Nursery & Landscape Notes Summer 2019

Summer 2019 | Vol. 53, No.3

Publication of the North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association, Inc.

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COMMENTARY President’s Message

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Executive Vice President’s Message

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NCNLA NEWS NCNLA Members Spotlight: Currin's Nursery NCNLA Industry Awards

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AROUND OUR INDUSTRY Legislative Update

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2019 WATER SYMPOSIUM RECAP 16 The NC Green Industry Council (NCGIC) held its 9th Annual Water Symposium on June 20, 2019 at the Jane S. McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC.

RESEARCH UPDATE New Scientific Discovery for Rapid Plant Disease Detection

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Spotted Lanternfly: A Threat to NC Agriculture

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Premium Members

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New Members

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Calendar of Events

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Advertiser’s Index

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IS EMAIL MARKETING RIGHT FOR YOUR BUSINESS?

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NCNLA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

NCNLA Staff Richard Lawhun Executive Vice President Kathryn Stansbury Director of Business Development Victoria Torino Chief Financial Officer Cindy Whitt Director of Marketing & Communications Nursery & Landscape Notes is published quarterly by the North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association, Inc. especially for nursery production, nursery research, interior and exterior maintenance and design build contractors in the landscape industry. The publication is distributed to approximately 1200 horticulture producers, landscape professionals and industry suppliers.

NURSERY & LANDSCAPE NOTES is provided as a member service.

2019 NCNLA Board of Directors Jamie Thomas President Swift Creek Nursery Clayton, NC Hugh Crump Vice President/Secretary/ Treasurer Greenline Designs Charlotte, NC Shanon Spivey Past President Spivey’s Nursery, Inc. Kernersville, NC William Bass Hawksridge Farms Hickory, NC

Richard Gant Gant’s Nursery Marion, NC Leslie Herndon Greenscape Inc. Raleigh, NC Jeff Allegood Old Courthouse Nursery Warsaw, NC Tim Johnson Jr. Tim Johnson Landscaping Statesville, NC Kevin Cagle Greenthumb Nursery, LLC. Ether, NC

Educational Advisors Justin Snyder Alamance Community College Graham, NC

Dr. Joe Neal North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC

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The inclusion of products or brand names in this publication is not an endorsement by the editor, or the North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association.

Purpose Statement

NCNLA’s mission is to provide essential value to our members through education, marketing, and advocacy. NCNLA seeks to promote and protect the interests of North Carolina’s Green Industry.

Goal Statement

NCNLA’s ultimate goal is to benefit its members’ economic, professional and personal growth.

Tax Deductible Dues Contributions or gifts to NCNLA are not tax deductible as charitable contributions. However, they may be tax deductible as ordinary business expenses. A portion of your dues is not deductible as an ordinary business expense to the extent that NCNLA engages in lobbying. The estimated non-deductible portion of your dues assessment is 20%.

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Share Your Stories with the NCNLA Family

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ummer is in full swing. Temperatures have already reached the high 90s in some parts of the state, and as of this writing, it’s not even August yet. Let’s hope for enough rain to keep our plants thriving for the rest of the summer and into fall.

After this magazine goes to print, we will have held our annual Volunteer Leadership Summit (VLS) in Winston-Salem. I’ll have more to report in the next issue, but I wanted to mention the new Editorial Board we are creating. NCNLA staff will meet with this board for the first time during VLS so they can talk about content for our magazine, website and social media accounts. Our goal is to provide relevant and timely information in a consistent manner.

The Editorial Board will represent different segments within the green industry, which will allow us to broaden our focus and address more topics of interest to you. We’ve invited individuals from universities, community colleges, and state agencies to help in identifying information you need to know. The board will also include practitioners from nurseries, landscape firms, greenhouses, garden centers, and others. If you would like to participate, please reach out to Cindy Whitt at cwhitt@ncnla.com.

Jamie Thomas Swift Creek Nursery Clayton, NC

We want to hear your stories – from celebrating 40 years of business to things you’ve learned if you’re just starting out in the green industry.

We also want to make the magazine more personal.

A lot of us feel like our fellow members are family, and just like our own families, we want to share news with each other. We want to hear your stories – from celebrating 40 years of business to things you’ve learned if you’re just starting out in the green industry. With the new Editorial Board, the NCNLA staff hopes to have people throughout the state keeping their ears to the ground for stories relevant to all of us.

Feel free to reach out to me, your board members or NCNLA staff to keep us updated on the things you’re doing in your business. Let’s share our success stories!

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NCNLA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Partnering with Green & Growin’

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reen & Growin’ may only come once a year but planning for our annual trade show is year-round. It’s the end of summer, and I’m going to provide an update.

