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Monday, September 30, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Octoraro Hosts Governor’s Invasive Species Council » COCHRANVILLE – The Pennsylvania Governor’s Invasive Species Council (PISC) was hosted by PLNA-member Octoraro Native Plant...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 (1 Comment - view/add) Eichenlaub Receives Penn State College of Ag’s Outstanding Alumni Award » University Park - Long-time PLNA member and leader Dan Eichenlaub received the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA on Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast! » PLNA Board Chair Katie Dubow talked with Art and Design by Eva Monheim for her podcast, Plant a Trillion Trees. That's som...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) In Memoriam - Larry J. Kuhns 1946 - 2019 » Larry Judson Kuhns, 73, of State College, died Saturday, November 23, 2019, at home, surrounded by his loving family. Larr...
Friday, September 13, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Kevin Prall, PCH, Awarded Inaugural "Best Front Yard in America" by Better Homes and Gardens » Out of around 900 entries, Kevin Prall’s yard was judged to be in the top ten. Then, voting was open to the public, and he...
Friday, September 13, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Bidwell Training Center Appoints New Director of Horticulture Technology Program » Dave Bramson is the newly appointed Director for the Horticulture Technology Program at Bidwell Training Center, located i...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Williamson College of the Trades Awarded PLNA Trophy at 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show » Williamson’s exhibit in the Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, “Phytoremediation: Plants Plan...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Stoney Bank Nurseries Awarded PLNA Trophy at 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show » This year Stoney Bank's display Unplug and Play! supported the theme of Flower Power and, in addition to the PLNA Trop...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Eichenlaub Inc Offers First Landscape Apprenticeship Program in Western PA » PLNA Member, Eichenlaub, Inc., has signed on to be one of the first landscape companies in Pennsylvania to offer the Lands...
Friday, March 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Members Star Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle and North Creek Nurseries - SANC Certified » PLNA Members Star Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle and North Creek Nurseries - SANC Certified These two progressive nurse...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Member Milestones 2018 » Congratulations to the following members who have reached specific milestones within their career and/or membership with t...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Owner of Eichenlaub Inc. teaches students how he weighs new technology » UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Will customers of lawn-mowing services accept robotic, autonomous lawnmowers cutting the...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) LandStudies President, Kelly Gutshall, receives Penn State Landscape Architecture Award » Kelly Gutshall, LandStudies President, is the recipient of Penn State University’s 2018 Arts and Architecture Alumni Award...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Metzler Forest Products Unveils New Brand Identity » Metzler Forest Products Unveils New Brand Identity To Reflect Business Growth Company Adds New Timber Transport Div...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) In Memoriam - Herbert "Bert" Gumpf » Herbert "Bert" Gumpf - 1928-2018 Herbert George Gumpf (“Bert”), 89, of Chippewa Township in Beaver County, passed awa...
Friday, June 22, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Members in GPN's Class of 2018 Forty under 40 » These folks are making their mark in business today while charting the course for the industry’s future and we are very ha...
Monday, April 9, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Members Cedar Run Landscapes and Solow Horticultural Designs Featured in PHS GROW » Two of PLNA's many members in Southeast PA have recently been featured in Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's (PHS) GROW...
Monday, December 18, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Member Uhland, Harmony Hill Nursery highlighted in Nursery Management mag » KUDOS to Chris Uhland of Harmony Hill Nursery, Downingtown, for front page coverage of his nursery practices in Nursery M...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) In Memoriam - Joanne Kostecky Petito » Joanne Kostecky Petito - 1946 - 2017 Joanne Kostecky Petito, 71, of Bethlehem, passed away on Friday, November 3, 201...
Sunday, April 9, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) PLNA Member Uhland Elected Chair of DEP Ag Advisory Board » HARRISBURG – Christopher Uhland, the manager of PLNA member Harmony Hill Nursery in Downingtown, Pa. was recently elected...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 (1 Comment - view/add) PLNA Members' Business Practices Highlighted in National Industry Magazines » KUDOS to PLNA members’ Riverview Nursery and Garden Center , Temple, PA and The Greenskeeper in Palmyra, PA for the rec...
Friday, September 9, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) KUDOs to North Creek Nurseries » North Creek Nurseries has been awarded Greenhouse Grower's 2016 Operation of the Year and Excellence in Sustainable Produc...
Friday, September 9, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) In Memoriam - Sean C. Burke » Sean C. Burke, 48, of Wyndmoor, a partner in Burke Brothers Landscape Design/Build, died Jan. 25 from complications of hea...
Friday, June 10, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Founder of Sal's Landscaping & Nursery, 30 Year Member, passes » Salvatore Antonucci 1926 - 2016 Salvatore F. Antonucci, 89, of North Wales, PA, formerly of Ambler, P...
Friday, June 10, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Past President, Founder of Plantique passes » Theodore (Ted) R. Fritzinger, 93, of Allentown, passed peacefully on April 14, 2016 in his Arizona home. Born October 17,...
Friday, May 6, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Third Generation of 100 year member, Root's Nurseries, Inc., Passes » J. Clyde Root, 87, of Landis Homes, formerly of Manheim, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Thursday, March 24, 2016 a...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Member Andy Ernst Named Atlantic Seed Association Seedsman of the Year » Meadville, PA - Andy Ernst, vice president of Ernst Conservation Seeds , was honored for his many contributions to t...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Calvin Ernst Inducted into Armsby Honor Society » UNIVERSITY PARK – PLNA member Calvin Ernst, founder and president of Ernst Conservation Seeds, was recently inducted into...
Monday, August 31, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Kelly Gutshall, Landstudies, Inc., to be honored as Watershed Champion of the Chesapeake Bay » The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will present annual award to Gutshall at ‘Taste of the Chesapeake’ gala on September 1...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Members Assist in Milton & Catherine Hershey Conservatory Landscaping Project » Construction is fully underway with the Milton & Catherine Hershey Conservatory, a multi-million dollar 16,000 square-...
Thursday, June 4, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Hively Landscapes Volunteers to Help Local School » On Friday May 8, 2015 thirty five employees of Hively Landscapes volunteered their day to benefit the Alexander D. Goode e...
Thursday, June 4, 2015 (1 Comment - view/add) Hively Landscapes Receives Awards » Hively Landscapes has been awarded the following Remodeling Awards of Excellence by the York Builders Association; &...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Stoney Bank Nurseries, Inc. Celebrates 36th Consecutive Exhibition » Stoney Bank Nurseries, Inc. celebrated their 36 th consecutive exhibition at the International Philadelphia Flower S...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Members Named as Revolutionary 100 Garden Centers » Congratulations to PLNA members, Mostardi Nursery and Stauffers of Kissel Hill , who were named as Revolution...
Monday, August 11, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Past President Len Sorensen Passes » Leonard Walter Sorensen, past PLNA president and honored award winner, passed away on July 28, 2014 at the age of 92. ...
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