Tools, Supplies and Accessories
2009 Green Thumb Award Winners
January 9, 2009
courtesy Mailorder Gardening Association
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Liquid Net for Pets comes from The Liquid Fence Co.
courtesy The Liquid Fence Co./Mailorder Gardening Association
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Six new plant varieties and five new gardening products have won 2009 MGA Green Thumb Awards presented by the Mailorder Gardening Association.
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Winners of the 2009 MGA Green Thumb Awards were chosen by an independent panel of garden writers and editors. The winning products were selected based on their uniqueness, technological innovation, ability to solve a gardening problem or provide a gardening opportunity, and potential appeal to gardeners.
Since 1998, the MGA Green Thumb Awards have recognized the best new plants and gardening products available each year from gardening catalogs and Web sites. The awards are sponsored by the Mailorder Gardening Association, the world’s largest nonprofit association of companies that sell garden products directly to consumers. For more information visit the MGA website.
Liquid Net® for Pets from The Liquid Fence Co.
Liquid Net® for Pets is a safe and effective way to protect dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from fleas and ticks without exposing them to dangerous chemicals. Made with oils of botanicals, Liquid Net for Pets is guaranteed to repel ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, gnats, blackflies and other biting insects. Liquid Net for Pets has a gentle, pleasantly scented formula that’s non-greasy and won’t dry out pets’ coats. The MSRP for the 16-ounce orbital sprayer (that even sprays upside down) is $12.99 from The Liquid Fence Co., (800) 923-3623.
Golden Delicious Apple Collection for Children from Stark Bro’s Nurseries and Orchards Co.
The story of the amazing discovery of the Stark® Golden Delicious Apple in 1914 has been turned into a delightful new book for children. Sure to become a childhood classic, Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Apple Story entertains as well as educates young people on the basics of discovering new fruit varieties, grafting and propagation. The Golden Delicious Apple Collection for Children includes the book plus one bareroot Stark Golden Delicious Dwarf Apple Tree, a planting guide, a Children’s Tree Care Kit and an embroidered Stark Bro’s Kids’ Club patch to sew on a backpack or jacket. There is even a special Web site for children. The Golden Delicious Apple Collection for Children sells for $41.97 exclusively from Stark Bro’s. (800) 325-4180.