2015 March B&B Magazine

VOL 67, NO. 3, MARCH 2015

(left) WSNLA’s Wine Garden, Get Social: Sip & Sparkle at the Garden, shines at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Learn more about this year’s garden, designed

by Stacy Smith, CPH, Sweet Loam Fine Gardening, on page 8.

Cover Photo: WSNLA Wine Garden at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Picture provided by the Northwest Flower & Garden Show.

Contents

Published Monthly By: Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association 34400 Pacific Hwy S., Suite 2 Federal Way, WA 98003 800.672.7711 fax 253.661.6058 Subscription Price: $39 Annually

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Deadlines:

Get Social: Sip & Sparkle in the Garden shines at the NW Flower & Garden Show

News, Classified ads Advertising 5pm the 1st of the month preceding the first-of-the-month publication.

To place an advertisement, contact Breanne at (800) 672-7711 or breanne@ wsnla.org.

10 WSNLA Member Gardens inspire, inform and show that size is not a limitation

14 Plant Something

Spread the word about the benefits of plants and trees with your clients and customers

18 Certified Professional Horticulturists at the NW Flower & Garden Show Increasing consumer awareness of the CPH designation

March 2015 VOL 67. NO. 3 Editor Breanne Chavez

Features

Garden Creators

The Official Publication of

Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association

Columns 4

From the President

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Legislative Update

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Executive Director

Departments 7

Member Notes

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Industry News

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WSNLA Marketplace

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Chapter News

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Calendar of Events

Interested in sharing your opinions and comments with B&B readers? If you take the time to share your thoughtful comments, WSNLA will be sure to share them with B&B readers. Please submit to breanne@wsnla.org or by fax at (253) 661-6058.

Deadine: 1st of each month.

WSNLA reserves the right to refuse any ads which are misleading, unethical, contrary to WSNLA policy, or which do not pertain to the nursery and landscape industry.

75 years & Growing

WSNLA www.wsnla.org Executive Director Breanne Chavez e-mail breanne@wsnla.org Finance & Operations Director Holly Osborne, CPH e-mail holly@wsnla.org Industry Advancement Jeanne McNeil e-mail jmcneil@wsnla.org © 2015, Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association

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[ FROM THE PRESIDENT ]

Gardens, Gardens, Gardens!

Tim Gray WSNLA President Pacific Stone Company Everett This month’s topic is the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, something close to my heart for sure. Back in my California days a childhood friend of mine kept telling me about this new, “really cool event” held each winter.

Linda U., like so many others over the years, volunteered through her job to help build gardens. She and I attended the 1994 Garden Show, my first experience. Two gardens stood out and there are still images floating in my brain from that show.

First, as a specimen tree salesman in California I never saw the types of trees Iseli Nursery of Oregon had in their display garden. The range of evergreens shattered my concept of what a ‘tree’ can be, particularly when it came to color and growth habits, but specifically the SIZE of their trees.

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Second, our own Skagit Gardens created a tropical rain forest, complete with bamboo and dripping rain, and a mindboggling collection of beautiful plants.

Or, at least that’s my memory of it, all apologies to any of the ‘old guard’ at Skagit Gardens if I’ve misrepresented their amazing contribution to the Garden Show that year. Their garden helped me realize what a special event we have here in Washington state, and what a special industry we work in daily.

So, let’s not skip over the fact that in the intervening years I’ve been privileged to be associated with the Garden Show in many ways. Too many commercial booths to count and so many display gardens. Gardens for either a company I worked for or one that I own, volunteering for friends’ gardens, customers’ gardens, Association gardens: gardens, gardens, gardens.

For Pacific Stone we built gardens that won a number of awards and one ohso-coveted Ethel Moss People’s Choice Award. Beyond all that, there’s truly one ‘thing’ that has impacted my life both professionally and personally more than anything else from my years being involved with the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. People. Too many to be counted. Hundreds of them. Thousands?

More than likely.

People who have become customers.

People who have become friends.

People who have become my own ‘family’ of sorts. It’s nearly impossible to walk fifty feet across the convention

center floor and not run into someone I know, someone I respect, or even someone I love because they add so much depth to my life.

