J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. expands with Northwest Shade Trees acquisition

J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. acquires Northwest Shade Trees

lawnandlandscape lawnandlandscape | 1 year ago

This marks the sixth farm in the JFS nursery family.

David J. Frank continues seven-year safety streak

lawnandlandscape lawnandlandscape | 1 year ago

David J. Frank Landscape Contracting has gone seven years — over 3.4 million hours — without a lost-time incident, extending the longest streak in the company’s 63-year history. “Safety is our top priority, but even we are amazed at the length of this streak,” said CEO/President David R. Frank. “It has become a real source of pride for our team members and nobody wants the streak to end.” Nearly 100 crews are dispatched daily to residential and public sites where 250 team members u...

Weird and Wild Shade Plants for the Northwest - FineGardening

finegardening finegardening | 1 year ago

As we gladly came to the end of a wild and wet winter, I was excited to see some of the best of the weird shade-loving plants coming up. The crazy thing about these plants is that they grow perfectly in our wet world. Most of these could never survive in the dry climates of California and Arizona, in the bitter cold of the Midwest and New England, or in the heat of the South. The moist, acidic soil shaded by towering evergreens and leafy vine maples (Acer circinatum and cvs., Zones 6–9) of the...

Richmond American Homes acquires The Jones Co. of Tennessee

bizjournals bizjournals | 2 years ago

Franklin-based The Jones Co., which generated over $209 million in revenue last year, is being acquired by Columbia-based Richmond American Homes.

North&Co. acquires Chandler-based real estate brokerage

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

Daria Gledhill isn't shy when she says she stalked a competitor after founding her small residential real estate brokerage with her sister a couple of years ago. Here's why the sisters are now part of this rapidly growing brokerage.

John and Joanne’s Garden - FineGardening

finegardening finegardening | 1 year ago

Today we’re visiting John and Joanne’s garden in Abbotsford, British Columbia. In the 28 years we have owned our house we have chosen not to fence the back. It makes the yard look bigger and offers regular opportunities to chat with passersby on Stoney Creek Trail. The downside is that dogs that are supposed to be leashed occasionally come barging in. It is not uncommon as well to have deer prance through the yard a few times a year. Once in a while we hear of people having sighted a cougar ...

Lizzi’s Walla Walla Garden - FineGardening

finegardening finegardening | 1 year ago

I’m Lizzi, and I live in Walla Walla, Washington. We moved here 2½ years ago from Portland, Oregon, where I had been gardening for 20 years. While my planting zone didn’t change too much, from 8b to 7a, it’s enough colder and drier here that many of my favorites wouldn’t make it. I made lots of mistakes in my first garden, and while it was lush, it was chaotic. This time around I was going to plan better, focusing on a limited palette of drought-tolerant plants, foliage over flowers, bu...

Spring Garden in La Grange, Illinois - FineGardening

finegardening finegardening | 1 year ago

Helen Rehn is welcoming us into her garden today. I live in La Grange, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. I used to long for a lot of sun in my garden, but I now appreciate my shade. Most of my garden lies beneath a very old English elm or a red maple. When the garden comes to life in the spring, it brings me joy. A pink hellebore (Helleborus hybrid, Zones 4–9) with brunnera (Brunnera macrophylla, Zones 3–8). Both of these plants have beautiful flowers, the hellebore with long-lasting blooms tha...

Revisiting Karen’s Garden - FineGardening

finegardening finegardening | 1 year ago

Today we’re visiting with Karen Holmen. A few years back I sent in some pictures of my garden (From Wild to Wonderful and Made for Shade ). Since it always looks different to me—plants die, grow, pop up, get moved or replaced—I decided to send in an update. I live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and have worked with my property since 1985. When I first moved here we had a lot of old oak trees, several old cottonwoods, buckthorn, various shrubs and weeds, weeds, and more weeds, Some of the t...