Join our host Dan Redondo of Vermont Wetland Plant Supply, LLC for a tour of his wholesale nursery located in Orwell, Vermont. Dan’s nursery provides native Vermont-sourced wetland plants to the stormwater and ecological restoration industries in Vermont and the northeastern United States. The native plants are propagated from seeds and cuttings collected in habitats [...]
VT Agency of Agriculture- Noxious Weed Quarantine #3 – Formal Adoption Amendments
In late February the formal adoption of the amended Noxious Weed Rule occurred. Among other things, the Rule prohibits the sale of Norway Maple, Japanese and Common Barberry, Burning Bush, Amur Maple, yellow flag iris, and brittle waternymph. The rule was presented to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (LCAR) in mid-February and was well [...]
UMASS Extension Symposium: Sustainable Landscape Design & Management
Event: December 1, 2011
Please join us for a symposium that will introduce the principles of sustainability and highlight the importance of proper specification and selection of plant materials for lawns, meadows, conservation areas, and sites that support grazing as well as the impact of input reduction for management of these areas. Landscape designers, architects, managers, technicians, business [...]
Tim Schmalz-VT State Pathologist: View Tim’s Power Point Presentation
Tim Schmalz presented this Power Point presentation at the recent Green Works Summer Meeting and Trade Show on September 14, 2011 at Shelburne Farms. There is Hurricane Irene information as well as a look at the diseases that plagued Vermont plants this season.
Jon Turmel-VT State Entomologist – View Jon’s Power Point presentation on the Last Days of Summer
Jon Turmel presented this Power Point presentation at the recent Green Works Summer Meeting and Trade Show on September 14, 2011 at Shelburne Farms. Take a look at the insects that plagued Vermont this season.