As always, it’s the people that make the show what it is, and it’s the people who will keep it going. The owners have done their part by keeping it alive, and vibrant, and yet also evolving. (If you missed ‘Garden Wars’ you really missed something fun!) The public, consumers of our products and services, has done its part keeping it going.

While the display gardens are the true stars of the show, they wouldn’t be there without an army of people. A veritable army of the horticultural community, from all corners of our industry. The Volunteers are, in my opinion, the fabric holding so much in place. We have our own troop of wonderful volunteers. Our Certified Professional Horticulturists had their own educational booth, representing WSNLA as only they can: as True Professionals.

Once again WSNLA created a beautiful display garden, called “Get Social: Sip and Sparkle in the Garden” surrounding the Wine Garden. The volunteers designing, planning, organizing, building, staffing and also taking away “Sip-N-Sparkle” did an amazing job representing WSNLA. We should all raise a glass of something in the air, give these volunteers our thanks and appreciation, and take a sip in their honor. Bravo, for a job well done!

Cheers, Tim.

Legislative Update WSNLA Works To Protect Your Business provide advice to drought response entities, provide policy oversight and assistance in developing drought related budget requests, and coordinate with drought response entities to consider lessons learned in drought and neardrought years and to improve efforts to preemptively mitigate the impacts of a drought.

Heather Hansen WSNLA Lobbyist As of this writing, the first legislative cutoff is just a few days away. Many bills will die and the legislative session will become more focused. There are currently forty bills on my tracking list for WSNLA. They range from bills about conservation district assessments to workers compensation claims. One issue that several members are watching has to do with standards for selling native seed. Here are a few of the highlights, both good and bad.

HB 1518 - Wage Liens. Creates a lien for wages claimed by an employee. If an employee believes they are due wages that have not been paid, the employee may file a lien against the employers real and personal property. The lien may include amounts for interest and other damages. The wage lien gives the employee the right to foreclose on the employer.

HB 5422 - Teen Training Wage. Allows an employer to pay teen training wages of 85% of the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is greater, to new employees’ ages 16 to 19 years of age. No more than 10% of an employer’s workforce may be under the teen training program. However, an employer with fewer than 20 employees

may employee two teen training-wage employees.

SB 5509 - Workers’ compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims. The statutory definition of occupational disease is changed, so that an occupational disease must arise from the employment in which the worker is exposed to the disease. The disease must have been caused by the conditions under which the work was performed.

The disease must have occurred as a natural incident of the employmentrelated exposure. The worker must not have been exposed to the disease outside of employment. The disease is not an ordinary condition of life to which the public is exposed. The statute of limitations on most occupational disease claims is changed from two years to one year.

SB 5972 - Purchasing of seeds by state agencies. State agencies must only purchase certified seed. The agency must state in the contract expectations for the germination or viability of the seed.

Tree seed and seed of woody species are exempt.

HB 1836 - Drought Preparedness The Department of Ecology is authorized to use funds in the drought preparedness account to contract preemptively, before a drought is declared, for projects that measure, identify sources of water, and other resources that can be accessed during a drought to alleviate drought conditions that may affect public health and safety. This includes effects on drinking water supplies, agricultural activities, and fish or wildlife survival.

The Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought is authorized to meet as needed. The Drought Committee is authorized to Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association - 5

Growing the success of our members

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[ FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ]

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Growing the success of our members!

and goals:

1. Member and Industry Awareness. Many members and others in the nursery and landscape industry in Washington state are not aware of WSNLA or do not understand the full value delivered through membership. Such benefits will be highlighted in the B&B Magazine, on WSNLA.ORG and communicated in person and by phone to members and potential members. Videos ‘telling the WSNLA story’ will be created, as well.

2. Consumer Awareness. Many consumers are unaware of the value of gardening and landscaping and are unaware of WSNLA as a resource for buying from or hiring quality professionals. WSNLA will improve consumer awareness of WSNLA and the value of plants and trees via our Plant Something campaign and consumer website, GardenWashington.com. We will also work to increase consumer awareness of the Certified Professional Horticulturist program.

2. Education and Professionalism.

Providing education and promoting avenues for improved professionalism continue to be a highly valued service WSNLA offers members and the nursery and landscape community. WSNLA will continue to enhance and expand its role as a hub of information and professional improvement for members and the horticultural community.

