Monthly Newsletter – April 2021
What’s Budding New Build Blues An author often fears the blank page. For a landscape designer, there is seldom a blank slate. Even if a project is still only virtual, the client provides a drawing of the home and any other buildings where The Plant Professionals’ outdoor crew will install a garden, outdoor color, pathways, […]
Monthly Newsletter – March 2021
What’s Budding Something Unique Nesting in a suburban neighborhood has many benefits. If the school system, road maintenance and general sense of community are positives, you may find an appealing home in this active real estate market.Often there are a few minor features you want to change, and that may include landscape or patio features. […]
Monthly Newsletter – February 2021
What’s Budding Roses — Symbolic Meanings Behind the Colors Roses have been used as symbolic messengers for centuries. Giving red roses is a symbol of romantic love. Yellow roses are supposed to symbolize friendship and caring. In Victorian times, they meant jealousy! They also aptly say good luck or welcome back. Peach is the color […]
Monthly Newsletter – January 2021
What’s Budding Exactly What Does ‘Outdoor Color’ Mean? This was the question a friend asked me recently- and I am sure she isn’t the only person who has wondered. Outdoor color is the term we use for any temporary or seasonal plants and materials we plant or place in outdoor planters or beds to add […]
Monthly Newsletter – November 2020
What’s Budding Lights On! When Light Emitting Diode strings first became available for commercial Christmas décor, I was a skeptic. The lights were too bright, the glow was blue rather than a warm white and the wiring and diodes were heavy and clunky. Now, the color is a soothing warm white, the wiring is similar […]
Monthly Newsletter – October 2020
What’s Budding Every person has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For many of us, we are spending significantly more time at our homes. Those with exterior greenspaces have had more time to devote to gardening, but fall brings a reduction and eventual end to most outdoor gardening activities till March or so. As we […]
Monthly Newsletter – September 2020
What’s Budding As summer fades and fall approaches, many an indoor plant collector begins thinking about the process of acclimating plants back into the lower light of indoors. All those lovely bright green specimens that have been out on the deck or under the pergola must come indoors before the temperatures swoop down into the […]
Monthly Newsletter – August 2020
What’s Budding The Art of Choosing One of the challenges of business is predicting where to place resources. What plant trends will continue to develop, and which will fade? What design styles will be embraced? Will the looks that clients crave be easy to source or will availability be limited? Our goal is always to […]
Monthly Newsletter – July 2020
What’s Budding Handle With Care We have long been able to purchase live plant materials through the mail or online. Bulbs, seeds and bare-root plants have been sent from place to place by wagon, ship or saddlebag since people began exploring the globe. These days cuttings, fruits and nuts, and even small starter-size potted garden […]
Monthly Newsletter – June 2020
What’s Budding Education or Experience? Every business owner in a service profession hires employees they hope will learn and grow in their position. Though I know there are landscapers and plantscapers who use a subcontractor model, that model is risky and requires constant attention to be sure each person or crew is properly insured for […]