As most of you know, June 1st was the initial deadline for exhibitors to return their contracts and pay their deposits for 2020, and more than 300 of you did so! This year’s pace of returns is nearly twice that of last year. I’m happy to see so many of you are as excited as I am about next year. Thanks to your input, we’ve tweaked a few things and adjusted a few others, and I think you’ll like the result.

Richard Lawhun NCNLA Executive Vice President

The G&G Partner Program has price points that can meet any budget, with our lowest level starting at $250.

Green & Growin’ Partner Program

For 2020, we combined the Featured Vendor Program with the Sponsorship Program to create the Green & Growin’ Partner Program. The new program includes many of our previous sponsorship opportunities with new options to sponsor high-visibility items and networking events.

The G&G Partner Program has price points that can meet any budget, with our lowest level starting at $250. Higher levels have been supplemented with exclusive options that have never been offered before, including promotion before the show via e-blasts and social media, and expanded options in sponsoring education and networking events.

The final deadline for booth registration will have passed by the time you receive this publication, but sponsorships will be available through the end of November so all potential sponsors can be made aware of our expanded opportunities. We are excited about the possibility of new partnerships, and hope to welcome new faces to Green & Growin’ 20.

Take a look at the program outlined below and on the following page.

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Show Amenities Your company logo on signage at the Marketplace on Thu. and Fri.

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Networking Events Your company logo on signage and recognition of your company at the opening of the event. Only two available!

 Marketplace Kick-Off Reception - Wed. afternoon at the Coliseum  After Hours Party & Entertainment - Thu. Evening at the Sheraton

 Tue. & Wed. Education Luncheon  Thu. NCNLA Annual Meeting  Fri. Women in the Green Industry Gathering

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NCNLA MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Five Minutes with Ruth Currin Holcomb, Currin’s Nursery

Currin’s Nursery Willow Spring, NC Vice President Ruth C. Holcomb In business 45 years NCNLA Member 31 years Services Wholesale nursery Favorite NCNLA benefits Education, Green & Growin’, and networking opportunities

2014 – (left to right) – Eddie Collins, Saul Portillo-Perez, Mamie Collins (retired), Mayco Fuentes, Ruth Holcomb (Tanner the dog), Richard Currin, Emily Currin.

How did your family get into the business? What has been the most rewarding part of My father, Richard Currin, grew up fascinated by the your career? plants growing around him when he helped out with tobacco, so he decided to turn that passion into a career. After he graduated from NCSU with a degree in Horticulture, he started the nursery at a two-acre spot across the road from his house. He also landscaped and worked in the tobacco market until the nursery was able to fully support our family. The nursery has since expanded into a 24-acre location where he and my mother, Emily, and I work together to run the business.

What’s a typical day like for you and your family?

Typically, we will check in with each other in the morning and go from there. We work together to ensure plant quality is maintained and our customers are satisfied. There are a lot of details in between to make sure those two tasks are met each day, and our employees help us immensely in both areas. We find that our strengths and weaknesses in each area complement each other. We rarely work on the same task together, but each one of us contributes to a larger common goal.

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For me, just being a part of the nursery industry has been a rewarding experience. I don’t know of any other industry in which the members are so willing to give their knowledge and time to advance the industry as a whole. Although I grew up in our nursery, my knowledge of horticulture coming into my career was limited. I have had so many people help me further my knowledge and experience - my father especially - in order to help our nursery continue to be successful. We also have the best customers around. Interacting with them on a regular basis and seeing their businesses and families expand and grow is a pleasure.

What is your company best known for?

Plant-wise, we are known for growing quality plants that are as weed free as possible. We are in our twelfth year of an extensive weed program so that we don’t contribute to weeds in the end consumers’ landscape.

Not only do we believe growing a plant without weeds results in a better plant with a healthier root system, we believe that will result in a more desirable landscape for the end consumer.

Pulling weeds by hand every 2 weeks.

2019 – (left to right) – Caleb Whitman, Eddie Collins, Richard Currin, Mayco Fuentes, Marco Vazquez Munoz, Saul Portillo-Perez, Shontel Grande-Miranda.

What issues are you concerned about as a company in the green industry?

LABOR! We currently have six full-time employees, including my parents and myself. We have been getting by with part-time employees who are incredibly dedicated and hardworking, but they are all short term or seasonal. We have been very lucky to have a crew of three full-time foremen, who have been with us for a combined 60 years.

In order to remain a successful nursery and keep up with today’s market demands, we need more full-time employees. We have struggled immensely to find those employees that are willing to work outside and do the hard work that the nursery requires. Unfortunately, we are not alone in this struggle.