4. Resource Development. WSNLA currently has a small staff. This year we are looking to grow by adding an additional part-time team member. To plan for continued growth, WSNLA will enhance its capacity to fulfill its mission by developing and implementing a plan to grow its human and financial resources.

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Breanne Chavez WSNLA Executive Director As many of you may remember, the Board of Directors, staff and other leaders of the Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association met in November 2014 to create a long-range plan that will provide WSNLA with the capacity to endure and be resilient over time while creating new value for current and future members. At the Strategic Planning Retreat, the planning team took steps to begin drafting a new mission statement; conducted an organizational scan; prioritized critical issues facing the association; and determined long-range action areas and goals.

At the January Board Meeting, the WSNLA Board of Directors adopted the strategic plan and new mission, and presented the next day to a quorum of members at the WSNLA Annual Meeting. WSNLA improved mission features slight, but meaningful changes.

Growing the success of our members through promoting, educating and representing the horticultural community of Washington State.

The WSNLA Strategic Plan defines several specific action areas that WSNLA will emphasize as it strives to fulfill the mission. They include: Member and Industry Awareness; Consumer Awareness; Education and Professionalism; and Resource Development. You can read more about each action area in the column to the left.

We would love to have your participation in helping achieve these goals. If you are interested, please drop me an email at breanne@wsnla.org or give me a call at (800) 672-7711. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Your Involvement Matters You are invited to participate on one of the following committees.

Committees play a valuable role in WSNLA’s ongoing success. For those interested in being a part of one of the following committees, please know that the majority of committee involvement can be done through discussion and communication online and by phone. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Breanne at (800) 672-7711 or breanne@wsnla.org.

WSNLA Education Committee Promote continuing education and training in the field of horticulture! Help identify topics and speakers for the WSNLApro Series. Supporting materials are provided from member surveys and comments. This committee will also discuss opportunities for WSNLA online education and resource development.

NW Green Industry Conference Committee This is a fun committee that meets in the Everett area and via conference call.

Help generate seminar ideas for the largest industry conference in Washington state. Individuals with creative ideas for entertainment and attendee engagement are encouraged to join in the fun of planning this annual event.

Benefits of Committee & Volunteer Activities: - Help serve the professional nursery and landscape industry - Develop and enhance your leadership skills - Network and build relationships with other industry leaders - Share your business insight and skills - Create a voice for your interests and passions - Gain strategic knowledge and broaden your business skills - Receive a deep sense of accomplishment and pride in results - Influence senior decision-makers and work as a team toward a common goal

Member Notes

WSNLA

Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association

2015 WSNLA Officers Tim Gray, President Pacific Stone Company 425-258-1911 | timg@pacificstoneco.com Bill Raynolds, My Garden, President Elect 206-406-3487 | mygardennursery@gmail.com Ingrid Wachtler, CPH, Vice President Woodbrook Native Plant Nursery 253-265-6271 | woodbrk@harbornet.com Duane Job, Treasurer Job’s Nursery 509-547-4843 | duanejob@gmail.com Megan Pulkkinen, CPH, President Megan Pulkkinen Landscape Design 360-698-1865 | megancph@hotmail.com

WSNLA Board of directors Peter Van Well, III, Van Well Nursery 509-886-8189 | pete2@vanwell.net North Central Chapter President Scott Pringle, CPH, Paradise Lake Nursery 206-930-4132 | paradiselakenursery@gmail.com Northwest Chapter President Stephen Serafin, Quality Landscapes 360-385-6663 | qualitylandscapes @cablespeed.com Olympic Chapter President Kirsten Lints, CPH, Gardens ALIVE Design 425-318-2971 | kirsten@gardensALIVEdesign.com Seattle Chapter President Shannon Grina, CPH, Grina Landscape Design 425-736-5170 | shannong99@comcast.net CPH Caucus Chair Toni Cross, CPH, Toni Cross Seasonal Color Pots 206-781-1060 | toni@seasonalcolorpots.com Design Caucus Chair Chris Smith | Lake Washington Institute of Technology 425-739-8424 | chris.smith@lwtech.edu Horticulture Educator Caucus Chair

