Events and News

Events and News

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“GCC Educational Stipend Winners 2007”

A total of $3000 in Educational Stipends has been awarded to the following students from GCC. $2500 was from the GCC GROW funds set aside by the board and a special scholarship for $500 was donated by the employees from City Floral Garden Center in honor of Ronald L. Brady and David Gross as they retire from the industry. Amanda Verhey was also awarded this special scholarship as she is entering a retail management course of study.

Amanda Verhey from Good Earth Garden Center, Col. Springs at U. of Phoenix      $900
Sam Heinecke, from Good Earth Garden Center, Col. Springs at CSU                    $600
Susan Crosley from Tagawa Garden Center, Aurora at Pickens Tech                      $600
Treva Isbell from Groundcovers Greenhouse, Denver at a community college           $450
Linda Thomas from Echter’s Garden Center, Arvada at a community college           $450

Amanda Verhey Works at: Good Earth Garden Center School: University of Phoenix Major: Business Management		Sam Heinecke Works at: Good Earth Garden Center School: CSU Horticulture Dept. Major: Landscape Architecture

Susan Crosley Works at: Tagawa Garden Center School: Pickens Tech Major: Growing	Linda Thomas Works at: Echter’s Garden Center School: Community College Major: Horticulture		Treva Isbell Works at: Groundcovers School: Community College Major: Horticulture

Million Tree Program

Denver City & County Million Tree Program will begin Aug. 1, 2007
The goal is have consumers plant one million trees in the next several years. Watch this site for a 10% coupon good at participating stores when you buy and plant a tree. The program is good at stores throughout the state that choose to participate although only those within certain metro areas can count toward the million tree program.

Click here for the Coupon and click here for tree planting instructions

DIG (Rocky Mountain News) and GROW (Denver Post) Newspaper Sections

Every Friday from late-March to late-June enjoy reading the latest tips on gardening in the special DIG and GROW sections created by the Garden Centers of Colorado in partnership with the Denver Newspaper Agency.

Your favorite authors will share:

Click here to read this information.

Annual of the week
Perennial of the week
A feature article about gardening & the drought
Plant Select® plants
Short articles giving tips for gardening

This 4 color special section will answer many questions about gardening in Colorado with our special climatic and soil conditions.

Colorado Gardener
	Colorado Gardener is an independently-owned gardening newsmagazine containing practical information, resources and features on all facets of gardening. Pick up a free copy at any participating Garden Center location.

The 2006-07 “E” Book
	The “E” Book is a unique community coupon book that has raised more than $1.5 million for local education and youth programs in just six years and includes merchants from Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland and surrounding northern Front Range communities in addition to the Denver Metro Area. Look for our coupon pages 131 and 132.

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