In this issue:
  • GrassSolutions for Wet Areas
  • Piet Oudolf's Garden Made It a Favorite
  • Roy Diblik Talks Plants
  • Promoting the Power of Plants
  • Connecting the Green Industry to the Blue Economy
  • Seed Bank for Southeastern Grasslands
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Focus on Grasses
GrassSolutions for Wet Areas

Green spaces are critical for our health and well-being, so it’s important to choose plants that make our landscapes work. In this post, we share GrassSolutions™ for a common landscape challenge: areas that are constantly wet.

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Piet Oudolf's Garden Made It a Favorite

Mexican Feather Grass is like no other grass we grow. Seeing it in an image from Piet Oudolf's garden enchanted our Marketing Director Shannon Currey. We revisit her article in American Nurseryman to find out why it belongs in your grass program.

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Roy Diblik Talks Plants
He's a singular plantsman who designs breathtakingly beautiful spaces. Roy Diblik of Northwind Perennial Farm (and Panicum 'Northwind' fame) has a new YouTube channel. It's a warm horticultural hug and a master class in planting design, garden maintenance, and plant communities.

Subscribe to Roy's YouTube channel and learn about the plants and projects that use some of our favorite grasses and sedges.

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We love this video where Roy discusses several plants he uses in his designs. Click on the video above to start at the point where he talks about Carex!
Promoting the Power of Plants
Resources You Can Use
We can count on the power of plants to heal, to encourage us, and to keep us going. That's the message the green industry must continue to share. The National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) provides resources to help us do just that. Check out their content you can use to show people connecting with plants and nature.

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Conserving and Improving Green Spaces
Connecting the Green Industry to the Blue Economy

If the green industry in coastal areas invests in the blue economy, they can be profitable while also enhancing the ocean and coastal environments. This article explores consumer preferences for landscapes in North Carolina's coastal community.

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Seed Bank for Southeastern Grasslands
The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) is in the early stages of developing a seed bank to serve the broader Mid-South region, with a focus on grassland species. This seed bank will serve as critical resource for preservation and restoration. N o seed bank exists that covers Tennessee, Kentucky, and large parts of other regions of the Mid-South.

SGI is based at Austin Peay State University (APSU) in north central Tennessee. The seed bank will make an important addition to the APSU Herbarium, which in 2019 surpassed the 100,000 specimen mark and is now pushing toward 120,000 specimens.   

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