Lady Bug Nursery

Jennifer Bentz

Kiran Grewal 318 19th St NW Puyallup, WA 98371 253-266-9951 kirangrewal@comcast.net Regular Member, Retail Nursery caucus Olympic Chapter

4633 44th Ave S Seattle, WA 98118 jebentz@msn.com Student Member, Seattle Chapter

Mary Ranahan, Cedar Grove Composting 206-963-0428 | mary.ranahan@cgcompost.com Horticultural Supplier Caucus Chair

Peter Dervin

Ben DeGoede, CPH, Windmill Gardens 253-863-5843 | info@windmillgardens.com Retail Caucus Chair

Rachel Millard 2605 44th Ave SW #101 Seattle, WA 98116 millard.rachel@gmail.com Affiliate Member Seattle Chapter

9101 9th Avenue SE Everett, WA 98208 www.vpcsales.com 425-879-1033 pdervin@vpcsales.com Affiliate Member, Northwest Chapter

Gregory Smaus, CPH, Native Root Designs 206-227-4458 | gregory@nativerootdesigns.com Landscape Caucus Chair

Open Positions: Mt Rainier Chapter President, Greenhouse Grower Caucus Chair, Wholesale Grower Caucus Chair & Out of State Caucus Chair

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WSNLA Wine Garden Sip & Sparkle in the Garden A Chic + Glamorous Spot In the Garden

Designed by: Stacy Smith, CPH, Sweet Loam Fine Gardening Technical Support: Everett Chu, CPH, ecoPRO, Azusa Farm & Gardens

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Created by:

Thank you to the following Members Garden Team Stacy Smith, CPH | Sweet Loam Fine Gardening Everett Chu, CPH, ecoPRO | Azusa Farm & Gardens Nicole Miller, CPH - Social Media Lara Vyas, CPH - Plant Procurement

Our Garden Contributors Plants: Azusa Farm and Gardens, www.azusafarm.com Bailey Nurseries, www.baileynurseries.com Bel-R Greenhouse, Inc., www.bel-r.com Blooming Nursery, www.bloomingnursery.com Furney’s Nursery, www.furneysnursery.com Little Prince of Oregon Nursery, www.littleprinceoforegon.com Puget Sound Plants, www.psplants.com Skagit Gardens, www.skagitgardens.com Sky Nursery, www.skynursery.com Sunbreak Nursery, www.sunbreaknursery.com Vibrant Plants, www.vibrantplants.com T&L Nursery, www.TandLnursery.com Urban Forest Nursery, www.urbanforestnursery.com Van Klaveren’s Nursery, www.vknursery.com Windmill Gardens, www.windmillgarden.com Artists: Studio B Custom Design Welders at Green River College Welding Technology Program Garden Suppliers: Mukilteo Cedar Products, www.mukilteocedar.com Ragen & Associates, www.ragenassociates.com Special Thanks To: Karen Baretich, CPH Ann Gilpin, CPH-LQ Tim Gray Kirsten Lints, CPH Guillermo Martinez Nicole Miller, CPH Carlos Miranda Anju Neilju, CPH-LQ Scott Pringle, CPH Megan Pulkkinen, CPH Amy Read, CPH-LQ Vince Smith Lara Vyas, CPH Cascade Cuts Certified Professional Horticulturist volunteers Marenakos Rock Center Lake Washington Institute of Technology and the Environmental Horticulture Students Plant Forcing Program Staff at DeGoede Brothers/ Windmill Gardens Sawdust Supply Company NW Flower and Garden Show TOP PHOTO PROVIDED BY NW FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW. BOTTOM TWO PHOTOS PROVIDED BY STACY SMITH, CPH. Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association - 9

WSNLA Member Garden Creators NW Flower & Garden Show gardens inspire & inform attendees

Birds Do It... Bees Do It! Created by West Seattle Nursery Fred Palmer Garden Creator’s Award Pacific Horticultural Society Award South Sound Magazine Editor’s Choice Award Photo provided by NW Flower & Garden Show

Rekindled Rendezous Created by McAuliffe’s Valley Nursery Photo provided by NW Flower & Garden Show

Will You? Created by Fancy Plants Gardens, Inc Photo provided by NW Flower & Garden Show

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WSNLA Member Garden Creators

City Living displays show space is no limitation with garden living

A Garden of Gardens Created by Wight’s Home & Garden Best Design Award

Romancing the Kasbah Created Aw Pottery 12 - The B&Bby Magazine

Giardino di Notte Created by Sky Nursery

A Modern Romance Created by Tapestry Gardens & Farm

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Plant Something

Share the perks of plants with your customers and clients.

