New Products Showcase
Discover new ways to enhance your production practices, product offerings, and save money, labor and time.
Finding ways to save time, labor and money are priorities in the nursery industry right now. So is finding more ecological solutions for production practices. Finding new products to offer the home gardener in the retail environment is a good thing, too.
The New Products Showcase offers solutions to help your bottomline, improve the quality of your product, and possibly even the quality of the work environment. That's a lot to ask of a trade show showcase but that is what we intend to do. To the best of our knowledge, these products are new to the U.S. market, introduced in either 2010 or 2011. In some cases, the products are debuting at the 2011 Farwest Show.
Visit the New Product Showcase and you'll see the products being used as intended, or full-scale models, or the product itself. If you see something you like, you'll find the exhibitor that wants to answers your questions and tell you more about it.
SoilWrap®
Manufactured & Distributed by Ball Horticultural Co.
Farwest Show Booth: #4090
Contact: Drew Effron, 630-588-3255, deffron@ballhort.com, www.ballhort.com
SoilWrap® is a plantable, printable pot, that's biodegradable in soil. It is a sustainable alternative to conventional
plastic pots. The gardener leaves the SoilWrap intact when they plant; there is zero waste and no root damage during
transplanting. SoilWrap degrades in the garden in just one season. SoilWrap is made of Mirel®, a bio-based and biodegradable
material produced by microbes. In the garden, SoilWrap becomes food for beneficial soil microbes. SoilWrap
is available in two standard sizes — 3.5 inches and 4.5 inches — with matching PLA or conventional plastic trays. It is
compatible with standard tray filling equipment and growing practices. Custom printing is available.
A Gardener's Guide To Blueberries
Manufactured & Distributed by Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc.
Farwest Show Booth: #10136, #11135
Contact: Amy Daniel, 541-762-1737, amyd@fallcreeknursery.com, www.fallcreeknursery.com
Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc. published this charming, straightforward guide to growing blueberries to help home
gardeners ensure success when gardening with these small fruit shrubs. Written by the world's leading blueberry experts
at Fall Creek, this compact guide addresses topics including choosing varieties, site selection, soil preparation, planting,
pollination, mulching, fertilizing, watering, pruning, pests, cold protection, container planting and more. Fall Creek's A
Gardener's Guide To Blueberries retails for $4.99 and is available to the trade at the wholesale price of $2.35 with a
50-book minimum.
GreenTow Mobile Solar Trailers
Manufactured & Distributed by GreenTow
Farwest Show Booth: #10042
Contact: Todd Myers, 435-628-9726, todd@greentow.com, www.GreenTow.com
GreenTow trailers are state-of-the art, mobile, solar power units. Created with top of the line components and materials,
GreenTow solar trailers are made of the best of what the solar and green energy industry have to offer. Coupled with
creative engineering and real world input, GreenTow has created the first of its kind: a functional, state-of-the-art solar
trailer providing clean, quiet, green mobile power.
H8 Chemical Pumper
Manufactured by H.E. Anderson Company & Distributed by Horticultural Services
Farwest Show Booth: #10052
Contact: Doug Olinger, 918-759-8764 cell / 800-331-9620 office, doug@heanderson.com,
www.heanderson.com
H.E. Anderson Company's new H8 Pumper offers extra chemical capacity at a more economical price. Using our existing,
time tested pumpers as a guide, the H8 will continue to provide an accurate and dependable feed injection day in and
day out. For growers new to Anderson Injection Systems, the H8 helps to save several hundreds of dollars in initial startup
expense. For growers who already use Anderson Injection Systems, the H8 (by replacing two of your H4's) will offer
lower maintenance and repair costs while still providing the accuracy and dependability you've grown to trust and depend
on. The H8 Pumper is perfect for larger flow operations, such as nurseries, orchards, and fruit-berry operations allowing
you to use fewer pumpers due the extra chemical capacity of the H8.
Miniature Garden Accessories
Manufactured & Distributed by Jeremie Corp.
Farwest Show Booth: #17164, #17166, #17168
Contact: Jim Carroll, 1-888-JEREMIE (537-3643), jcarroll@jeremiecorp.com, www.JeremieCorp.com
Since 1976 Jeremie has offered the best in full sized garden accessories. In the fall of 2011, we will introduce our
newest designs for the miniature garden enthusiast: Miniature Garden Accessories include detailed, miniature replicas of
life-sized arbors, iron gates and fences, follies and fairy cottages and much more.
