by Carrie Wiles Located in the heart of Chester County, PA, North Creek Nurseries strives to propagate and market plants that develop the relationship between people and sustainable outdoor environments….
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.
Five Tips on Handling Difficult Customer Situations
Reprinted from Planting Seeds, Volume 3, Issue 3, with permission of the ISA. You are at a jobsite and there’s a mistake. Your client is not pleased with the outcome…
Business Practices Spotlight: Keeping Employees Satisfied
Reprinted from Planting Seeds, Volume 3, Issue 3, with permission of the ISA. Employees are critical to the success of any business. Investing in your workers is important to keep…
Book Review: Asphalt to Ecosystems
Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation Written by Sharon Gamson Danks; Published by New Village Press Reviewed by Trevor Smith The transformation of our nation’s asphalt and turf…
Book Review: The Woods in Your Backyard
The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home Written by Jonathan Kays, Joy Drohan, Adam Downing, Jim Finley; Published by NRAES (Natural Resource,…
Native Plants Resource
by Maureen Sundberg A few months ago, ELA posed the question “What’s your favorite source for native plants?” A lively discussion on LinkedIn generated a list of favorite sources for…
Book Review: The Book of Leaves
The Book of Leaves: A Leaf-by-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World’s Great Trees Text by Allen J. Coombes Edited and Photographed by Zsolt Debreczy Produced by Ivy Press,…
Gleanings
Encouraging Home Gardeners to Buy Locally Grown Tomato Transplants UMass professor Robert Wick and UMass Extension Specialists Bess Dicklow and Ruth Hazzard are mounting a public relations campaign to encourage…
No Curveballs at Seventeenth Conference & Eco-Marketplace
by Maureen Sundberg Whether you sell a product or provide a service, you need to stay ahead of the curve with your business, your profession, your skills, and your education…
The Great American Rain Barrel Company: Members Making a Difference
Interview with Suzanne Gebelein Water is one of nature’s most abundant resources with over two-thirds of the globe covered in blue. Fresh water, however, has become an increasingly precious resource….
Book Review: Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East
Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East (Rutgers University Press, 2010) is written by Carolyn Summers. Summers will be presenting “The Practical Challenges of Designing with Native Plants” at…
Van Berkum Nursery: Members Making a Difference
by Leslie Van Berkum One goal at Van Berkum Nursery is to provide perennials that we feel will help gardeners create more sustainable landscapes. We currently maintain three lines of…
