Green Industry Leaders Network

Sustainability in landscape is literally a growing trend in the green industry. On this #landscapechat episode, Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Supply has partnered with Audubon International, to announce the new Water & Sustainability Innovation Award. The award will recognize the great achievements in sustainable landscapes and green spaces.

On this #treechat episode, we’ll explore how to go about selecting them, proper planting and staking techniques, and tips growing them successfully.

The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) is a national organization who is the voice of tree care. They have some great insights on selecting the right tree, for the right spot so that it will grow and thrive. Our guest is TCIA's Tchukki Andersen, who shares tips on planning, selection and what to look for when picking out the right tree for the right spot.

We join June Stoyer, host of The Organic View™ Radio Show, at the virtual garden gate. June shares what originally fueled her passion for gardening and her journey for taming her new landscape that’s overgrown with invasive plants. She covers the importance of her organic approach to winning the battle over invasive plants like Japanese Honeysuckle and Poison Ivy. An avid advocate for pollinators, she also shares her insights on avoiding neonicotinoids, known for affecting and decreasing the world’s bee population.

In this #plantchat episode, we get a first-hand account and recap of the Chelsea Flower Show. Our guest Alison Edwards, of Burgon & Ball garden tools, was on hand at this year’s event to preview the gardens. She provides an inside look into what the show is all about, what takes place during the event, and what it’s like having a product display open to more than 140,000 enthusiastic gardeners.

Richard Restuccia, Vice President at Jains Irrigation with 20 years in irrigation and smart water management, discusses smart irrigation controllers and sustainable landscape. In this #landscapechat episode, Richard explains why they are important aspect to smart irrigation. He also shares, what makes an irrigation controller smart, types of controllers and decide which one is best for the application, the system data it provides, and key drivers of implementation.

Lawn & Landscape's Top 100 landscape companies is out and managing editor, Kate Sprigen joins #landscapechat to tell us how the list comes together. Kate shares what is takes to make the list, the process for consideration and how the list changes over the years.

Warren Gorowitz of Ewing Irrigation joins Chris of Corona Tools to discuss what it means for businesses to support it's community.

American Horticultural Society interviews David Mizejewski, spokesperson for the National Wildlife Federation about Garden for Wildlife movement. Presented by Corona Tools for the Green Industry Leaders Network.

Viveka of American Horticultural Society interview Chris Sabbarese of Corona Tools about essential tools for gardeners.