Matt McClellan

Managing Editor at Garden Center Magazine

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Everde Growers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

1 month ago | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

Everde Growers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Feb. 24, according to court documents from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Southern Texas. The Houston-based company, TreeSap Farms, LLC, owns or operates 15 growing facilities across Texas, California, Florida and Oregon, spanning more than 6,700 total acres of production. TreeSap is the holding company for Everde Growers. The company produces 33 million plants each year, according to its website.
DCA Outdoor files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

1 month ago | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

Kansas City-based DCA Outdoor has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court documents from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Western Missouri. According to court filings, DCA’s 2024 financial results were adversely affected by several factors: a major customer’s refusal to pay for spring shipments, a plant disease at a key supplier’s Oregon facility and softer economic conditions. A combination of these factors led to lower than anticipated revenue and higher losses.
DCA Outdoor files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

1 month ago | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

Kansas City-based DCA Outdoor has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court documents from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Western Missouri. According to court filings, DCA’s 2024 financial results were adversely affected by several factors: a major customer’s refusal to pay for spring shipments, a plant disease at a key supplier’s Oregon facility and softer economic conditions. A combination of these factors led to lower than anticipated revenue and higher losses.
Check out what we saw at MANTS 2025

Jan 10, 2025 | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan |Katie McDaniel

As of Thursday night, 10,350 attendees flooded through the Baltimore Convention Center doors, excited to see what the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) had to offer. The GIE Media Horticulture Group staff walked the trade show floors to be your eyes and ears. Here are a few things that caught our attention at MANTS 2025.
Cultural controls

Nov 7, 2024 | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

Plant health can be thought of as a holistic enterprise. What helps with one part often helps with another. For instance, cultural controls can help a lot with both managing bacterial diseases and reducing insect pressure. Janna Beckerman, Ph.D., a member of Envu’s Green Solutions Team, says one of the first steps growers should take is reducing their fertilizer amounts. Studies have shown that using more than the recommended amount of fertilizer does not increase plant growth.
Chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis)

Jul 25, 2024 | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

Chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis) attack plants with new foliage growth, and deform and at times discolor foliage. Chilli thrips are much smaller than western flower thrips, so they are extremely hard to see when you’re scouting. Brett Alldredge, former pest management supervisor at Greenleaf Nursery in Texas, handled pest and disease control for 450 acres of ornamental crops.
In focus

Mar 20, 2024 | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

If you have pests in your greenhouse, they were likely reported by a scout. The first thing you need to consider when you think about scouting is who’s responsible for this vital task. Some growers have full-time scouts, some have part-time scouts, but for most operations, scouting is part of someone’s responsibilities — not an entire job description on its own. Scouts could be site managers. If a greenhouse operation has multiple production houses, it could be the lead section grower of each.
Mycorrhizal Applications adds three team members

Mar 14, 2024 | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

Mycorrhizal Applications LLC, a company that provides biological solutions for the horticulture industry, has added three new team members to support its product development, research, trade events, and marketing. On the product development team, Mycorrhizal Applications announces the appointment of two distinguished professionals, Anissa Poleatewich and Alison Reeve. On the sales and marketing team, Katie Gustafson leads marketing and communication programs.
Black sheep

Nov 8, 2023 | greenhousemag.com | Matt McClellan

Eclipse is a dark-leafed Hydrangea macrophylla that made headlines when it was introduced at Cultivate and again when it received the People's Choice Award from Farwest Show attendees. The plant was developed by David Roberts, director of plant breeding at Bailey Innovations, the in-house product development division of Bailey. The family-run multi-state nursery is known for brands like Endless Summer hydrangeas, First Editions trees and shrubs and Easy Elegance roses.
Northern Exposure

Sep 12, 2023 | nurserymag.com | Matt McClellan

This summer, I attended the Perennial Plant Association’s National Symposium in Niagara Falls, Ontario. As part of the event, I was able to tour several southern Ontario nurseries. Situated along the Niagara Escarpment, these growers have advantages but also unique challenges. Formed over millions of years through erosion, the escarpment is an ancient lake bed, lined with limestone. This creates a challenge for growers, as the soil pH is high in alkalinity, typically reaching nine or even 10.