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Earth Week Tip #2

boonegardiner — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:20:33 +0000

This is Earth week. Plant your own vegetable garden at home. Save money while feeding your family, fresh organic produce that doesn’t have to be shipped across the country or overseas. If you don’ have the time for your own vegetable garden support local farmers through Farmer’s Markets or CSAs.

Too Hot and Too Dry Too Fast

boonegardiner — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:20:02 +0000

OK, I hope that this is just a fluke, but with global climate change, it probably isn’t. While it is one of the most beautiful springs we have ever had with the amazing explosion of color all at once, it is also very dry. We are usually complaining about spring being too wet, but that is not the case this year. If we don’t get rain, remember to water your new landscape plantings once a week with a thorough soaking. A thorough soaking is defined as a deep watering of an inch or more. When it is this hot and dry, you may want to do that 2 times a week. . Hand watering is the best way to water and most efficient. Sprinklers and irrigation can easily under or over water. If you do use these methods, it is essential to monitor plants to make sure they are getting the proper amount. Now for annuals flowers, vegetables and seeds you will need to water more frequently and monitor the plants for when they need additional moisture. Plants in containers or with smaller root systems dry out much faster than larger trees and shrubs. If you are thinking of installing an irrigation system, look at drip systems, which are highly efficient and use much less water. Rain barrels are a great way of catching rain water and keeping it to use on your garden. More elaborate irrigation systems can include a gray water catchment, cistern, that can hold large amounts of water and then distribute it through an irrigation system via pumps. Of course one of the best methods for water efficiency is to plant the right plant in the right place and choose plants that are native or adaptable to our area and are drought tolerant.

Derby Breakfast

boonegardiner — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:05:24 +0000

Come out to the Historic Homes Foundation Derby Breakfast at Farmington. It is a lovely event and will be a great time to see the newly designed and renovated Anne Bruce Haldeman by Holly Smith and Matthew Boone Gardiner of Boone Gardiner’s Landscape Design team.

Boone Gardiner awarded 2009 Agribusiness of the Year Award.

boonegardiner — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:42:25 +0000

Boone Gardiner wins 2009 Agribusiness of the Year Award

Matthew Boone Gardiner honored by Business First with Forty Under 40 award

boonegardiner — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:49:14 +0000

Business First has selected its 2009 Forty Under 40 honorees.

Each year since 1996, Business First has recognized 40 young professionals for their business success and civic contributions.

Winners were selected by a panel of judges from the Louisville-area business community. The class will be honored at a luncheon Sept. 25 at The Galt House Hotel.

This year’s honorees are:

• Becky Antle, University of Louisville;

• Phillip Beaman, Monroe Shine & Co. Inc.;

• Brad Davies, Louisville Collegiate School;

• Sean Gallagher, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC;

• Matthew Boone Gardiner, Boone Gardiner Garden Center;

• Shelley Goodwin, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce;

• Scott Graff, Churchill Downs Inc.;

• John J. Guthrie II, Ashley & Associates;

• Dr. Christian W. Hahn, Ideal Dentistry PSC;

• Travis Haire, Greater Clark County Schools.

• Erin Hall, Messer Construction Co.;

• Ryan Hammer, Harrah’s Entertainment/Horseshoe Southern Indiana;

• Michelle Mees Harper, Steel Technologies Inc.;

• Janet Lively Heberle, The Estopinal Group LLC;

• Steve Heilman, Norton Healthcare Inc.;

• Dr. Joshua T. Honaker, Baptist Hospital Northeast/Oldham County Pediatrics;

• Nikki R. Jackson, Personnel Cabinet, State of Kentucky;

• India Jewell, GE Consumer & Industrial;

• Gabriela Keemer, Mountjoy & Bressler LLP;

• Daniel Clay Kelly, Strand Associates Inc.;

• James Cole “Jamie” Lake, Kovert Hawkins Architects Inc.;

• Gregory McDearmon, NTS Development Co.;

• Dr. Kelly McGraw Browning, Pediatric Psychological Associates PLLC;

• Tom McMahon, Medical News;

• Jennifer Moore, Grossman & Moore PLLC;

• David W. Nagle Jr., Stites & Harbison PLLC;

• Kimberly Nasief-Westergren, Measure Consumer Perspectives;

• Matt Paynter, Humana Military Healthcare Services Inc.;

• Ann Claire Phillips, Office of the U.S. Attorney;

• D. Keith Pulliam, Lorch and Naville LLC;

• Ashley Roberts, Republic Bank & Trust Co.;

• Philip P. Sallee, wealthMD Corp.;

• David Smith, Forcht Bank NA;

• Stuart Steinbock, Whip Mix Corp.;

• Andy Strausbaugh, Norton Brownsboro Hospital, Norton Healthcare Inc.;

• M. Kristin Stuedle, Stuedle Spears & Francke PSC;

• Carolyn Tandy, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of Rep. John Yarmuth;

• David Tandy, Louisville Metro Council/Stoll Keenon Ogden LLC;

• Shannon Tivitt, Louisville Metro Government/Office of the Mayor;

• Geoffrey M. White, Frost Brown Todd LLC.

http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2009/07/06/daily8.html

Matthew Boone Gardiner to speak on panel for Leadership Luncheon on Sustainability

boonegardiner — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:16:30 +0000

The Young Professionals Association of Louisville will hold a luncheon Friday, Aug. 28, to gather participants of the city’s “green” movement.

