Nursery Management

12/09/2025

Learn how a California nursery integrated a fleet of robots into its workflow, best practices, how to measure return on investment with automation and more. 🤖🌱(B***o Robotics)

In this replay of Nursery Management magazine's December 2025 free online live event, "Betting big on B***o: Kawahara Nurseries' roadmap for scaling to a 12-robot fleet," you'll learn:

✅The early adopter advantage: Hear directly from Kawahara Nurseries on the lessons learned from beta-testing to successful full-scale production.

✅The roadmap for scaling: Understand the strategic decisions behind the business' multi-phase expansion (two Grandes to eight Grandes to 12 Grandes) and the criteria for justifying each investment.

✅Fleet management best practices: Discover how to effectively manage, maintain and integrate a large, growing fleet of autonomous robots into existing nursery workflows.

✅Quantifying the return: Get insights into the real-world efficiency gains, labor optimization and ROI realized by scaling its B***o Grande operation over two years.

Learn how a California nursery integrated a fleet of robots into its workflow, best practices, how to measure return on investment with automation and more.

12/03/2025

In mid-September, 140 members of the green industry convened on Capitol Hill for the AmericanHort Impact Washington Fly-In Summit. The mission was simple: educate lawmakers and their staff on key industry priorities.

https://www.nurserymag.com/article/americanhort-impact-washington-fly-in-summit-advocacy-action/

Although many organizations fly members into D.C. yearly, Matt Mika, AmericanHort’s vice president of advocacy and government affairs, says setting up a three-day event every other year (avoiding big election years) tends to be more impactful. Although Mika has only been with AmericanHort for 2.5 years, he’s been working in D.C. for 21 years. Mika thrives in the chaos. He loves the breakneck pace.

“You write a to-do list the night before, then something happens, or President Trump says something, or a bill comes up and you literally rip it up because everything that mattered an hour ago, doesn’t anymore.”

Alan Jones, president of Manor View Farm in nearby Monkton, Maryland, has been going to Washington, D.C. fly-ins for decades. It’s about an hour train ride to the Capitol, and he’s made that ride many times. But he argues it’s necessary to keep the issues in front of our representatives in Congress. Many of the topics haven’t changed, but the people do. Between the 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 members of the Senate, there are 72 new members in the 119th U.S. Congress. More than 200 members of the House have never voted on a Farm Bill before. Talk of reforming the H-2A and H-2B programs has been happening for years, but as new faces replace the old, hope springs eternal.

“It’s one of these things you just have to constantly just hammer away at and hope that sooner or later you’ll have some success,” Jones says.

Building new relationships with congressional offices of those new members was an important priority for the fly-in, as was reinforcing existing connections to strengthen partnerships.

AmericanHort CEO Ken Fisher says the firsthand testimonials from fly-in attendees are the key to driving change.

12/01/2025

See our exclusive research about w**d management in nurseries across North America, and find out how growers like you handle w**d problems. Envu U.S.

https://www.nurserymag.com/article/2025-w**d-control-report-envu/

11/24/2025

Want to know how Kawahara Nurseries went from beta testing B***o Robotics to a 12-robot fleet? Attend this webinar one week from today! Register for free here: https://gie-net.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BhY56pMgRyuzqdYtvQwYHw #/registration

11/14/2025

Our November issue is LIVE!

https://www.nurserymag.com/magazine/november-2025/

✅Read how Qualitree CEO Gary Neels has developed resilience through loss and learned how being vulnerable is not a weakness but a strength.
✅Check out the W**d Control Report, sponsored by Envu U.S.: Exclusive research about w**d management in nurseries across North America, and find out how growers like you handle w**d problems.
✅Don't miss these key highlights from AmericanHort’s Impact Washington Fly-In Summit, where 140 members of the green industry convened on Capitol Hill to educate lawmakers and their staff on key industry priorities.
✅Plus, industry pundits provide solutions to your most pressing production questions in our special section: Ask the Experts

11/10/2025

Your guide to the latest perennial varieties from around the world.👀

Your guide to the latest perennial varieties from around the world.

11/07/2025

AmericanHort President & CEO Ken Fisher has announced his plan to step aside at the end of May 2026, marking 10 years of transformative leadership at the national trade association that represents the U.S. horticulture industry.

AmericanHort President & CEO Ken Fisher will step down at the end of May 26, 2026, after 10 years with the national trade association representing U.S. horticulture industry.

11/05/2025

Golden Villa Gardens, a new wholesale propagation nursery located on 6 acres in Apopka, Florida, received 12 inches of rain in less than 12 hours on Sunday, Oct. 26. The next morning, president Matt Gold was faced with a disaster.

Golden Villa Gardens received 12 inches of rain in less than 12 hours.

10/31/2025

Check out these spooky plants! Happy Halloween! 🖤👻

Plants with black and dark foliage are having a moment in the gardening world. IGCs should not be afraid of the dark.

10/27/2025

Discover key highlights from Cultivate’25, AmericanHort’s premier horticulture event, featuring sustainable innovations, biodegradable products and new plant introductions for nurseries and growers:

🔗https://www.nurserymag.com/article/cultivate25-recap-gie-media-horticulture-group/

✅Solar Sisters Rudbeckia from Bloomin' Easy Plants
✅Climb-itt houseplant supports from Proven Winners; leafjoy Plants
✅Autumn Kiss from Encore Azalea
✅The BioTag from HIP Labels
✅Centennial Ruby hydrangea from Monrovia
✅ Big Purple Tomato from Norfolk Heathy Produce

10/23/2025

Doty Nurseries LLC's success is rooted in the team’s ability to expand production, diversify its customer base and continue clean growing habits, all while maintaining a positive company culture.

Read more🔗: https://www.nurserymag.com/article/ryan-doty-nurseries-wholesale-horticulture-company-culture-a-common-purpose/