On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA April-May 2016 | Page 16

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Green Industry News
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Bonnie Plants’ free gardening app, Homegrown, is now available for Android and iPhone smartphones. It offers a simple, intuitive way to use notes
and photos to record and share garden successes and challenges. For more
information and to download, visit bonnieplants.com/app.

Carlo Balistrieri announced that he took
the Leap Day challenge and debuted his
new, redesigned website carlobalistrieri.
com.

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CobraHead LLC, is happy to announce its new website www.cobrahead.
com. It was designed in partnership with 1 Digital Agency, a Philadelphia
based e-commerce specialist that is also working with CobraHead on SEO
and other internet marketing. As part of the new website launch, CobraHead
offers all visitors a 10 percent discount on any shopping, with the use of the
code: NEWSITE. The code is good until April 30, 2016.

Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian invites
listeners to tune into her radio broadcast, StarStyle, Wednesdays from 4 to 5
p.m. (PT) on the Voice America Network,
Empowerment Channel, for inspiring and
life-enhancing conversations, including
many gardening and nature discussions.

P H OT O C OU R T ES Y F IS KARS .C OM

Fiskars has introduced a new line of
versatile tools to clean up and remove
unwanted plant growth. From clearing grasses, vines or brush to trimming
shoots and stems and edging borders, these newly designed billhooks and
machetes can help get yards ready for spring growth and
maintain a beautiful space year-round. Email media@
fiskars.com to learn more.

Sharon J. Collman chirps that Washington
State University Extension is completing a
series of workshops for homeowners and
community garden organizers as a part of
the Growing Groceries Workshop Series.

P H OT O C OU R T ES Y ENC OREAZ ALEA.C OM

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Fiskars has announced its 2016 Project
Orange Thumb community garden
grant recipients. With the goal of
strengthening community ties, growing
healthy food and beautifying community gardens across North America,
Fiskars has offered grants and tools to
support local, hand-grown food sources since 2002. Eight of the 30 recipient
projects this year are in Region III.
Learn more about all the 2016 winners
and see if one is located near your
neighborhood at fiskars.com/ProjectOrangeThumb.

Longtime GWA member Darcy Daniels invites fellow members to preview eGardenGo, an inspirational, fun and easy-to-use
web app for gardeners. It’s designed to
help them be more successful in their gardens and to unlock the secrets of making
successful planting combinations. This
exciting new web app — developed by a
gardener for gardeners — helps you get
inspired and stay organized, while taking
your garden to the next level. Get the preview link: egardengo.com/sign-up.

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Plant Development Services, Inc., will introduce the
Encore® Autumn Fire Azalea this spring. Look for it
at a garden center near you. For more information go to
www.encoreazaela.com.

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Dale Deppe, president and owner of
Spring Meadow Nursery in Grand Haven,
Michigan, a longtime GWA supporter,
received the 2016 Scott Medal and Award
from the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore
College. The annual award is given to an
individual, organization or corporate body
who has made an outstanding national
contribution to the science and the art of
gardening. Since starting Spring Meadow Nursery as a small liner production

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