What have you gained from your involvement in the NCNLA?

For our nursery, our involvement with NCNLA does not stop at Green & Growin’. I try to attend many of the educational and networking sessions offered as well

Richard Currin, Grant Holcomb – searching for weeds to pull.

as the Volunteer Leadership Summit. NCNLA is a valuable resource that enables us to have a voice outside of “our world” through advocacy; keep up with what’s going on around the green industry; connect with other nurserymen and industry members; and further our knowledge in order to continue to successfully run our nursery. We are a better nursery from the insights we have gained through these areas of NCNLA.

What advice do you have for someone interested in or just starting out in the industry?

Spend time and talk to someone who has been in the nursery industry for several years. Most of the industry veterans are willing to help by giving advice, knowledge and encouragement. Understand that this is an industry that values honesty, integrity and hard work and that you will succeed if you stay true to those standards.

Baker Holcomb (6) and Grant Holcomb (2) – Surveying a new crop of Kaleidoscope.

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MEMBER NCNLA NEWS NEWS

NCNLA Industry Awards The NCNLA staff and board members traveled across the state to present our industry awards to members recognized for their contributions to the green industry.

Selected by the NCNLA Awards Committee, the winners were announced during Green & Growin ’19.

Bill Wilder Outstanding Young Nursery Professional Award Established in 1994 and named for the long-time Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Nurserymen, the Bill Wilder Award recognizes qualified young men and women for outstanding service in the field of environmental horticulture and offers inspiration for others starting out in the field. Candidates must have a very strong industry leadership record.

Ruth Currin Holcomb of Currin’s Nursery, Inc. Pictured: Ruth Currin Holcomb

Oakland Award Established in 1978 by Oakland Plantation, the Oakland Award is given to individuals for outstanding service to the landscape industry.

Edward Snyder of Greenleaf Services, Inc. Pictured: Edward Snyder (holding award) and the Greenleaf Services team

Jerry Ragland Young Landscape Professional Award Named for the dedicated landscape contractor and past president of NCNLA, the award recognizes an outstanding young person in the landscape business who has worked in the industry between three and ten years. Honorees are members of NCNLA, nominated by the NCNLA membership, and have made accomplishments to the industry and community.

Jason Tebben of Arborscapes, Inc. Pictured: Nathan Morrison, business partner, Jason Tebben and Hugh Crump, NCNLA board member

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Lifetime Honorary Membership NCNLA Honorary Members are selected by the NCNLA Board of Directors in recognition for lifetime contribution or achievement to/in the industry.

Mark Peters of Piedmont Carolina Nursery Pictured: Mark Peters and Rick Lawhun, NCNLA Executive Vice President

Grower of the Year Award Established in 1994, NCNLA’s Grower of the Year is an individual exhibiting a high level of professionalism in the management or ownership of a field or container nursery in North Carolina — or other states where that operation may be located. In addition, operators exhibit leadership in the nursery industry through participation in local, regional, state and national organizations.

Tinga Nursery of Castle Hayne, NC Pictured: Eelco H. Tinga, III and Eelco H. Tinga, Jr.

Kim Powell Award Established in 2004, the Kim Powell Award recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to the Association and industry; specifically, involvement in program development and execution.

Amanda Taylor, Area Specialized Agent, Western Region, NC Cooperative Extension Pictured: Chad Gragg, NCNLA past president, and Amanda Taylor

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DS Copeland Award Established in 1972, and named for the founder of Apex Nurseries, the DS Copeland Award recognizes outstanding contribution to the nursery industry by a candidate working directly in the nursery industry – educators and allied industry members are not eligible.

Keith Gossett of Gossett’s Landscape Nursery, Inc. Pictured: The Gossett family of Gossett’s Landscape Nursery, Inc. accepted the award in memory of Keith Gossett

Libby Wilder Award Established in 1999 and named for long-time organizer extraordinaire for the North Carolina Association of Nurserymen, the Libby Wilder Award recognizes outstanding contribution to the nursery industry by a female.

Heather Rollins of Fairview Greenhouses and Garden Center Pictured: Heather Rollins and Rick Lawhun, NCNLA Executive Vice President

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Advocating on behalf of the horticulture industry is a critical role of the North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association (NCNLA). So much so, it is embodied in the association’s vision – To Promote and Protect the Interests of North Carolina’s Green Industry. To increase NCNLA’s effectiveness in achieving common goals, the association participates in the Lighthouse Program, a coalition of state and national associations led by AmericanHort.