Rowan Greenhouse Control & Monitoring System
Manufactured & Distributed by Rowan Greenhouse Technologies
Farwest Show Booth: #14119
Contact: Brad Nelson, 541-203-0262, brad@rowangt.com, www.rowangt.com
The Rowan Greenhouse Control & Monitoring System is a wireless and Internet-enabled solution for greenhouses and
nurseries. The Rowan system controls operations from a smartphone, tablet or PC via a website interface. It logs sensor
inputs and monitors both environmental and infrastructure conditions (particularly system failures) using text message,
phone, or email alerts. By utilizing a self-healing, wireless mesh network, Rowan controllers are less expensive to install
and maintain than traditional controllers. Each controller can accept up to four inputs from a wide variety of plug-and-play
sensors. These controllers communicate with the Rowan System Supervisor, which monitors each controller, sends out
alerts, and patches control signals and sensor data to a webserver. Through a website, growers can now control and
monitor their entire operation from anywhere in the world, reduce the chance of catastrophic crop loss due to irrigation or
environmental system failure, and expand operations.
GreenBed™
Manufactured & Distributed by ShelterWorks Ltd.
Farwest Show Booth: #16155, #16157
Contact: Thomas Van Denend, 541-929-8010, tomvd@faswall.com, www.greenbed.net and www.faswall.com
GreenBed is a durable, non-toxic, beautiful and affordable raised garden bed kit that is manufactured in Oregon. It is
designed to last 25-30 years without decay. GreenBed answers the question of backyard gardeners wanting to install
raised beds: "What do I build the beds out of?" Wood rots. Plastic boards are, well, plastic, and they don't stand up to
UV rays. Railroad ties are out due to creosote. Cement blocks are heavy and not attractive. And, pressure-treated wood is
suspect for vegetable growing. Also, most of the available raised bed designs are not attractive: simply a plastic or wood
box. GreenBed is the first affordable, non-toxic, extremely durable raised bed garden kit on the market. Everything about
it is quality: Faswall® woodchip/cement panels; extruded aluminum brackets with a baked-on, architectural-grade paint;
1,000 hr. salt-spray-tested fasteners; and western red cedar trim rail with a bio-based, penetrating-oil finish. All holes are
pre-drilled for accurate, fool-proof assembly. Available as a 4-by-4-foot kit or a 4-by-8-foot kit.
Xeripave®
Manufactured & Distributed by Xeripave, Inc.
Farwest Show Booth: #17143
Contact: Pete Blundell/Ron Putz, 360-694-0141, info@xeripave.com, www.xeripave.com
Xeripave® Pavers are pervious natural aggregate pavers that allow water to flow directly through them, while giving the
aggregates a "wet" appearance. They are composed of natural aggregates and a clear, high-strength polymer binder. No
cement or concrete is used. This provides approximately 35–39 percent open space in each paver, thus allowing for a
flow-through rate of about 1 to 1.5 gallons per second per square foot. They can be used for a variety of applications,
such as tree surrounds, instead of metal grates, to promote deep root watering and aeration. They're also ideal for
sidewalks, patios, and plazas. They are strong enough to be used in low duty vehicular applications, such as driveways,
and as perimeter drainage in parking lots and streets. Xeripave® pavers promote the drainage of water into the subgrade
soil, instead of a storm drain, while filtering out contaminants as part of the system.
Ecorrcrate
Distributed by Gulick Freight Service Logistics.
Farwest Show Booth # 2097, 2099
Contact: Rhonda Boni-Burden, 877.470.0971, Rhonda@gulicklogistics.com, www.gulicklogistics.com
Ecorrcrate is a new option for less than truck load (LTL) shipping. It is an all-green crate and or reusable corrugated crate
complete with four-way pallet attached ready for your use. Ecorrcrate can be custom ordered to fit your exact need and
well as standard size crate sizes. Ecorrcrate can allow you to load your nursery stock in a similar environment as a trailer.
The crate assembles with three sides and the wide side is open for loading. Then you install the fourth panel, similar to
shutting a door. Once the crate is loaded, it can be shipped on a regular palletized LTL truck and expedited to your final
destination. Holes for ventilation, cold packs to assist with the heat, water resistant materials are some options available.
The crate will allow the shipper to complete with palletized LTL freight. It will allow better time scheduling for shipments.
