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Sonya Harrison is executive garden girl and a certified landscape designer at My Secret Garden in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. How did you get involved in horticulture? My grandmother. She was a gardener and shared her...
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Garden Media Group owner Katie Dubow had been actively avoiding one of the trends featured in her company’s latest Garden Trends Report — but she encourages garden centers not to do so. “The TikTok trend...
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When a customer comes into your garden center, they most likely look at, touch, feel, and sometimes smell or taste the products. With customers getting so up close and personal with your merchandise, how do...
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It’s recent enough that I can still see (and hear) very clearly in my rearview mirror the campaigns for the midterm elections that took place on the federal, state, and local levels during one of...
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Gift and home markets offer opportunities for garden retailers to explore new revenue streams to grow their businesses. With expansive product offerings comes a marketplace scale that can seem daunting even to longtime attendees and...
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John Kelly is co-owner of Chippewa Valley Growers in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with his wife Jessica. Can you share a little about how you got involved in horticulture? The desire to own a business is...
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There's no better place to be than home for the holidays, but after moving back to my hometown earlier this year, this Christmastime phrase takes on a whole new meaning. I took the opportunity to...
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Do you talk to your plants? If you do, you’re not alone — according to a survey from Trees.com, 48% of people reported talking to their trees and/or plants. What’s more, of the 1,250 people surveyed...
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Here are some snapshots of what caught our eye at the Garden Center Group Fall Event tour of garden centers in and around Kansas City, Missouri. Family Tree Nursery Family Tree Nursery opened in Overland...
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A day ahead of The Garden Center Show, which took place this past August in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pre-registered attendees spent the day exploring five area garden centers. The tour put on display fresh new ideas...
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Each year, L&GR compiles a list of award-winning varieties that have impressed judges throughout the country and abroad. Every organization has a slightly different method of choosing its standout performers, but one thing all these...
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