AmericanHort Advocacy Team Craig Regelbrugge Senior Vice President Industry Advocacy & Research CraigR@AmericanHort. org

Jennifer Gray Administrator Research Programs JenniferG@AmericanHort. org

Tal Coley Director Government Affairs TalC@AmericanHort.org

AmericanHort Officially Announces Impact Washington Summit

AmericanHort has officially announced the Impact Washington Summit, which will be held on September 16-18 in Washington, D.C. Confirmed keynote speakers at this signature horticulture industry event include: Andrew Wheeler, Administrator – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler was confirmed the fifteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in February. He began his career during the George H. W. Bush Administration as a Special Assistant in the EPA. He has served in several positions on the Senate Environment and Public Works committee staff, and as Principal at FaegreBD Consulting.

Daniel Garza, President – The Libre Initiative Daniel Garza was born in the Central Valley of California and would migrate with his family annually from their ancestral hometown of Garza Gonzalez in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, throughout California, Nebraska and Washington State following the crop season as farm workers until he was 19 years of age.

Garza has worked in the House of Representatives, served in local government, and was appointed to the Interior Department in the George W. Bush administration.

Other confirmed speakers include Laurie Flanagan, chair of the H-2B Workforce Coalition on behalf of AmericanHort, and Lynn Jacquez, managing partner at CJ Lake, LLC and AmericanHort immigration and employment law counsel.

Issues of focus will be workforce, transportation, and research, as well as current regulatory issues. Participants will visit their Congressional delegations, building and strengthening relationships that are critical to our success in the public policy arena.

Additional speakers will be announced as the event draws closer.

Learn more here: https://www.americanhort. org/general/custom.asp?page=impactwashington

Efforts Underway to Address H-2B Visas for 2020

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(DOL). The spending bill contains an H-2B provision that would allow for visas to be allocated proportionally on a quarterly basis.

The House is now debating on a second funding package that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). That bill modifies the current H-2B cap discretionary language to take away some of the discretion from DHS about releasing additional visas. The fiscal 2017, 2018 and 2019 DHS appropriations bills said that DHS “may” release up to 69,320 visas if it determines that the needs of seasonal businesses cannot be met with American workers. The bill that the Appropriations Committee just advanced in the House states that DHS “shall” release up to 69,320 visas if it determines that the needs of seasonal businesses cannot be met with American workers.

The Senate has not yet acted on any spending bills, but we are advocating for the same language to be included in the Senate DOL and DHS funding bills. We are also advocating for legislation to permanently address the cap.

As with the past several years, the federal appropriations process is expected to be contentious and could drag out past the

start of FY 2020. However, getting positive H-2B language in the House DOL and DHS funding bills is a very significant first step in this process.

not allow these amendments to come up for a vote on the House floor, and the amendments were not offered or included in the final spending package.

Appropriations and PesticideRelated Amendments

The House is now turning its attention to a second spending package that includes funding for the EPA and a host of other federal agencies. One filed amendment would have prohibited EPA from processing any pesticide registration related to chlorpyrifos. A second amendment would have prohibited EPA from registering pesticides containing certain medical antibiotics.

In mid-June, the House of Representatives began taking action on a handful of fiscal 2020 funding bills.

On June 19, the House passed a package of spending bills that would fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, and Energy from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.

Several amendments were filed to those bills including an amendment that would have banned the application of any pesticides containing imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, acetamiprid, sulfoxaflor, flupyradifurone, or fipronil on the grounds of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, and the Library of Congress.

Another amendment that would have prevented the Army Corps of Engineers from using glyphosate in the Los Angeles River.

However, the House Rules Committee did

Again, the House Rules Committee determined that two anti-pesticide amendments could not be brought up for a vote on the House floor. An amendment to eliminate environmental discharge or “NPDES” permit requirements for aquatic pesticides was also struck from consideration on the House floor.

We are continuing to watch the debate over all spending bills for politically motivated pesticide amendments that circumvent the science-driven regulatory process, jeopardizing access to plant protection tools that may have critical uses in horticulture.

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GREEN INDUSTRY UPDATE 9th Annual Water Symposium Recap

Floods, Fire, and Heat: The Southeast Climate Assessment Dr. Adam Terando, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, Raleigh, opened his presentation with an assessment of the southeast climate, which has experienced weather extremes in the recent past. He focused on these extremes to illustrate how climatic changes will shape the future of the green industry by affecting employees, landscape design, maintenance, and ongoing operations.

Plants in the Landscape: How Climate is Altering Landscapes Dr. Christy Rollinson, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, is an expert in phenology, the study of how plants respond to changes in climate. Her research develops the information and tools necessary to both understand and predict how pressures from climate and human management impact plants. During her presentation, she shared what she has seen trees and plants do in response to extreme weather and climate change.