Are you letting your customers and clients know that plants are more than just pretty? The following four pages include facts about the many benefits of plants, trees and gardening. Help spread the word about the Perks of Plants by sharing these facts with client and customers online and at your nursery or landscape business. Encourage them to join our cause and Plant Something.

Over the past three years, WSNLA has been working to increase awareness of the benefits of plants and trees with the goal of increasing overall industry sales. Targeting the younger generation in an effort to draw them into growing and gardening has been a focus. This year, the WSNLA campaign continues to grow and will include television and a Plant Something toolkit for WSNLA members interested in helping, too 2015 Plant Something Campaign includes:

Media Campaign This year WSNLA’s media campaign will include radio, print, online and television.

With a statewide reach, the Plant Something campaign will promote the health and environmental benefits of gardening - most importantly it will direct listeners to GardenWashington.com and YOUR BUSINESS! If you’re interested in a co-op program that highlights your business name in the messaging, contact breanne@wsnla.org.

WSNLA Member Toolkit As a WSNLA member, you will have access to various marketing tools to help spread the word about Plant Something and encourage new gardeners to create beautiful and functional spaces to enjoy and connect. With strength in numbers, this task is much easier to achieve. Watch for this to arrive in your email inbox in April.

Your Plant Something Toolkit will include: * Plant Something Video (Long & short versions) * Social Media Ads & Widgets * Plant Something plant tags * Plant Something - Benefits of Plants Fact Sheets * Plant Something signage

Grow Your Brand

Advertise on GardenWashington.com - Annual Investment: $450 Your business will receive a display ad that is front and center on GardenWashington. com all year long - Plus, an enhanced listing in the WSNLA search tool. That is less than a $40 a month marketing investment - WOW, what a deal!

Your $450 investment will reap the benefits of WSNLA’s Spring media campaign. It is the best deal around when looking to spend marketing and advertising dollars! Only 5 spots available - Secure your spot today - contact breanne@wsnla.org. Payments available.

Don’t just stand there - Plant Something.

Get Planting PLANTS & TREES INCREASE YOUR HOME’s VALUE GROWTH INVESTMENT. Ever compare the price of houses on a tree-lined street versus comparable places on a barren boulevard? The difference will make anyone an instant plant lover.

By adding quality, low-maintenance landscaping to your home, you can boost its resale value by 15% and can accelerate its sale by five to six weeks.

1. Trees Add Value. How much value does a single tree

typically add to your home? According to the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service in Indiana, a silver maple in good health could be worth $2,562. More mature, healthy trees can add even more value. For example, trees added an average of $8,870 to a home’s sale price in Portland, according to a 2010 Forest Service study.

Your trees can even add value to your neighbor’s property. An Oregon study found that trees with a sizable canopy growing within 100 feet of other houses added about $9,000 to their sale price and shaved two days off its time on the market. Source: www.houselogic.com.

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Curb Appeal Improves Your Investment.

Adding curb appeal is a great way to increase your home’s value.

Whether it is a few plants and trees, fence or upgraded retaining wall, your homes value and selling prices could by boosted by $2,000 to $5,000 or more.

Join our Cause. #PlantSomething.

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Get Planting PLANTS & TREES IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT

GREENER IS CLEANER. When you plant a tree or plant, you get plenty more than just pretty flowers and leaves. While standing there looking gorgeous, flowers, trees and grasses are also busy doing janitorial service on the environment. In urban and suburban settings, vegetation helps reduce storm water runoff, decreases pollutants and suspended solids in surface water runoff, and reduces sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, carbon monoxide and particulate matter from the air.

