This year mark the official launch of the NewGen Boxwood trade name and the unveiling of its first two creation , NewGen Freedom and NewGen Independence . These plants will become officially useable spring of 2020 , from 5 growers , Overdevest Nursery in NJ , Prides Corner Farms in CT , Saunders Brothers , Inc. in VA , Sheridan Nursery in Ontario , and Willoway Nursery in OH . In this clause , NexGen looks back on what the preceding year bring .
Winter"We started off the year with our first official announcement of the NewGen brand at the Mid - Atlantic Nursery Trade Show ( MANTS ) in Baltimore , MD . With over 10,000 participants at the show , this was a great opportunity to connect with fellow industry member and deal what we have been working on . Over 70 years in the making , it was exciting to finally share our resolution to many issues facing box in today ’s world . Our squad connected with other growers and worked to recruit licensees to expand the brand to reach consumer all over the US and Canada . After MANTS we headed to Greensboro , NC for the Green & Growin ’ show to link with more raiser and share our story .
" Winter was also a fussy season as we set in motion our prescribed website to share our substance and bring the industriousness the most up to escort information on Turkish boxwood . Our goal is to farm this website into a pecker that can be utilized by all seeking info on Turkish boxwood cultivar care , research , story , and other topic of interest . "
Spring"Spring is always a busy time of twelvemonth in the green industry and that rang true for NewGen as well . Building from the excitement of the wintertime patronage shows , NewGen and Saunders Brothers , Inc. were featured in several industry - focused medium television channel . The inquiry Saunders Brothers has done on Boxwood Blight and Boxwood Leafminer ( that led to the creation of the brand ) , pick up attention from publications like Nursery Management , Grower Talks , Greenhouse Grower , and even Garden & Gun powder store .
Summer"Things protrude heating up this summertime with the official launching of the first two selections of the NewGen brand . At the Cultivate event in Columbus , OH , NewGen Independence and NewGen Freedom made their unveiling and get the Retail Choice awarding from the Garden Center Group . These two introductions mark the culmination of days of examination and trialing , and we are proud to have been chosen out of 70 participants . take for their disease tolerance , pest resistance , WOW component in the landscape , and grower friendliness , these industrial plant truly provide solutions for many of the battle gardeners face today .
" In addition to introducing the first two NewGen selection , we produced a video that shares our news report of where we began , how we start out here , and what our hopes are for the future tense . So much of what we do is rooted in our story and we want to share that substance with both growers and consumer . The Passion of Christ to understand the problems faced by boxwood years ago unwittingly sparked the creation of the job - solving plants we have today . "
" We excogitate on 2019 and are thankful to all of those that have made it such a successful twelvemonth . We give thanks our cooperator growers for working with us as we plunge our steel . We appreciate the raiser internet that has joined us to produce this exceeding line of plant life . We are especially grateful for the class of dedication to boxwood research that Saunders Brothers has pursue , climax in the creation of Saunders Genetics and the NewGen stigma .
" With a successful first year behind us , we sharpen our sights on 2020 . , when NewGen will formally be useable to be planted in garden and landscape everywhere . Boxwood have face up many setbacks in the past decade , but NewGen is here to show you that agriculturist everywhere can succeed with boxwood . The boxwood revolution has formally begun ! "
For more information : Saunders Brothers2717 Tye Brook HwyPiney River , VA 22964Tel . : ( 434)277 - 5455Toll Free : 800 - 307 - 2127Fax : ( 434)277 - 8010[email protected]www.newgenboxwood.com
