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GardenComm Virtual Conference Registration Now Open Our annual conference is going virtual! Join us Aug. 10-13 for four days of networking and education. Register and post you are attending on social media using #gardencommvirtual by July 15 to be entered in a drawing to win FREE REGISTRATION. Registration will remain open until August 9 at 11:59 p.m. HDT. To review the full program, click here.

Upcoming GardenComm Webinar Monetize Your Garden Knowledge By Offering a Membership Program presented by: Noelle Johnson July 16th , 6:00 – 7:00 PM ET More information can be found here.

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#Garden365 Calendar of Promotions Now Available It’s not just any day. It’s a great day to promote Gardening! In an effort to inspire and support national ‘day of, week of and month of’ celebrations, National Garden Bureau has worked in partnership with GardenComm to create and launch a new web page listing many popular dates. These are fantastic opportunities for garden communicators to promote gardening. The current list is the “best of the best”; there is something that will appeal to just about everyone regardless of age or their level of gardening experience. Use this list to plan for your speaking, blogs, videos, content calendars and social media posts to educate, have fun and inspire gardeners to get out and get their hands in the dirt. In many cases, suggested hashtags are included so feel free to use those to raise the tide of gardening. READ MORE

Upcoming Events Cultivate '20: Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16: Varying times. GardenComm Webinar: Thursday, July 16 - Monetize Your Garden Knowledge By Offering a Membership Program Learn more and register here American Public Gardens Association Virtual Conference: June 25, 30, July 2, 7, 9, 2020: Varying Times. GardenComm’s 2020 Virtual Conference, Aug 10-13 at 3p – 5p E.T. Daily. More details to come.

COVID-19 Resources GardenComm Member & Guest Resources SBA Opens Up New Grants And Loans For Small Businesses And Independent Contractors: The EIDL Program The Authors Guild: Resources for Getting Economic Relief CARES ACT & COVID-19 RELIEF Canada's Economic Response Plan Canada's Emergency Wage Subsidy

PRODUCT SHOWCASE HollywoodTMHibiscus Hollywood Hibiscus are natural performers for growers, retailers and gardeners. They are world famous for Consistently high bud counts Durable and multi-day lasting flowers Bacterial leaf spot and white fly resistance Compact habits Attracting Pollinators LEARN MORE

HORTICULTURE

10 Ways the Horticulture Industry Can Turn Covid-19 Challenges into Drivers for Change Greenhouse Grower The closing session of the United Fresh Live virtual conference in June brought together industry leaders from across the fresh produce market for a deep discussion on how the food supply chain, of which greenhouse vegetable growers play a key role, has responded to the coronavirus pandemic in a collaborative way. READ MORE

7 Summer Reads to Inspire Gardeners The Oregonian Summertime, and the reading is easy, no one ever wrote, even if it is true. And it’s especially true if you’re into gardening, because there’s no way better to relax after a day spent enjoying the sunshine in your garden then with a tall, cool drink of your choice and a book about — yes — gardening. READ MORE

PRODUCT SHOWCASES

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Rose Rosette Can Devastate Your Garden Odessa American Rose rosette is a devastating virus once it reaches your rose garden. There is no “cure” or treatments on the market besides pulling out infected shrubs. It is important to know what to look out for to ensure that you do not devastate your rose garden by further spreading this plant disease. READ MORE

JOURNALISM

As Local News Crumbles, Should the Federal Government Intervene? Columbia Journalism Review Journalism is just one of the industries hard-hit by the economic fallout from the pandemic. While we reimagine journalism’s structures and funding models, what role might the government play in intervening to support the role of a functioning press—not just someday, but now? In a new report published by the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina, Penny Abernathy—a collaborator on our Cutback Tracker project—underlines the stakes. Since 2005, more than a quarter of the country’s newspapers have disappeared. READ MORE

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Global Journalism is Fighting for International Development Funding but Shouldn't Need To. Especially Now. Poynter Journalism is in a rough place. As the world relies more heavily on independent fact-based health information due to the pandemic, journalists everywhere are under increased pressure and in the line of fire, and not just figuratively speaking.Global independent media find themselves in the vulnerable position of waiting for governments and donors to decide on their future funding as they adapt to the COVID-19 crisis. READ MORE

How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Authors Write a Better Novel Writer's Digest Of all the sectors that artificial intelligence is disrupting—finance, health care, transportation—the creative art of fiction writing seems like the least likely candidate to be impacted by A.I. But A.I. has arrived like a gift-wrapped box on the doorstep of the author community. Should we open it up? Or do we need to worry that what's inside will put authors out of a job? READ MORE

BUSINESS

8 Ways Small Business Can Emerge From This Crisis Transformed Forbes Small businesses are the heart of our economy and they are the most vulnerable during this COVID-19 crisis. As CEO & Managing Partner of Insight Strategies, Inc., Teri Fisher is known for integrating theory, expertise, and real-world business practices into her engagements and helping businesses through even the worst of times. Ms. Fisher is also a consultant, executive coach, author and speaker. READ MORE

Expiring Coronavirus Jobless Benefits Pose Risk to Recovery Fox Business An abrupt end to government support for consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic amounts to a "benefits cliff" that could threaten an economic recovery already taking shape.Unemployed Americans who lost their jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic have been receiving an extra $600 per week on top of the usual jobless benefits, a payment set to expire at the end of July while other assistance programs are scheduled to cease at the end of this year. READ MORE

How Small-Business Owners Can Build a Strong Corporate Culture Entrepreneur No matter the size of your business, your corporate culture matters. Having a strong culture leads to increased employee retention and a competitive edge when hiring. Statistics from the Digest of Company Culture show that a strong culture can reduce employee turnover from 48.4 percent to 13.9 percent. In addition to helping you build and keep a strong team, a healthy culture can help to build your brand, increase your team’s overall productivity, and improve client and customer relationships. READ MORE

SOCIAL MEDIA

'Weaponized' Facebook Fails to Protect Civil Rights, Audit Says NBC News Facebook Inc. has not done enough to protect users from discrimination, falsehoods and incitement to violence, an external civil rights audit found on Wednesday, adding to pressure on the company in the midst of an advertiser boycott.The audit report, which Facebook commissioned two years ago, pointed to what the authors described as a series of harmful decisions, including a “terrible precedent” not to intervene in posts in recent weeks by President Donald Trump, which could allow the platform to be “weaponized to suppress voting”. READ MORE

Is Social Media Making The Political Divide Even Worse? Forbes Earlier this week Axios reported that there has been a "big uptick" in traffic to so-called conservative social media networks that include Parler, thedonald.win and Gab over the past few months. Axois cited data from SimilarWeb, and suggested that conservatives "are looking to build their own social media platforms, where they can escape from what they feel is baseless censorship of their viewpoints from mainstream social media networks." READ MORE

Why is TikTok Getting Banned? Here’s the Latest Update as the U.S. Mulls App Shutdown Fast Company It hasn’t been a good few weeks for TikTok, the Chinese-owned app that has been the world’s hottest social media platform for the past few years. It currently has over two billion users. Despite its mass appeal, the app is coming under increasing scrutiny from powerful governments–which could spell disaster for TikTok’s future.First, last week, India banned TikTok, along with 58 other Chinese apps. That ban was a hammer blow to TikTok in particular as India is its largest market, according to the BBC. READ MORE

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