A panel of local sustainability experts will discuss opportunities for companies that want to improve the environmental impact of their business and for companies looking to provide environmentally friendly services to clients.

Panel guests will include Gill Holland, owner, The Green Building; Maria Koetter, president, Bgreen2; Matthew Boone Gardiner, president, Boone Gardiner Garden Center and member, board of directors, U.S. Green Building Council, Kentucky Chapter; and Jonathan Balas, LEED AP prototype architect, KFC Architecture & Engineering.

The discussion will be moderated by YPAL president-elect Geoff White, a senior associate at Frost Brown Todd LLC law firm.

The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the 21c Museum Hotel atrium, 700 W. Main St.

Admission is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Online registration is available at www.ypal.org.

http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2009/08/17/daily22.html

http://www.ypal.org/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=232620&orgId=ypal&recurringId=0

Jazz in the Garden- August 21st 2009!!!!!!

boonegardiner — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:16:28 +0000

JAZZ IN THE GARDEN JUNE 19th 2009

boonegardiner — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:34:50 +0000

Boone Gardiner Garden Center presents: RETURN OF THE VICTORY GARDEN

nmoulder — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:54:05 +0000

Join us this Saturday, May 23rd from 10:00-11:30 for the second in our Green Gardening Lecture series, The Return of the Victory Garden. Boone Gardiner’s own Holly Smith will host Tracy Missun, Oldham County Extension Agent, for this invaluable session on how to grow your own veggies and herbs at home. Tracy and Holly will cover everything from soil issues (composting, soil amendments, moisture) to organic fertilizers and pesticides, to heirloom and hybrids varieties and companion/ succession planting. This will be a great introduction for beginners as well as a refresher for experienced gardens on how to grow your own, save money, improve personal health and the health of our planet!

Green Roof at Louisville Zoo

boonegardiner — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:40:26 +0000

Boone Gardiner is partnering with Luckett and Farley on a project for a Green Roof at the Louisville Zoo. See article in Courier and video footage below as well.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090420/NEWS01/90420026/City+gets+$332+000+for+two+energy+projects

April 20, 2009

City gets $332,000 for two energy projects

By Sheldon S. Shafer
sshafer@courier-journal.com

The city has received about $332,000 for two energy-conservation projects, one a “green” roof with plantings at the Louisville Zoo and the other solar lighting at 13 school-bus stops that don’t have lights.

The projects, which were funded in a recent appropriations bill, were two of the 25 “earmarks” sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd District. The 25 projects cost a total of about $12 million, Yarmuth said.

At a news conference this morning in front of the orangutan exhibit at the Islands pavilion at the zoo, Yarmuth said America needs “to overhaul our use of energy. These projects will help establish Louisville as being on the cutting edge of the move away from foreign oil” to clean, renewable U.S. fuel sources.

Details of the two projects:

-Green roof. The money included $142,725 to the zoo for an environmentally friendly roof on the HerpAquarium. It should be installed in about six months, said zoo director John Walczak.

The roof will save the zoo tens of thousands of dollars a year in energy costs, Walczak said. The current roof is predominantly made of stone. The new roof will be covered with extensive plantings that will absorb stormwater runoff and help keep the building cool.

The new roof also will be quieter, look better and reduce the zoo’s carbon footprint, officials said. The roof will be described for visitors at a kiosk and serve as a learning tool for zoo visitors. It is being designed by the firm of Luckett & Farley, with the plantings to be provided by Boone Gardiner Garden Center.

- Solar-powered bus stop lights. Thirteen suburban locations, now all unlighted, will get new solar lighting, so children won’t have to board school buses in the dark in the morning, said Mayor Jerry Abramson.

Yarmuth gave Abramson a check for $190,300 for the lighting project, which Abramson said will greatly improve safety. None of the 13 sites in line to get the lighting had electric hookups available, said Abramson.

The lighting should be installed by this fall at these sites:

-Old Shelbyville Road near Clarland Road.
-Ellingsworth Lane at Swan Pointe Boulevard.
-Heafer Road at Hines Court.
-Heafer Road at Hiawatha Avenue.
-LaGrange Road at Lilly Lane.
-Old Shelbyville Road at Middletown Square Apartments.
-Wooded Falls Road at Ledges Drive.
-Lunenburg Drive at Halifax Drive.
-English Station Road at Berrytown Road.
-Wooded Falls Road at Towne Creek Road.
-Johnsontown Road at Yuma Way.
-Bramble Lane at Hepatica Drive.
-Feyhurst Drive at Datura Lane.

Reporter Sheldon S. Shafer can be reached at (502) 582-7089.

http://www.wlky.com/news/19229587/detail.html

http://www.whas11.com/video/whas11video-index.html?nvid=353470

http://www.fox41.com/global/Category.asp?c=163829&clipId=3670642&topVideoCatNo=131920&autoStart=true