The NC Green Industry Council (NCGIC) held its 9th Annual Water Symposium on June 20, 2019, at the Jane S. McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC. More than 160 industry professionals enjoyed presentations from a comprehensive panel of speakers, who brought unique insight to this year’s theme, Cultivating Water Stewardship - Our Evolving Environment.

Program Highlights

Dennis Niemeyer, NCGIC president, welcomed everyone to the water symposium and recognized this year’s Honorary Chair, Dan Gottlieb, Director of Planning, Design and Museum Park at the NC Museum of Art. Afterwards, each speaker took the stage to address a specific aspect of water stewardship in a changing climate.

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The Role of Landscape in Weather Mitigation Andy Fox, NC State Department of Landscape Architecture, Raleigh, discussed how landscape strategies such as low impact development and green infrastructure help to mitigate weather-related impacts at the site and local levels. He discussed how landscapes can be sustainably designed and constructed to handle stormwater runoff and provide other benefits while being economically viable.

The Soil’s Role in the Landscape Dr. John Havlin, NC State Department of Soil Science, Raleigh, illustrated how soil can deliver multiple services at the site level because of its ability to store carbon, plant-available water and nutrients in quantities that affect plant health and productivity. His presentation focused on how soil and plant management practices can enhance or degrade soil health, which is an essential element for sustaining the productive capacity of the landscape.

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Special Recognition

As a part of the Water Symposium program, Debbie Hamrick, Director of Specialty Crops with the NC Farm Bureau, was presented the Blue Green Innovator of the Year Award. This honor recognizes outstanding leadership and innovation in environmental stewardship relating to water conservation, water use efficiency and the development and implementation of green infrastructure by an individual, organization or government entity.

Hamrick was recognized for her dedication to the industry, including her longtime support of the NC Green Industry Council. She is a tireless advocate for the industry and organizer of many special events, including the annual Water Symposium. In addition to her work with the NCGIC, Hamrick currently serves as chair of the Economic Committee, National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture.

She holds a BS in Horticultural Science from NC State University.

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Using the Urban Forest to Manage Stormwater: A 12-City Study Karen Firehock, Green Infrastructure Center, Charlottesville, VA, discussed the results of a 12-city field test conducted to demonstrate the role of trees in stormwater uptake. Two local cities, Apex and Wilmington, were a part of study, titled Trees to Offset Stormwater. As a result of the study, the center created a spreadsheet calculator tool that allows a city to determine the runoff consequences of losing or adding trees and setting canopy goals. The center also created an audit tool for testing whether city policies make the city more or less impervious with recommended management actions to move policy in the desired direction.

Constructing Landscapes Christian Gabriel, US General Services Administration (GSA), Washington, D.C., closed the symposium with a presentation on how constructed and managed landscapes hold the potential to regenerate the natural benefits provided by ecosystems in their undeveloped state. With proper stewardship of public money, functional landscapes can provide value through stormwater management, carbon sequestration, pollinator habitat and more. Christian’s work with GSA directly impacts more than one million federal workers and tens of thousands of citizens who visit 8,603 federal buildings and public spaces daily.

Mark Your Calendar for 2020

Planning is already underway for the 10th Annual Water Symposium, which will once again be co-hosted by NC State University. Save the date and plan to attend Thursday, June 18, 2020.

Thank You NCNLA Members!

Karen Firehock

NCSU Update

Christian Gabriel

Dr. Rich Linton, dean of the NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), provided an update on the college’s growth and its new agricultural initiatives. Over the last six years, undergraduate enrollment within CALS has increased by 6.6%. During this same time frame, the number of graduate students has increased by 11.1% to become the 4th largest graduate program in the country. Dr. Linton also discussed how he is shaping CALS around partnerships to address the many issues facing the industry. The partnerships help to bring students, faculty, staff and industry professionals together to grow North Carolina’s agricultural economy.

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Thanks to your NCNLA membership, the NCGIC is an effective force in the legislature and the unified voice of the green industry in North Carolina.

With the combined support of NCNLA and other green industry associations, the NCGIC has accomplished, and will continue to accomplish, much more than any one association can do on its own. Thank you!

BEST PRACTICE

Is Email Marketing Right for Your Business?

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s a green industry business, email marketing may be the tool you need to help you stand out from the crowd – or at the very least, get more customers to open your emails.

Whether you are a retail center trying to reach DIYers, a nursery building relationships with trade show contacts, or a landscaper renewing annual contracts, email marketing is a great way to get your message to your target audience.

Email Marketing Defined

How is email marketing different than just sending an email to a customer?

Basically, email marketing is using email to sell products and/or services to a list of targeted contacts. It is the same as direct mail – letters, postcards, and other promotional items – except messages are sent electronically instead of through the postal service.

