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2017 Sacramento Horticultural Encounter and Open House

September 26, 2017 – This month marked the annual Horticultural Encounter and Open House at our Village Nurseries Sacramento facility. The week-long event began Monday, September 18 and included tours of the nursery and a “Horticultural Encounter” display of beautiful landscape vignettes. Over the course of the week, Regional Marketing Representative/New Plants Chair Suzie Wiest...
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Fall is for Colorful Containers

September 14, 2017 - Village Nurseries Orange and Huntington Beach hosted another lunch-and-learn event for landscape professionals, "Color Changes for the Season," in which Brett Krey of Huntington Beach and Debra Doyle talked to landscape designers and contractors about how to talk to clients about containers and container planting. Experience shows that clients may not take...
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Supercharged Soils

August 25, 2017 – Fall is the best time to plant in-ground and in containers, so now is a good time to do a spot-check on the soil, fertilizers, and mulch you’re using. Are you giving plants the nutrients they need to build healthy roots and thrive? Are you getting the most bang-for-your-buck out of...
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Irrigation Solutions for Landscape Professionals

August 9, 2017 - This month we invited James Minnich of Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Supply to our Orange County landscape centers to talk about irrigation practices in the landscape. With a mix of contractors, designers, and landscape maintenance teams in attendance, James focused on practical solutions to common problems with irrigation systems. In the realm...
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