1. Plants & Trees Improve Air Quality.

Did you know the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently ranks indoor air pollution as one of the top threats to public health? Plants act as highly effective air cleaners, absorbing carbon dioxide, plus many air pollutants, while releasing clean oxygen and fragrance.

In fact, one tree can remove 26 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually, equaling 11,000 miles of car emissions.

Source: www.Plant-Something.org.

2. Plants & Trees Attract Wildlife & Promote

Biodiversity. Parks and urban green spaces attract wildlife, which both increases the natural beauty of an area and contributes to biodiversity. Giving animals a natural refuge from highly populated areas minimizes the likelihood of animal populations being adversely affected by urban sprawl. Source: www.ellisonchair.tamu.edu.

3. Plants & Trees Work to Manage Soil & Water.

A dense cover of plants and mulch holds soil in place, reducing erosion and keeping sediment out of streams, storm drains and roads. By planting new gardens, such as rain gardens, we can make use of the rain water run-off and help prevent harmful pollutants from making it into our streams and lakes. Native gardens, like rain gardens, are not only good for the environment they are low maintenance and beautiful.

Join our Cause. #PlantSomething.

Get Planting

shady deal - benefits of trees TREES SAVE YOU MONEY. Just three properly placed trees can save an average household between $100 and $250 in annual heating and cooling costs. U.S. Department of Energy.

Carefully positioned plants and trees can cut as much as 25% off your household’s energy consumption for cooling and heating. Source: www.Plant-Something.org.

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Trees Increase Business Revenue. Studies have shown that well-treed businesses project a warm, welcoming and inviting atmosphere for shoppers who tend to linger and spend more time shopping, resulting in some cases in a business increase of up to 11%.

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Trees Decrease Crime. Studies show that neighborhoods with significant greenery report fewer instances of crime and less insecurity, resulting from a greater sense of community.

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Trees Slow Traffic Speeds. Closely-spaced trees along roads tend to slow traffic by giving the impression of narrow roads and speed as they zoom past your windows. They also serve as a buffer zone between streets and sidewalks, creating safer environments for joggers, pedestrians and children at play.

4. Trees benefit child development. Trees have

been shown to increase levels of concentration in children, and girls who are exposed to nature or live in greener communities tend to exhibit higher levels of self-discipline and decreases in impulsive, risky behavior.

Join our Cause. #PlantSomething.

Get Planting

Gardening for Mind & Body

GARDENING IS A GREAT FORM OF EXCERCISE. Besides obvious weight loss benefits gardening has been proven to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and decrease depression. Source: Eva Shaw, PhD, author of Shovel It: Nature’s Health Plan.

In fact, studies show that merely looking at a garden or plants can generate changes in such things as blood pressure, heart activity, muscle tension, and brain electrical activity. Through colors and textures gardeners can invoke emotions of calm, tranquility, and happiness.

1. It’s in the Dirt!

Bacteria in soil may make us happier and smarter. A strain of bacterium in soil, Mycobacterium vaccae, has been found to trigger the release of seratonin, which in turn elevates mood and decreases anxiety.

And on top of that, this little bacterium has been found to improve cognitive function and possibly even treat cancer and other diseases. Which means that contact with soil, through gardening or other means, is beneficial.

Source: GardeningknowHow.com.

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Bend, twist, reach, and pull. Gardening provides all three types of exercise: endurance, flexibility, and strength. Researchers estimate that gardening burns an average of 300 calories per hour, while heavy yard work can burn more than 600 calories per hour! Source: www.SparkePeople.com and www.webMD.com.

3. Plants & Trees Help With Recovery. According to the

American Horticultural Therapy Association, gardening can benefit people who are recovering from physical illness by retraining their muscles and improving coordination, balance, and strength.

Join Our Cause. #PlantSomething.

Certified Professional Horticulturist at Northwest Flower & Garden Show

Working to Increase Awareness of CPH Designation

CPH Board Committee Members Lucinda McMahan, CPH Lucinda’s Landscapes lucinda31@comcast.net CPH since 2001 Andrew Barker, CPH Cloud Garden Landscape Design candrewbarker@gmail.com CPH since 2011 Joan Hackett, CPH PlantScapes joaniedidit@comcast.net CPH since 2002

Certified Professional Horticulturists volunteered their time to create the CPH booth at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. The booth was staffed daily by 8 Certified Professional Horticulturists who engaged with show attendees, passed out GardenWashington Locator Guides and Plant Something seed stakes.

