Green Works Event – A Day and Evening with Adrian Bloom

Event: September 28, 2010

Come spend the day or evening University of Vermont Davis Center This event will intrigue and excite gardeners to think more creatively about perennials and grasses and how to use them in the year round garden, particularly with other plants. As chairman of Blooms Nurseries, Ltd., near Norfolk, England, Adrian Bloom has personally introduced many [...]

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Adrian Bloom

Return of the American Elm to the Community Forest

Event: September 24, 2010

Presenters Tom Zetterstrom, founding Director of Elm Watch, a western New England community forestry organization focusing on preserving heritage elms, and designing and planting sustainable treescapes using American elms tested by the National Arboretum. Dr. Jim Slavicek, plant geneticist and research scientist with the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station in Delaware, Ohio. He is [...]

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American Elm

Voluntary Code of Conduct

This Voluntary Code of Conduct was developed by Green Works-The Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association, the Vermont Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and the Vermont Invasive Exotic Plant Committee (VIEPC). The intent of the Code is to reduce the sale of non-native plants that have been found to be invasive in Vermont yet are currently [...]

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Green Works Summer Twilight Meeting – Full Circle Gardens

Event: September 14, 2010

Andy Boutin, founder of Pellergy LLC will lead a discussion on the topic of converting your greenhouse heating systems to Wood Pellets. Pellergy wood pellet burners can be used to direct fire existing hot air furnaces and boilers to provide renewable, low carbon footprint heating for your growing operations.  Andy will walk us through the [...]

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Green Works Summer Twilight Meeting – Cady’s Falls Nursery

Event: August 25, 2010

Join our hosts Don and Lela Avery for an evening at Cady’s Falls Nursery. Don and Lela will speak about what they have been up to these last 30 years. Don will also speak about their simple system they use for rooting soft wood cuttings of woodies and perennials. This system consists of a portable [...]

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