by Trevor Smith For over 20 years, ELA has grown and changed, adding to its educational events and appealing to an ever broader audience that shares an interest in ecological…
Resources
ELA counts many ecological professionals among its members and supporters. We sometimes highlight their work and share their expertise through product and book reviews, or by asking them to answer specific questions posed to the ELA community.
Hindsight Is 20/20: The Importance of Off-season Planning
by Laurence Coronis Right about now most Green Industry professionals are burnt out. They can’t wait for the end of the busy season and are looking forward to enjoying a…
Book Review: A Native Plants Reader
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Guides for a Greener Planet Edited by Niall Dunne Published by Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2012 Reviewed by Bruce Patterson A Native Plants Reader is an impressive collection…
Book Review: The Garden Club of America – 100 Years of a Growing Legacy
Written by William Seale Published by The Garden Club of America, 2012 Reviewed by Kathy Sargent-O’Neill For those curious about the history of one of the plots (Philadelphia) where the…
DVD Review: Holistic Orcharding
with Michael Phillips Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013 Reviewed by Penny Lewis Generally when you’ve read and enjoyed a book, the movie version is a disappointment. But the recently released DVD,…
Seven Steps to Building a Winning Team of Employees!
by Frank Crandall A major issue facing many small businesses, especially horticultural firms, is attracting quality employees and then finding ways to retain them. Lack of good employees will limit…
Five Steps to Increase Your Operational Efficiency
by Laurence Coronis Labor is the largest expense for almost all landscape operations. Your organizational skills and processes are important factors in your company’s efficiency in regard to your labor…
An Environmental Vision
Native ferns, shrubs, and perennials line a brook gurgling from a shady grotto. Chartreuse containers overflow with leafy lettuce grown from seed. A single sculpture embodies the title of “From…
Book Review: Fall and Winter Bloom in the Solar Greenhouse
Written and published by James L. Jones, May 29, 2012 Reviewed by Tricia Diggins Join an ELA Eco-tour of James Jones’s solar greenhouse on April 10, 2013. It is hard…
Book Review: Paradise Lot
Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City Written by Eric Toensmeier, with contributions from Jonathan Bates Published…
Working Magic on Plants
by Kevin Richardson Do you know that the same microbes in a compost pile that break down food scraps, lawn clippings, leaves, paper, and wood back into soil are also…
What’s New at Fourth Generation?
by R.P. Sokol The 2013 winter trade shows have brought some pleasant surprises to us at Fourth Generation Nursery. The first is that many in the Landscape industry are beginning…