At its worst, email marketing is spam emails proclaiming “deals” or filling your inbox with multiple messages – just like junk mail.

At its best, email marketing is informational and tailored to target audiences that turns contacts into customers, and keeps customers coming back.

Email marketing can be an inexpensive and efficient way to reach customers.

Email Is Still Relevant

According to recent user studies, email still dominates the marketing scene, even in our social media age:

94% of Internet users use email, while only 61% use social media.

75% of adult online users say that email marketing is their preferred marketing method.

73% of millennials prefer communications from businesses to come via email.

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What Can Email Marketing Do For You?

Email marketing can help you build relationships with contacts, stand apart from your competition, and increase sales.

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Choose an Email Marketing Provider

If you’ve determined email marketing would be a good tool for your business, the next step is choosing an email marketing service provider.

These providers make it easy to build and/or import contact lists, design messages, target audiences, send emails, share on social media, and analyze results.

Each service has its own unique set of features, but just because an email marketing company is popular doesn’t always mean that it’s the best solution for your business. Your best option will depend on your team's purpose and business needs. When you choose a platform, decide if its features, ease of use, technical support and pricing are a good fit for you.

Here are five popular email marketing providers worth checking out:

Constant Contact

SendinBlue

AWeber

MailChimp

GetResponse

At its best, email marketing is informational and tailored to target audiences that turns contacts into customers, and keeps customers coming back.

Contact Reach: 99% of consumers check their email every day, according to market research.

An email marketing campaign can help you reach the contacts you meet at trade shows, sales calls, and education events, and help turn them into customers.

Customer Retention: 80% of business professionals believe that email marketing increases customer retention, based on results from a recent study.

Email marketing helps you develop and maintain a relationship with your customer. If you send quality, helpful information, your customer is more likely to continue to buy from – and be loyal to – you.

ROI: Email generates $38 for every $1 spent, which is an astounding 3,800% ROI, according to the 2015 National Client Email Report, making it one of the most effective options available.

Customization: With email marketing, you can:

Support Website and Social Media Efforts: You can promote and include links to your website and social media accounts in your emails to drive up website traffic and social engagement.

Increase Sales: Regular, quality communication with your customers, and increased website or social media activity, all equates to more sales.

Benefits of Using Email Marketing

The following benefits makes email marketing a good choice for busy green industry businesses that need to focus in the field and keep office time efficient:

and track emails – even if you are not a tech-savvy person.

Easy to Use and Manage: Email marketing subscription programs make it easy to design, send

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Tailor messages and promotions to certain groups of customers or even individuals.

Offering customer birthday discounts or reminding customers to renew seasonal contracts are examples.

Target emails by demographics (business size, location, etc.).

Offer "opt-in" features – you won’t bother folks who don’t want your email, but still reach those who do.

Tracking: Email marketing services offer reporting and analytics capability. Meaning, it can help you can figure out what plants are selling, what website links are popular, which customers are opening your emails, and which customers are not. Having this data easily accessible saves you time and money handling sales and customer service.

Ultimately, email marketing is a good tool you can use to help build your business.

INDUSTRY RESEARCH

New Scientific Discovery for Rapid Plant Disease Detection

U

niversity researchers have discovered a faster way to collect DNA from plant tissue to test for disease, which often spreads rapidly across a garden or farm.

This discovery presents a very general protocol to isolate the DNA, and that's usually the first step of the molecular detection of disease.

Conventional methods use bulky equipment to isolate and extract the molecular biomarker needed to identify disease, but the new technique extracts the DNA through a microneedle patch applied directly to the plant leaf.

“This discovery presents a very general protocol to isolate the DNA, and that's usually the first step of the molecular detection of disease,” says Qingshan Wei, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University and co-author of the study, Extraction of Plant DNA by Microneedle Patch for Rapid Detection of Plant Diseases.

Disease identification uses molecular diagnostics that can detect specific sequences in DNA that may be associated with disease. With the microneedle patch, the DNA can be collected in just one minute. Conventional tests, or assays, are usually done in a lab and require minimally three or four hours to complete.

“The current limitation is that the process to isolate molecule markers is very tedious because you have to use equipment to run the assays on,” says Wei. “We try to speed up the result turnaround time, so growers can get results faster.”

The microneedle patch, which is the size of a postage stamp, is made up of hundreds of tiny needles that

Photos: Qingshan Wei.

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Photo: Qingshan Wei.

collect genetic material. After applying the patch to a plant leaf for a few seconds, it is removed and rinsed with a buffer solution to wash off the material into a sterile container for testing.

grower to collect and analyze DNA samples and receive immediate results from a mobile device. On-site testing technology could help growers quickly detect diseases to prevent widespread infection of their plants.

