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Spatola Appointed to Project EverGreen’s Board
Arborjet | Ecologel has shared that Sarah Spatola, Director of Product Marketing, has recently been appointed as a new board member for Project EverGreen. The organization is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing green spaces. Their dedicated mission is designed to “bring people together to make a difference in how our yards, parks and communities create a greener, healthier, cooler Earth.” Spatola is also a Committee Member for Project EverGreen’s GreenCare for Troops (GCFT) Program. Through GCFT, military personnel can request lawn and landscaping services during their period of deployment. Last year, the program engaged 2,000 active volunteers, who helped more than 1,000 military families maintain their home lawns. Since its inception, 12,000+ military families and 7,000 contractors have registered for the program. They have donated more than $15 million towards in-kind services. This year marks the the sixth consecutive year that Arborjet | Ecologel will be an official Silver sponsor of GCFT. A sponsorship initiative that Spatola spearheaded after Arborjet and Ecologel partnered in 2018. Arborjet | Ecologel also provides free Hydretain products to help maintain the lawns and landscapes of deployed military personnel. Ecologel’s flagship product, Hydretain® is a revolutionary soil moisture management technology. It is designed to significantly reduce watering requirements of turfgrasses, trees, shrubs, flowers, container plants, and agriculture by as much as 50%. GCFT volunteers can sign up for free Hydretain products once they are matched with a military family. For the full list of recent Project EverGreen 2024 appointees, as covered by Turf Magazine, click ...
Summer Hires & Promotions In The Green Industry
Read on for recent promotions, new hires, and company acquisitions within the Green Industry. Vista Professional Outdoor Lights taps New District Sales Manager Vista Professional Outdoor Lighting has appointed Jake Sepulveda as the company’s newest district sales manager in its Landscape Division. Sepulveda will be responsible for Southern California sales territory, which includes the cities of Riverside and San Bernardino, as well as Las Vegas, NV. Sepulveda comes to Vista from his former role as regional sales manager with Brilliance LED. While at Brilliance, Sepulveda was responsible for educating existing distributors on products as well as maintaining relationships with contractors in the field, assisting them with lighting design, and troubleshooting projects. Prior to his tenure with Brilliance LED, Sepulveda worked as a store manager for both Horizon Distributors and SiteOne Landscape Supply, roles that allowed him to learn Vista’s landscape lighting products and the contractors who purchase and install them. Dovetail Promotes Callahan to Marketing Manager Dovetail Workwear, a women’s workwear brand, has promoted Molly Smithson Callahan to Marketing Manager. Callahan joined Dovetail in 2018 as a digital marketing consultant with particular emphasis on social and email campaigns and content creation. Over the past eight months, she’s parlayed her knowledge and experience into her newly appointed role overseeing all marketing efforts for the women’s specific workwear brand. In a nearly decade-long career, Callahan has brought her creative energy and entrepreneurial spirit to a variety of female-empowered functional lifestyle brands, across all things marketing, from SEO to social media. Takeuchi Names ...
AzaSol® Now Available In New One Pound Size
Arborjet | Ecologel announces AzaSol, a bio-insecticide and insect growth regulator, is now available in a new one pound container. The new size is ideal for landscape professional use, including tree injection. AzaSol is a potent, 6% Azadiractin, non-oil based, powdered neem currently registered in all states. It is systemic and translaminar, and is OMRI Listed for organic use. It is a botanical, water soluble powdered insecticide, and growth regulator derived from the Neem tree. Through its patented production process, AzaSol provides an environmentally friendly insect control solution for trees, shrubs, gardens, vegetables, fruit trees, and herbs. It can be used as a spray, soil drench, tree injection or used through chemigation. Benefits of AzaSol include: No oily residue or clogging of equipment Won’t burn leaves or block photosynthesis Systemic & translaminar (absorbed through leaves) May be applied the same day as harvest AzaSol provides control for a wide variety of insect pests including: Whiteflies, Leafminers, Scale, Mealybugs, Thrips, Aphids, Psyllids, Bugs, Flies, Sawflies, Caterpillars, Beetles, and Weevils, Borers, Mole Crickets, Mushrooms Flies and Pests of Turf Grass. To read about Arborjet | Ecologel, click here.
Get Equipped: Fertilizers
Take a look at this assortment of fertilizers that can improve and add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. ArborPlex® (14-4-5) From Arborjet & Ecologel In urban environments trees can become stressed due to poor soils, insufficient moisture, lack of nutrient availability, and harsh growing conditions. Arbor Rx™ is a highly effective, liquid line of tree fertilization and soil enhancement products, designed to improve tree and shrub vitality. ArborPlex® forms the foundation of the Arbor Rx Program. ArborPlex® (14-4-5) is formulated with slow release nitrogen from urea-triazone, high quality phosphorus and potassium, as well as micronutrients. It’s designed to provide consistent, extended feeding for trees and shrubs and is a solution for improving tree, shrub, and ornamental development and vigor without excessive shoot growth. GreenTRX™ From Anuvia Plant Nutrients Landscapers can now turn to GreenTRX, a new slow release sustainable and multi-nutrient fertilizer that turns lawns greener —faster and longer. It’s an easy-to-use enhanced efficiency plant nutrient that creates healthy lawns and improves soil health sustainably. A homogenous product, it evenly delivers the nutrients plants need in the most efficient form making them immediately available. Its efficient delivery also means more nutrients are used by the plant; less are lost to the environment from leaching and volatilization, thereby protecting waterways and air quality. Uniquely made using recycled organic materials, GreenTRX also enriches the soil. It improves soil health because it returns organic matter, which creates a healthier foundation for grass even under changing weather conditions. Improved soil ...
