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Believe it or not, gardening can be a very dangerous activity. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that about 230,000 people each year are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries relating to... more »Birding/Nature: Wildlife and Plants
One of the many aspects of gardening is the fact that a garden attracts wildlife. Which animals come to a garden depends on its location and the choice of plants made by your customers. In... more »Spring Ahead but Don’t Fall Behind
Spring is over, time to relax, go on vacation and not have to think about plants for another year. You better not be thinking that way; just because spring is over does not mean that... more »Pampering Your Customers
"Developing Markets," a monthly series that will appear in each issue of Lawn & Garden Retailer, will profile eight of these potential new markets, giving insight into the health of the market, relating how other... more »Ridding Retail of Pests
Choices for greenhouse pest management vary depending on the size of the greenhouse and how it is used. Retail greenhouses have many challenges for managing pests that are different from production greenhouses. Retail greenhouses are... more »Creative Easter Displays Get Sales Hopping
A gray January day in Chicago seems a long way from the bustling energy of April, where hope for increased sales springs anew. It's a slow time for imagination and enthusiasm when the cash registers... more »Pick of the Pack Trials
Even though the California Pack Trials were shortened from two weeks to 10 days, there are more plants to see, people to greet, questions to ask and snacks to eat than you can possibly do.... more »Water Gardening – 10 Myths: 10 Facts
Backyard ponds and water gardens have always had a bad reputation, and for a while they deserved it. The methods and technology that built the ponds of yesterday often yielded high-maintenance monsters that sucked in... more »The Thrill Of The Hunt
One of the darlings of Wall Street over the past few years has been Costco (COST-Nasdaq), a membership warehouse club. But it's not only the financial gurus who have become enraptured with the growth and... more »Global Ethnic: Return to the Human Touch
Author Dinah Hall explains the roots of global ethnic. "Despite the designer labels claiming responsibility for what were, in effect, mass-produced items, the human touch the sense of individual creation was somehow lacking."... more »All-Season Container Gardening Department
Container gardening continues to be the most promising product for both profits and branding for the independent garden center. A classic marketing opportunity, container gardening can increase: the number of customers shopping in a garden... more »Increasing Consumer Purchases
Not to detract from the plants after all, they are the stars of the show but one of my favorite things about the California Pack Trials is the time between stops...the hours on... more »
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