Aug 6, 2014
Retailers’ Choice Awards Presented to 11 Exhibitors at SNA 2014Source: Karen Summers, SNA

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, a panel of independent retailers, lead by Sid Raisch of The Garden Center Group, scoured the SNA 2014 show floor in search of products that have the potential to be best sellers in the garden center. The 11 winners were recognized on the SNA Stage at the end of the first day of the show.

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, a panel of independent retailers, lead by Sid Raisch of The Garden Center Group, scoured the SNA 2014 show floor in search of products that have the most potential to be best sellers in the garden center. The 11 winners were recognized on the SNA Stage at the end of the first day of the show.

The 11 winners are (in no particular order):

  • A.M. Leonard, Piqua, OH – Stainless Steel Soil Knife
  • Metroquip (Avant), Marietta, GA – Avant Articulated Telescoping Multi-Function Loader
  • First Editions (Bailey Nurseries), St. Paul, MN – Crimson Fire Fringe Flower
  • Sunrise Marketing, Hartford, CT – ePunch Mobile App with iBeacon
  • Liquid Fence (United Industries), Blakslee, PA – EcoLogic Weed & Grass Killer
  • Good Ideas, Lake City, PA – Impressions Rain Barrel Planter
  • Marlboro Bulb Company, Greenwood, SC – Jack’s Giant Elephant Ear
  • Plant Development Services, Inc. (PDSI), Loxley, AL – Lemon Lime Nandina
  • Jackson Nursery, Belvidere, TN – Garden Debut Magic Fountain Weeping Persimmon
  • Star Roses (Hackney Nursery Company) Greensboro, FL, – Sapphire Indigo Groundcover Clematis
  • Zanfel, Clive, IA – Zanfel Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Wash

Click here to learn more about them and the awards program.