The extraction technique has not been tested on ornamental plants and flowers, but the method has the potential to work on any type of leaf. Tomato and pepper plants were used in the initial study, but researchers were also able to use the microneedles patches to collect DNA from banana leaves, which have tougher tissue.

The paper was authored by Rajesh Paul, a Ph.D. student at NC State. Wei co-authored the paper along with several other researchers from NC State, UNC-CH, UCLA and Tianjin University. It was published in ACS Nano, an international journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology research.

“Even with the differences in plant tissue, our technique should still be able to isolate the molecules,” says Wei. “We only tested it on a few plants in the study, but there is potential it could be applied to different types of plants.”

The research was done with support from NC State Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program on Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security, the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science at NC State, and the USDA Integrated Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education.

The researchers see this development as the first step towards creating an integrated system that allows a

The abstract is available at https://pubs.acs.org/ doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b00193.

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INDUSTRY RESEARCH

Spotted Lanternfly: A Threat to NC Agriculture

N

orth Carolina nursery and landscape professionals should be on the lookout for an invasive plant pest. The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula; SLF) is an attractive-looking plant hopper that is approximately one-inch-long and one-half inch wide as an adult. SLF is native to China and was introduced into Pennsylvania in 2014 through international trade. To date, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia have areas under quarantine for SLF. Spotted lanternfly has a wide host range. It is known to feed on plants in more than 20 families during its immature stages of development. Once they mature into adults, their host range narrows to a few species (most notably tree of heaven and grapes). These insects can multiply rapidly. Adult females are able to lay roughly 2-5 egg masses over their lifetime, with each egg mass containing 30-50 eggs each. Eggs may be laid on virtually any surface, making SLF high risk for being accidentally transported out of quarantined areas and into non-infested areas, especially over great distances.

Early-instar nymphs of SLF feed on young stems and leaves while late-instar nymphs and adults feed on woody plant parts such as branches and trunks.

The insects excrete large quantities of honeydew which can lead to growth of sooty mold causing wilting and dying of understory plants due to blocking out sunlight. Additionally, aggregations

by Whitney Swink and Allison Ballantyne, NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Plant Industry Division

of late-instar nymphs and adults cause weeping wounds on trunks which can lead to wilting and death of the affected plants.

Spotted Lanternfly Adult; Photo by Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

This pest has the potential to seriously impact grape, apple, peach, maple and other commodities in our state. We are actively engaged with other state departments of agriculture and the USDA in monitoring this pest. Any person conducting business within quarantined areas for spotted lanternfly must have a permit for any conveyance. Affected states conduct random searches for such permits.

Failure to obtain proper permitting can result in a monetary fine and may include a criminal citation, which is determined by each state’s regulations.

Persons conducting business in quarantined areas are encouraged to apply for the permit, which can be obtained through an online training course offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. With exception to VA ($6), there is no cost to obtain this permit. Once issued it is valid for one year and is recognized by all affected states.

While we continue to survey for SLF, we ask that North Carolina nursery and landscape professionals remain vigilant. Please contact us immediately if you think you have seen this pest. Submit photos and sighting locations to badbug@ncagr.gov.

For more information and updates about this pest please visit our website at www.ncagr.gov/SLF.

Learn more: Map of quarantined areas: https://nysipm.cornell.edu/ sites/nysipm.cornell.edu/files/ shared/images/SLF-KnownDistbn.jpg Permitting information: www.agriculture.pa.gov/spottedlanternfly

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MD

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NC

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NC

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Raleigh

NC

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Raleigh

NC

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Raleigh

NC

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Indian Trail

NC

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Charlotte

NC

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Charlotte

NC

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Wilson

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Wilmington

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Raleigh

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Jacksonville

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Wilmington

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Linville

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NC

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Holly Springs

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Salisbury

NC

Gold

Johnson Nursery Corp.

Willard

NC

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Kirk Davis Nursery

Midland

NC

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Wake Forest

NC

Gold

L.R. Griffin & Assoc., Inc.

Greenville

NC

Platinum

Lathams Nursery, Inc.

Monroe

NC

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Myatt Landscaping Concepts, Inc.

Fuquay-Varina NC

Platinum

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Richfield

NC

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NurserySouth, LLC

Lumberton

NC

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Newton Grove NC

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Charlotte

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St. Pauls

NC

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Colfax

NC

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NC

Roots Farm 2, LLC

Charlotte

NC

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Colfax

NC

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T.H. Blue, Inc.

Eagle Springs

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Taylor's Nursery, Inc.

