Katie McDaniel

Nursery Management • June 2025

Get to know Tim Fleischer and Matt Guthrie

Tim Fleischer and Matt Guthrie are assistant horticulturists at City of Dublin in Ohio and co-hosts of the Shrubby Buddies podcast. Learn tradeshow tips and preview their Cultivate education session about perennials that have proven to outwit, outlast and outgrow the harshest water shortages.

Nursery Management • May 2025

Get to know Shelby Jackson of Carolina Native Nursery

Shelby Jackson is an NCNLA certified plant professional and the head of sales and part-owner of Carolina Native Nursery, located in North Carolina. Her experience besides sales includes horticultural research in the field and in the laboratory, landscape design consulting, and let’s not leave out, she’s a native plant enthusiast.

Nursery Management • April 2025

Shifting the urban environment

Forrest Keeling Nursery supplies The Giving Grove with native trees that are used in community orchards and food forests across the country.

Greenhouse Management • March 2025

Her Cinderella story

As a leading woman of horticulture, Dana Massey believes it’s important to never stop learning, work hard and engage with the industry.

Nursery Management • March 2025

Get to know Connor Bunovsky

Growing trees at Canterbury Tree Farm is a lifestyle for Connor Bunovsky, not a job, and he’s passionate about producing the best product he can for his customers.

Nursery Management • February 2025

MANTS 2025 recap

See what caught our attention at the Baltimore event.

Nursery Management • February 2025

Florida nurseries devastated by snowstorm

Growers in the Florida panhandle region are facing millions of dollars in losses and structural damage following unprecedented levels of snow, sleet and freezing rain.

Nursery Management • January 2025

Get to know James Saunders

On our first episode of "Get To Know," Associate Editor Katie McDaniel talks with James Saunders, the director of production at Saunders Brothers nursery.

Nursery Management • January 2025

After the storm

How hurricanes Helene and Milton impacted the horticulture industry this fall.

Nursery Management • January 2025

GardenComm Conference tours

From behind the scenes of Spring Meadow Nursery's production facilities to one of Walters Gardens' new varieties, this road trip has it all.

Nursery Management • January 2025

Get to know Pablo Costa

As director of operations and growing for Van Belle Finished Plants, Pablo Costa is always eager to learn and find new ways to improve the operation.

Nursery Management • October 2024

Adaptability: a nursery necessity

As Colesville Nursery celebrates 50 years of business, the company continues to have a lasting impact on its customers while adapting to whatever challenges are thrown its way.

Nursery Management • October 2024

Breeding initiatives at Must Have Perennials

Must Have Perennials is an organization that represents and supports breeders and focuses almost exclusively on perennials with excellent hardiness and garden performance.

Nursery Management • October 2024

Persistence is key

Through multiple methods and strategies, growers are able to stay on top of the problematic weeds at their nursery.

Nursery Management • August 2024

Partnerships are key

Growers can increase their profits by partnering with brokers to sell high demand plants across North America.

Horticultural Industries Leadership Awards • July 2024

Forward focused

With visionary leader Mark Sellew looking ahead and thinking of ways to improve the business, Prides Corner Farms has remained relevant in a constantly changing industry.

Nursery Management • July 2024

Get to know Jimmy Toledo

Located on Kauai, the Garden Island of the Hawaiian Islands, Jimmy Toledo is passionate about plants and the opportunity to constantly learn something new.

Nursery Management • May 2024

Resilient plants

The Climate Ready Plant Trials will provide growers with data driven plants that are ready to withstand the most extreme weather conditions.

Nursery Management • December 2023

Cline Church Nursery grows the 2023 White House Christmas tree

The National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) selects Cline Church Nursery as the 2023 Grand Champion grower.

Nursery Management • December 2023

The discovery

As the ornamental plant breeder at Spring Meadow Nursery, Megan Mathey loves working with woody plants, and she strives to find untapped genetic diversity with every crop she works with.

Nursery Management • October 2023

Precision equipment and consistent mix

The team at Petitti Family of Farms underscores the importance of investing in equipment.

Nursery Management • October 2023

Quality over quantity

Discover how Athens Wholesale Nursery overcomes challenges and collaborates with other small nurseries to thrive in an industry dominated by bigger operations.

Nursery Management • September 2023

Get to know Sam Rogers

Growing up attending tradeshows and watching his dad work, Sam Rogers knew his passion for trees would lead him to pursue a career in the horticulture industry.

Nursery Management • September 2023

How to attract the next generation of employees

A panel of current and recently graduated horticulture students from the HortScholar program offer an inside look into the minds of the next generation of employees.