Collegiate Landscape Competition
brings together horticulture students from across the country, and Hoffman Nursery is there to help them develop their skills and meet their future. As sponsors of the Annual and Perennial Plant Identification event, we spend time with a group of the brightest and most enthusiastic students. It's an experience we recommend to everyone in the industry.
This year's collegiate competition is at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan on
March 18-21, 2020
. Our local student horticultural teams have been performing work days at the nursery and earning funds to attend. They're prepping, psyching themselves up, and will be ready to go in March.
The big news this year is that our local collegiate horticulture programs are organizing a regional event modeled on the national competition. Scheduled for
February 27-28, 2020
, the
North Carolina High School Landscape Competition
is aimed at high school students, with an emphasis on education and introducing them to the range of horticultureal careers. Students will get to stretch their horticultural wings and spend time with professionals in the field. It's a great opportunity to bring more students into horticulture and to connect them with industry and education. The event is a collaboration among six collegiate and eleven high school horticulture programs in central North Carolina.
Hoffman Nursery will be at both events sponsoring the annual and perennial plant identification. We're looking forward to both and will report back on them!
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How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health
A growing body of research points to the beneficial effects that exposure to the natural world has on health, reducing stress and promoting healing. This widely shared article discusses what we know and where it might lead.
Read more
e360.yale.edu
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Grasses at Work in a City Park
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It's always gratifying to know our grasses are helping improve communities. We heard recently from Leigh Bragassa with the City of Raleigh (NC) Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources about their project in Meadowbrook Park. The city aims to restore the natural plants and animals in the park. This past fall, they began removing invasive plants and replanting cleared areas.
They're stabilizing slopes with
Schizachyrium scoparium
'Twilight Zone',
Andropogon virginicus
, Asters, and Daffodils.
Andropogon glomeratus
and
Juncus effusus
went in along a streambank with Cypress and Buttonbush where invasive plants were removed.
We loved seeing pictures of our liners being planted and look forward to following their progress. Good luck to the crew and thanks for sharing!
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GROW Summit Dives into the Future of Horticulture
Greenhouse Grower's annual GROW Summit focuses on the most critical issues driving the horticulture industry. The group aims to build a plan of action for addressing these concerns, and Hoffman Nursery was pleased to contribute.
Read more
www.greenhousegrower.com
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Deep Dive into Planting Design
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Supernaturalistic: The New Perennial Pond Garden
A recent post from The New Perennialist walks us through a design that's myth-busting and fascinating. With advice from designer Piet Oudolf and helpful discussion of matrix plantings, this is a deep dive that's well worth taking.
Read more
www.thenewperennialist.com
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Jan. 27-31, 2020; Greensboro, NC
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Green & Growin'20 happens this week! It's later than usual, but it promises to be better than ever. The educational offerings are early in the week, with the trade show on the last two days. Catch us in
Booths 533 & 535
on Thursday and Friday.
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Feb. 5-6, 2020; Athens, GA
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Every year the University of Georgia's College of Environment + Design hosts a short course for landscape architects. It's a blend of presentations on plant materials, hardscape, and practice. As one of the country's premiere landscape architecture programs, this event brings in highly skilled professionals. Hoffman Nursery is pleased to help sponsor this event and will be there to chat with attendees about all things grassy.
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Feb. 12-14, 2020; Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA
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This three-day event is presented by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, and Virginia Cooperative Extension. Two days of presentations are followed by a full day of pesticide training.
On the first two days, join seasoned gardeners and green industry professionals to explore how concepts of beauty and order are changing. Research into how plants behave and how they are reacting to climate change will shape the program. Hoffman Nursery's Shannon Currey will be speaking on Wed., Feb. 12 on planning and planting for green infrastructure. Join her and a roster of visionary speakers for this exciting look at creating more resilient landscapes.
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Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020; Raleigh, NC
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This year's Winter Symposium seeks to inspire gardeners and illuminate the relationship between gardening and art. As one of the Southeast's top teaching gardens, the JCRA is the place to be for in-depth, educational gatherings that focus on current and compelling themes in horticulture.
This year's symposium features our Marketing Director, Shannon Currey, along with Bob Lyons and Elissa Steeves. The speakers will help attendees explore the artistic side of gardening with design secrets and innovative ideas.
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Saturday, Mar. 7, 2020
Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden, Kernersville, NC
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For over three decades the Society has sponsored an annual symposium. Their 35th symposium, “All You Need to Know,” features horticultural veterans Carol Reece and Pam Beck. Hoffman Nursery's Shannon Currey joins them with, “Workhorses of the Garden: Grasses & Sedges”. She will focus on grasses and sedges and how they can play many roles in our landscapes, from low-key ground cover to seasonal superstar.
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Mar. 18-21, 2020
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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The National Collegiate Landscape Competition is an annual three-day competition and networking event for students enrolled in interior and exterior horticulture programs at two- and four-year colleges and universities from across the country. As in years past, Hoffman Nursery will sponsor the annual & perennial identification competition. A team from the nursery will be there to coordinate the event.
We've been involved with this event for several years and continue to marvel at the enthusiasm and interest we see from students. See you there!
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