Thank you to all the Certified professionals who participated in developing the booth, managing the volunteer communications, and staffing during the show. Also, a big thank you to the CPH volunteers who staffed the Get Social: Sip & Sparkle in the Garden. In total 51 Certified Professional Horticulturists volunteered at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Your efforts are helping to increase awareness of the Certified Professional Horticulturist designation.

Don Marshall, CPH Lake Washington Institute of Technology don.marshall@lwtech.edu CPH since 1983 Mike Davis mdaviscph@gmail.com CPH since 2002 Dana Blaskovich paradisecontained@hotmail.com CPH since 2002 Joseph Weninger, CPH Wight’s Home & Garden josephweninger@yahoo.com CPH since 2012

If you are interested in helping build consumer awareness of the CPH program, please contact Holly Osborne at (800) 672-7711 or holly@wsnla.org.

PICTURED BOTTOM RIGHT: Marybeth Hillard, CPH and Jerome Kosman, CPH. Photo provided

by Shannon Grina, CPH.

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Industry News

Find more industry events at WSNLA.ORG! Governor Inslee declares drought for three Washington regions State prepared to provide emergency help for communities and agriculture Snowpack conditions across Washington state mountains are near record low levels, prompting Gov. Jay Inslee to declare a drought emergency for three key regions.

Watersheds on the Olympic Peninsula, east side of the central Cascade Mountains including Yakima and Wenatchee, and Walla Walla region will be hit hardest with drought conditions.

Snowpack is a mere 7 percent of normal in the Olympic Mountains. It ranges from 8 to 45 percent of normal across the Cascades, and is 67 percent of normal in the Walla Walla region.

“We can’t wait any longer, we have to prepare now for drought conditions that are in store for much of the state,” said Inslee. “Snowpack is at record lows, and we have farms, vital agricultural regions, communities and fish that are going to need our support.”

An unusually warm winter has caused much of the precipitation to fall as rain, leaving mountain snowpack a fraction of normal. And a healthy snowpack is what would slowly feed rivers across the state and sustains farms and fish through the drier summer months.

“We’ve been monitoring the snow conditions for months now, hoping for a late-season recovery,” said Washington Department of Ecology Director Maia Bellon. “Now we’re gearing up to help provide relief wherever we can when the time comes. Hardships are on the horizon, and we’re going to be ready.”

Short and long-range weather forecasts are not expected to bring relief, calling for warmer and drier weather.

With snowpack statewide averaging 27 percent of normal, 34 of the state’s 62 watersheds are expected to receive less than 75 percent of their normal water supplies.

Ecology has requested $9 million in drought relief from the legislature. The money would pay for agricultural and fisheries projects, emergency water-right permits, changes to existing water rights, and grant water-right transfers.

For now, water suppliers in the Seattle, Tacoma and Everett areas are in decent shape and are not projecting much hardship.

To track snow and watershed totals, Ecology is posting daily updates to its drought website – www.ecy.wa.gov/drought, and providing routine updates on Facebook and Twitter – search @ecologywa or #wadrought.

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WSNLA submits comments and talking points to Governor’s Office. As talks surrounding a drought declaration in March escalated, WSNLA submitted comments of concern and talking points on how the nursery and landscape industry can provide solutions for successfully growing plants and trees during periods of water restrictions.

- Drought and water restrictions will severely reduce demand for nursery and greenhouse plants, which are noted as the 8th largest agricultural commodity in Washington State, and its related services.

- Any message that identifies our industry as the first target at the peak of the season, from April - June, will make it impossible to recover lost income the rest of the year. Many other industries and homeowners can cut back 10-20% on water usage fairly easily. Sharing the burden across industries is fair and prudent.

- Our key message is that successfully growing plants and trees during periods of water restrictions is achievable. Don’t stop planting, instead plant and water smarter – and, be sure to consult a professional to help with water saving solutions.

