Why we do it…50 years and still going

ILT is in our fist week of the season. Each morning we are greeted at 6 am by new and old faces clad in ILT orange, busy preparing for their day. The parking lot is a calculated maze of trucks and trailers weaving about gathering the materials they will need for the day. It is […]

What is Scilla?

What is Scilla? We have probably all marveled at the beautiful fields of blue that pop up around this time of year.  Customers ask me all the time in wonderment, “What is that?!” Scilla is a member of the lily family.  Most varieties bloom in spring whereas a few are fall bloomers.  It is coveted […]

Benefits of a Spring Clean Up

A spring clean up for the inside of your home can mean different things to different people.  To some it is as light as cleaning off the patio and the grill and to those Martha Stewart enthusiasts it can be so so much more…washing curtains, emptying cabinets and giving them a thorough wash and possibly […]

Happy Pi Day

  And a special shout out to all the ADPis around the world #firstandfinest

50 Years of Stories – Hooks Nursery

The Uniqueness of Plants Bill MacReynolds, owner of Hooks Nursery, was pivotal in my career. At the time he was acknowledged as one of the best growers and nurserymen in the business.He was always leery of academics in the field of horticulture and landscape architecture, and me being neither, he guided me through the true […]