G&S Nursery Fall 2018 Newsletter

INSIDER
FALL 2018
JAVAFICATION
OF THE NATION
WHAT’S INSIDE | THIS ISSUE
KEI TRUCK GARDENS
TRADE SHOWS
MAIDEN GRASS

Giving New Meaning to the Term:
‘Rolling Landscapes’
The Kei class truck looks like a light
pickup truck that hasn’t grown up
yet. Also known as a mini-truck, it
is closer to a Polaris-style 4-wheeler
in actual size. These pint-sized
work vehicles are manufactured
by Honda, Mitsubishi, Subaru,
Suzuki, Mazda and others, and are
a popular mode of transportation
for trades workers in Japan and
other Asian countries. They are
generally not street-legal in the
U.S., but used models have found
their way to this country for use
in off-road situations in nurseries,
hunt camps, and sprawling campuses
of universities and business
parks.
Now the Kei truck is finding new
purpose as the canvas for an art
form—Kei Truck Gardens. What
must have started as a lark for a
small group of artisans with time
on their hands has blossomed into
an annual juried event sponsored
by the Japan Federation
of Landscape Contractors. The
competition challenges landscape
designers to showcase their skill
and artistry with a mini landscape
built on the flat bed of these
tiny trucks. These photos offer a
sample of what the contestants
came up with in the latest event…
STAYING FIT, EXPANDING,
AND SAYING
GOODBYE TO NATE
Our guys just got back from the
FNGLA Landscape Show in Orlando.
We’ve been exhibiting there
for many years. This is the first
year I stayed behind, which felt a
little weird. If you missed us, you
can see a calendar of other shows
we’ll be exhibiting at in the next
few months on page 7.
Some of our clients in the Carolinas
were hit pretty hard by Hurricane
Florence. I hope you know
that even though you’re no longer
front page news, we are still thinking
about you as you clean up
and rebuild. Let us know if there’s
anything you need and we’ll do
whatever we can to make your
recovery a little easier.
Nursery manager Tom has been
hard at work finishing out phase 1
of our nursery facility. We’ve been
working on it steadily since before
we moved our office to this location
more than a year ago, and
now it’s finally complete.
The nursery is comprised of two
parcels of property. Phase 2 is
planned for the 2nd parcel, which
right now is undeveloped except
for a makeshift soccer field we like
to play on when our work is done.
Even though the weather has not
cooled down much at all yet, fall is
unmistakeably on its way. Leaves
are changing color and falling even
while the sun continues to blaze.
We’re going to be glad to see a
change of seasons around here!
Cheers!
Zack Kirsch
General Manager
386 754-0161
sales@gsnursery.com
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Good Coffee.
When did good
coffee become a
need instead of
a want? It wasn’t
that long ago
that coffee was a
commodity that
you bought in
a grocery store, and your choices
basically boiled down to Hills Bros.
versus Maxwell House. People have
become so sophisticated in their
appreciation of good coffee, it’s not
uncommon for some folks to spend
as much on their lattes as they do
on their lunch.
50 years ago, the predominant way
to brew coffee at home in the U.S.
was with a device called a perculator.
Boiling water would slosh
around inside a closed vessel and
through a basket filled with ground
coffee. There was a sight glass in
the lid to monitor the progress of the
brew. The perculated coffee produced
tended to be bitter.
Coffee by the numbers:
ITEM
2016 SALES (millions)
Cappuchino/iced coffee......................... $747
Refrigerated ready-to-drink coffee........ $215
Single cup coffee.................................. $3,868
Whole coffee beans................................. $460
Ground decaf coffee............................... $299
Ground coffee .................................... $4,028
Instant coffee.................................. $712
In the 1970s, the country saw the
introduction of the first Mr. Coffee
machines, which was a radical new
way to brew coffee. In ten year’s
time, virtually every home in the U.S.
had replaced their perculators with a
drip coffee maker. It was a baby step
towards transforming the morning
coffee cup from a
medicinal tonic to a
craft beverage embraced
by millions
for its own sake.
About the same
time, a quiet revolution
was taking
place in certain corners
of the country. Small, independent
coffee roasters started taking
root in certain parts of the country,
demonstrating the great diversity
of roasting techniques and regional
flavors for those who didn’t mind
spending more for it. Gradually the
coffee drinking habits of americans
started shifting.
PERCENTAGE ADULTS IN U.S.
DRINKING SPECIALTY COFFEE
2001 2017
Occasional drinkers 62% 67%
Weekly drinkers 30% 53%
Daily drinkers 14% 41%
Starbucks opened their original coffee
house in Seattle in 1971. They
weren’t the originators of the coffee
house, but they were extremely successful
in the way they packaged it.
They joined the other coffee houses
that were springing up all over the
country, fueled by the appetite of
millions of americans who all at once
had decided that what was missing
from their lives was a custom
ordered caffienated beverage that
required a trained craftsperson to
make to their exact specifications.
From 1995 to 2000, consumption
of specialty coffee in the U.S. rose
700%, according to AccuVal, a business
valuation company. In the last
15 years, the growth curve has leveled
off, which
meanse that
the market has
matured but is
holding steady.
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Featured
Plant
If you’re looking for an ornamental
grass that is at its most glorious
in the fall season, you might
want to consider the maiden
grass they call Adagio.
The Adagio looks lovely in a
mass planting or as a fluffy
accent plant in a landscape. It
grows to a height of 3-4 feet,
with a spread of similar size.
Most notable are the abundant
feathery plumes which are
reddish pink in summer and
become golden in the fall. These
plumes are sensitive to the
slightest breeze, undulating leasingly
in coordinated rhythm.
Our 3 gallon stock is easy to
plant and care for. Adagio does
well in partial to full sun. We recommend
regular watering during
the first growing season to
establish a strong root system;
once established, the plant will
require minimum care.
ADAGIO MAIDEN GRASS
Miscanthus senensis ‘Adagio’
3 gal: $6.25!
Prices good through the end of December
2018
“The most radical revolutionary will become a
conservative the day after the revolution.”
— Hannah Arendt
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DATE SHOW VENUE
OCTOBER 17-19
JANUARY 9-11
JANUARY 30-
FEBRUARY 1
JANUARY 30-
FEBRUARY 1
FEBRUARY 7-8
AS WE
MENTIONED
elsewhere in this
newsletter, we just
got back from exhibiting at
the FNGLA Landscape show
in Orlando. Below is a schedule
of shows we’re going to be participating
in over the next few
months. We hope to see you
at one or more of these!
GIE+EXPO
MANTS
GULF STATES ​
HORTICULTURAL
EXPO
SC GREEN
KENTUCKY
EXPOSITION CENTER
LOUISVILLE KY
BALTIMORE
CONVENTION CENTER
BALTIMORE MD
MOBILE
CONVENTION CENTER
MOBILE AL
COLUMBIA
METROPOLITAN
CONVENTION CENTER
COLUMBIA SC
JACKSONVILLE
LANDSCAPE SHOW JACKSONVILLE FL
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Lake City FL 32025
RIDDLE OF THE MONTH
The car’s odometer reads 32923, which
is a palindromic number (reads the same
backwards as forwards). What are the
minimum number of miles needed to
travel to form another palindrome?
LAST ISSUE RIDDLE:
“What’s wrong with this picture?”
ANSWER: The musical notation pictured
on the menu was not, as one would
suppose, one of Mozart’s compositions.
Rather, the music readers who saw this
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recognized that it was the theme from the
Flintstones!
Send answers to newsletter@gsnursery.com before November 5, 2018. All
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