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	<description>Wholesale supplier of potted liners, starter plants and finished retail-ready container plants to the horticulture industry. Grower and propagator of Proven Winners, Ball and First Editions brands.</description>
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		<title>Nursery Management: Adventures in Lean</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Van Belle Nursery has been on a bit of a journey over the past several years, and we&#8217;re happy to share that Nursery Management Magazine has run a great article all about our adventures in Lean Manufacturing. From the lighthearted cover shot of Dave to the pictures of people and plants in our nursery, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Ball Buddleias</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click on any image for a larger view, then click right or left to view the next image. Download growing sheets: Buddleia Flutterby Peace &#8211; Growing Sheet Buddleia Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven &#8211; Growing Sheet If you&#8217;re searching for ideas on how to bring your customers great colour in a compact form that you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Fraser Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks very much to the publication Business Fraser Valley (www.businessfv.ca) for their recent front page story on our President and CEO, Dave Van Belle, on his inclusion on the Business in Vancouver 40 under 40 list. We&#8217;re excited about the future here at Van Belle, and Dave is a big part of that! 2012 should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mad for Mid Am</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s part two of our January road warrior stories, by Curtis.   There was much anticipation into the MID AM Show. For the past few years the MANTS Show has drawn the major crowd that typically went to MID AM. However, as Boyd and I jumped on the plane to head to Chicago, we had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MANTS: Road Warrior Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diego Martinez, Dave Van Belle, and I started our journey to Baltimore at 1:30am on Monday January 9th and although we typically get excited for the MANTS show, we were unaware as to how special this show was going to be. Thinking about the opportunity to have a full week of connection with our partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Driving Factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011, Van Belle started working with the idea of quarterly themes to promote strong employee engagement in all aspects of life here at the nursery. More on that (what we&#8217;ve done and what we&#8217;re planning) in future blog posts &#8211; ! We kicked off our Quarter 1 theme at our monthly staff meeting today. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hi, My Name is Scott</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After checking out Scott&#8217;s website, it&#8217;s easy to see why DeVonne was interested in hearing him talk &#8211; sounds like an energetic guy with unique ideas! DeVonne was able to talk to Scott for a few minutes before the keynote address &#8211; and snapped a pic, naturally. We&#8217;re looking forward to hearing about the rest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making sense of CENTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boyd Fletcher and Adam Underwood made their way to Columbus, Ohio for our final January trade show appearance &#8211; CENTS! It&#8217;s been a very busy show for them, so much so that we haven&#8217;t heard much from them all week. Way to work the aisles, guys, can&#8217;t wait to hear your road warrior stories when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardens West &#8211; Central &#8211; East</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ball Ornamentals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you picked up your copy of Gardens West, Gardens Central or Gardens East yet? You&#8217;ll need to thumb through the print copy to check out the article &#8220;2012&#8242;s Brightest Stars&#8221;, all about the hottest plants coming to market this year. We&#8217;re happy to share the one of our stars, Hydrangea paniculata Sweet Summer, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations &#8211; 40 under 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our  own Dave Van Belle, for his appearance in Business in Vancouver&#8217;s annual &#8220;Forty under 40&#8243; list! Check out his write-up on page 13, and don&#8217;t forget to check out all the other winners as well! Business in Vancouver &#8220;Forty under 40&#8243; (2012)]]></description>
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