Raleigh

NC

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Wilson

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Hendersonville NC

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London

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Suffolk

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Conover

NC

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Clemmons

NC

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Durham

NC

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Jackson Springs

NC

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Raleigh

NC

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Morganton

NC

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Warsaw

NC

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Willow Spring

NC

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Pender Nursery, Inc.

Garner

NC

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Durham

NC

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Holly Springs

NC

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PRD Landscape Management, Inc.

Wake Forest

NC

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Robert M. Gragg & Sons Nursery

Lenoir

NC

Gold

Rountree Plantation Greenhouses

Charlotte

NC

Gold

Sampson Nursery, Inc.

Godwin

NC

Gold

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Shelby

NC

Gold

Southern Garden, Inc.

Apex

NC

Gold

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Gastonia

NC

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Member Company

City

State

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City

State

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Swift Creek Nursery

Clayton

NC

Gold

Jones Insurance Agency

Garner

NC

Silver

Tinga Nursery, Inc.

Castle Hayne

NC

Gold

Lawns by Carlito LLC

Durham

NC

Silver

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Mount Olive

NC

Gold

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Mount Holly

NC

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Lenior

NC

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NC

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Raleigh

NC

Gold

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Raleigh

NC

Silver

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Ash

NC

Gold

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Wayne

NJ

Silver

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Angier

NC

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Cool Planet

Valdosta

GA

Gold Affiliate

Franco's Nursery

Elora

TN

Gold Affiliate

Landscape Contractors Insurance Services, Inc.

Fresno

CA

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Nufarm Americas, Inc.

Cary

NC

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Plant & Supply Locator

Taylors

SC

Gold Affiliate

SiteLight LD, Inc.

Midlothian

VA

Gold Affiliate

Specialty Tag & Label, Inc.

Flowery Branch

GA

Gold Affiliate

A & A Plants, Inc.

Brown Summit NC

Silver

Agri Supply

Garner

NC

Silver

Back Road Farms

Lumber Bridge NC

Silver

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Bald Head Island

NC

Silver

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Smithfield

NC

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Crumpler

NC

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NC

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Pinehurst

NC

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Newport

NC

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Burnsville

NC

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NC

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NC

Bolivia

Mountain Advantage

West Jefferson NC

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Cashiers

NC

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Paradise Landscaping

Shelby

NC

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Parker Bark Co., Inc.

Rose Hill

NC

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Phillips Nursery

Leland

NC

Silver

Reaves Nursery Farm, LLC.

Aberdeen

NC

Silver

Reems Creek Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.

Weaverville

NC

Silver

Ruppert Landscape

Laytonsville

MD

Silver

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Stokesdale

NC

Silver

Shoemaker Landscape Design & Care, LLC

Hudson

NC

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Southern Moore Lawn Services, LLC

Southern Pines NC

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Shelby

NC

Silver

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Hiddenite

NC

Silver

Styers & Styers Inc.

Charlotte

NC

Silver

Tara Hughes, LLC

LaGrange

NC

Silver

The Country Club of North Carolina

Pinehurst

NC

Silver

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Durham

NC

Silver

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Turtle Creek Nursery, Inc.

Davidson

NC

Silver

GLW Landscaping LLC

Bear Creek

NC

Silver

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Fayetteville

NC

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Louisburg

NC

Silver

Grandfather Mtn. Nursery Garden Center & Landscaping

Banner Elk

NC

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Zebulon

NC

Silver

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McMinnville

TN

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Siler City

NC

Silver

NC

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Newell

NC

Silver

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Weaverville

GW Looby Landscaping Hawk Mountain Garden Center

Banner Elk

NC

Silver

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Inman

SC

Silver Affiliate

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Boynton Beach FL

Silver Affiliate

Hicks Landscape Contractors, Inc

Wendell

NC

Silver

Lilley Farms & Nursery, Inc.

Chesapeake

VA

Silver Affiliate

Homewood Nursery and Garden Center

Raleigh

NC

Silver

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Knightdale

NC

Silver Affiliate

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Atlanta

GA

Silver Affiliate

Hughes and Hughes Nursery Inc.

Ash

Painters Greenhouse, LLC

Old Fort

NC

Silver Affiliate

Prillaman Landscape Dimensions, Inc

Ridgeway

VA

Silver Affiliate

Robinson Nursery

Myersville

MD

Silver Affiliate

Terra Green Landscapes

Concord

NC

Silver Affiliate

NC

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Indiantown Farms

Shawboro

NC

Silver

Joe's Landscaping & Nursery Co.

Lewisville

NC

Silver

Johnston County Schools

Smithfield

NC

Silver

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