Help us promote plants and the goods and services that support their enjoyment and use. We have two fall plant promotional pieces to share with you. Take them and use them as you see fit. They are suitable for both commercial and academic audiences and can be printed or used in social media. Leave the NICH logo and add your own. One piece is directed toward indoor plant-lovers (and soon-to-be lovers). The other is for tree lovers. Use the hashtag #PlantsDoThat when posting. … [Read more...] about Get the Word Out
Strategic Objectives & Tactics
National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture A Summary of Strategic Objectives & Tactics from the NICH 2018 National Meeting Build Unified Engagement across Consumer Horticulture Priority Tactics: • Identify call to action o Change ‘Join Us’ portion of the webpage - Change company to organization name/affiliation - Add Position, State - Menu of choices about where to get involved. Much of this is about effective recruitment strategies. o Create an automatic reply for new stakeholder once they have joined that includes an initial survey about how to get involved o Create the opportunity … [Read more...] about Strategic Objectives & Tactics
2019 NICH Meeting Minutes
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Consumer Horticulture Proposal Reviewers Needed to Impact How Federal Research Dollars Are Spent
Want to influence how federal research dollars are spent on Consumer Horticulture? It’s simple. Volunteer to be a reviewer of Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) proposals. Anyone who works in any aspect of horticulture, from production to end-use, from retail to tree care professionals, industry association representatives, or anyone engaged in the production, handling, processing, distributing or sale of specialty crops is eligible. “The National Institute for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) is asking everyone in the industry to spend just a few hours of their time to review SCRI … [Read more...] about Consumer Horticulture Proposal Reviewers Needed to Impact How Federal Research Dollars Are Spent
NICH Invites All to Join Together Under the "Big Tent"
More than 80 Industry Leaders Attend Annual Meeting & Create Strategic Plan for Growth People in our industry love plants. Cultivars or natives, houseplants or edibles, trees or shrubs, urban forest or fairy gardens, it doesn't matter. Sharing a love for plants and our passion for our industry was the overriding theme at the 3rd Meeting of the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) held in Atlanta June 27-29. NICH – pronounced like pitch - started as an audacious idea to unite all stakeholders in consumer horticulture and get 90 percent of U.S. households gardening by … [Read more...] about NICH Invites All to Join Together Under the "Big Tent"
Research and Extension Objectives and Priorities from the NICH Conference 2018
https://youtu.be/Pagrd8Rv190 Download This Presentation as a Powerpoint to Use It in Building Your Slide Deck. … [Read more...] about Research and Extension Objectives and Priorities from the NICH Conference 2018