- Water-wise tips were provided, including: Proper plant selection; Prepare your site & apply mulch; Water & irrigate efficiently; and Consider permeable hardscape. GardenWashington.com was listed as an online source for Washington residents to locate local independant nurseries, landscape professionals, Certified Professional Horticulturists, and ecoPRO Certified Sustainable Landscape Professionals that can help.

WSNLA Marketplace

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Mahonia aquifolium 5 gal. Rosa nutkana 1 gal. Rosa Rugosa 1 gal. English laurel 2 gal. & 5 gal. b&b. List available. (360) 794-6549, or akker4@gmail.com. WSNLA MEMBER.

Specimen Street and landscape Trees in large Root Control Bags. Year around availability, easier shipping, handling and establishment.

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WSNLA MEMBER. Place you job openings and items for sale in the WSNLA Marketplace. Your listings are also included online at WSNLA.ORG. Contact Breanne at breanne@wsnla.org or (800) 672-7711.

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2015 WSNLA Chapter Activities Mt Rainier Chapter

For more information or to be added to the email list to receive chapter meeting notice announcements, contact Ingrid Wachtler, Woodbrook Native Plant Nursery at woodbrk@harbornet.com.

Northwest Chapter

For more information or to be added to the email list to receive chapter meeting notice announcements, contact Toni Cross, CPH, Seasonal Color Pots, at toni@seasonalcolorpots.com.

Olympic Chapter

For more information or to be added to the email list to receive chapter meeting notice announcements, contact Gayle Larson, CPH at Gayle.larson@hotmail. com.

Seattle Chapter

April 7, from 6:30 - 9pm. Welded Works for your Landscape. Location: Green River Community College. For more information or to be added to the email list to receive chapter meeting notice announcements, contact Bill Collins at wjcollins@comcast.net.

Host or Sponsor a Chapter Meeting Hosting a chapter meeting at your business is a great way to introduce your plant availability, products and services to potential clients and customers. By inviting nursery and landscape professionals to your business site, it provides an opportunity to share your expertise and build valuable relationships to grow your business.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Find more industry events at WSNLA.ORG! APRIL 2, 12:30 - 2:30PM, REHABILITATIVE PRUNING. Location: Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle. This advanced class will discus how to restore malpruned trees and shrubs. Instructor: Cass Turnbull, Plant Amnesty. Cost: $30.

Plant Amnesty Member: $25. * Prices for classes increase by $5 one week before the class is scheduled to be held.

Register at: http://depts.washington. edu/uwbg/education/prohort.php. For more information contact (206) 6858033 or urbhort@uw.edu. CPH Credit Available.

APRIL 16, 10AM - NOON. HANDS-ON RENOVATION WORKSHOP. Location: Magnuson Community Garden in Magnuson Park. Learn pruning and creative solutions for the overgrown garden through hands-on experience.

This workshop will be held at Magnuson Community Garden in Magnuson Park.

Instructor: Cass Turnbull, Plant Amnesty Cost: $85. Plant Amnesty Members: $75 For more information visit: http://depts. washington.edu/uwbg/education/ prohort.php. For more information contact (206) 685-8033 or urbhort@ uw.edu. CPH Credit Available.

MAY 20, 8:45AM - 4PM. URBAN FOREST SYMPOSIUM 2015. Location: Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle. From clean water and air to healthier minds and bodies, we know that trees have significant value, but they never seem to get the credit they deserve. Attend this year’s urban forest symposium to learn the best methods for quantifying the worth of our urban forests, and how to communicate that value to decision-makers and the public. Presenters will share the latest research on stormwater benefits and tools used to quantify them, introduce a new online portal to assist in identifying

areas in cities that can have the greatest health savings through expanding tree canopy, and discuss how to leverage the multitude of benefits to engage new supporters. Cost: $85 per person.

Lunches available for $15. Free lunch included for the first 100 registrants.

Networking reception to follow from 4 to 6pm. Register at: http://depts. washington.edu/uwbg/education/ prohort.php. For more information contact urbhort@uw.edu or (206) 6858033.

JUNE 17. WSNLA LANDSCAPE DESIGN TOUR. Location: Vashon Island. Save the date for this annual event that will feature a wide variety of landscape design and garden settings. Watch for more details of this event in the April B&B Magazine. CPH Credit Available.

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