Management

Vaughan’s Horticulture Announces Sudden Passing of Matt Willoughby

Vaughan’s Horticulture announced the sudden passing of Matt Willoughby, 45, on Jan. 5, 2021. Willoughby was a sales representative for the company in the Carolinas and Tennessee, and a member... more »

EHR Strengthens Team with Former Gloeckner Reps

Eason Horticultural Resources (EHR) has announced the additions of fiver former reps from Fred C. Gloeckner and Co. to its national sales team. Walter Bissex, Jeff Nameth, Matthew Miller, Tom Seibert and David Toohey have... more »

Management: Who Wants to Be President?

Do you have a specific career vision of being the president of a company someday? Are you working on adding professional skill sets that will enable you to take on a C-Level role? Do you... more »

Think Business: Making the MOST of Meetings

Meetings are how you effectively communicate with each other. Meetings are how you develop synergistic and innovative ideas. Meetings are where you motivate and get aligned on the top priorities. Not many big growers have... more »

Persevering Through the Pandemic

Ask any college student studying horticulture if they participated in an internship in 2020 and you’re most likely not going to get too many, if any, positive responses. Joy Johnson is one of the lucky... more »

Chat Room — January 2021

This month, we asked readers about the upcoming year, e-commerce and biological controls. Here’s what they had to say. more »

Virtual Reality Gains A New Meaning

If we rewind to a year ago, virtual reality was defined by computer-generated simulation. Today, it’s unfortunately defined by coronavirus. Granted the e-commerce channel has rapidly been growing over the past five years, and no... more »

NASS Releases Latest Census of Horticultural Specialties

On Dec. 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties report — a compilation of detailed production and sales data for floriculture, nursery, and specialty crops... more »