Garden Center Group Fall Event recap: Thinking big in Dallas

Garden Center Group Fall Event recap: Thinking big in Dallas
Garden Center Group Fall Event recap: Thinking big in Dallas By Teresa McPherson

The Garden Center Group Fall Event in Dallas included a conference, garden retail tour and plenty of networking opportunities.

The Garden Center Group Fall Event took place Sept. 23-26 in Dallas, with a three-hour early-bird marketing workshop on Sunday, Sept. 22. Facilitated by Steve Kendall, The Design Works and Kim Nelson, The 5 Pillars of Successful Brand Marketing explored essential marketing ideas, tools, and processes for building, refining, and reimagining your framework for successful marketing.

More than 270 people gathered for the event, according to Danny Summers, managing director.

Here’s a look back at the event.

Welcome SessionDanny Summers, The Garden Center Group — Danny Summers welcomes a record number of attendees to The Garden Center Group Fall Event.

The Evolving CustomerKatie Tamony, CMO, Monrovia — Katie Tamony, chief marketing officer at Monrovia, discusses “The Evolving Customer.”

The Fall Event 2024 Tour — All aboard! Attendees board five buses to explore garden centers in the Dallas area.

Dallas, Texas, Jacksons Home & Garden — Jacksons Home & Garden was the first stop on the garden retail tour.

Jacksons Home and Garden — Jacksons Home and Garden began as a pottery store; now, Jacksons reportedly has largest outdoor pottery collection in the Southwest.

2 Nicholson-Hardie West — Nicholson-Hardie’s west location. Nicholson-Hardie has two locations in Dallas; both shops are located in very affluent urban areas.

Nicholson-Hardie Home and Garden — Inside Nicholson-Hardie Home and Garden.

Nicholson-Hardie Nursery feels more like a small park than a store. — Just five blocks away, Nicholson-Hardie Nursery feels more like a small park than a store.

Calloway's Nursery — Calloway’s Nursery on Lemmon Avenue in Dallas.

Calloway’s Nursery — Fresh plant material — and carts to carry them — at Calloway’s Nursery.

Covington’s Nursery & Landscape is one of the largest retail and wholesale nurseries in Texas.

5 Covington's Nursery & Landscape — Houseplants get vertical at Covington’s Nursery & Landscape.

Ruibal's Plants of Texas — Ruibal’s Plants of Texas’ Dallas Farmers Market location.

Ruibal's has grown into an entire city block. — Ruibal’s has grown into an entire city block.

Teresa McPherson

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