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"
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What Industry Leaders Are Saying About NICH
"I was thinking NICH is like a big tent with open sides so people can come under the tent and join the cause yet have the freedom to be independent for their specific objectives and operate for those specific objectives outside the tent. We all can appreciate the opportunity to expand the use of plants and the appreciation for horticulture and grow the horticultural community. In my mind, this is where NICH can play a significant role in bringing those with these common goals together." --Dr. Marvin Miller, Market Research Manager, Ball Horticulture "NICH welcomes all sectors to gather under … [Read more...] about What Industry Leaders Are Saying About NICH
NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside; NICH Infographic # 5: Where We Work
Help us spread the word. #PlantsDoThat Inside is available at the NICH website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat. For a printable copy of the “Where We Work” infographic download this PDF. For more information contact: Mary Kay Woodworth mkw@georgiauac.com. Washington, DC – March 21, 2018 – Want workers to be more comfortable, more productive, more creative and healthier? Add plants. According to the last of four #PlantsDoThat Inside infographics produced by the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH), plants are good for business. "People say they're just in a better mood when … [Read more...] about NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside; NICH Infographic # 5: Where We Work
NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside; NICH Infographic # 4: Where We Heal
Help us spread the word. #PlantsDoThat Inside is available at the NICH website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat. For a printable copy of the "Where We Heal" infographic download this PDF. For more information contact: Mary Kay Woodworth mkw@georgiauac.com. Washington, DC – March 14, 2018 – Want to shorten the stay in the hospital and heal faster? Research shows plants can help people do that. According to the third of four #PlantsDoThat Inside infographics produced by the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH), plants are good for our health. "Patients spend less time in recovery … [Read more...] about NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside; NICH Infographic # 4: Where We Heal
NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside; NICH Infographic # 3: Where We Learn
Help us spread the word. #PlantsDoThat Inside is available at the NICH website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat. For a printable copy of the Where We Learn infographic download this PDF For more information contact: Mary Kay Woodworth mkw@georgiauac.com “When plants are around, students are just smarter and pay more attention,” says Dr. Charles Hall, Ellison Chair, Texas A&M. This information and more is highlighted in the second of a series of four PlantsDoThat Inside infographics focusing on the multitude of ways indoor plants affect where we live, where we work, where we heal and where … [Read more...] about NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside; NICH Infographic # 3: Where We Learn
NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside, a New Series of Four Infographics; NICH Infographic #2: Where We Live
Help us spread the word. #PlantsDoThat Inside is available at the NICH website consumerhort.org/plantsdothat. For a printable copy of the “Where We Live” infographic download this PDF. For more information contact: Mary Kay Woodworth mkw@georgiauac.com. Series of four illustrate the benefits of indoor plants where we live, learn, heal, and work. Washington, DC - February 26, 2018 – Indoor plants where we live, learn, heal and work have far-reaching positive effects on our well-being and indoor environment, according to a new report from the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture … [Read more...] about NICH Releases PlantsDoThat Inside, a New Series of Four Infographics; NICH Infographic #2: Where We Live