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Adapting to a Changing Climate: Garden Centers are Finding Long-Term Eco-Friendly Solutions to Adjust to Climate Challenges.
Hotter-than-average summers have brought new challenges not only to home gardeners but to garden centers as well. Garden centers and growers are addressing the issue by adapting more eco-friendly practices and promoting drought-tolerant and native... more »
Hot Market, Cool Houseplants
Amid the red-hot, got to have it, forget ever buying a home, houseplant market, are a few notable and inexpensive alternatives. Can’t fill an order for 1,000 philodendron ‘Caramel Marble’ that sells for an average... more »
Ground Rules
Call it the greening trifecta of 2021 — everyday gardening meets self-sufficiency meets food origin awareness. The result? A backyard and balcony edible garden boom, where no space is too small for the “foodscaping” movement.... more »
It’s All About Making Choices
The fall months are filled with both reflection on what transpired in the peak months of last spring and early fall, and looking forward with anticipation as we begin thinking about 2022. And it’s difficult... more »
5 Minutes With … Kit Leider Pierri
Kit Leider Pierri is garden center manager/communications director at Leider Greenhouses and an alumnus of GPN Magazine’s 40 Under 40. Could you share a little about your background? I’m a fifth generation family member of our... more »
Reunited …
…. and it felt so good! For the first time in two years, the green industry convened in Columbus, Ohio, for AmericanHort’s Cultivate’21. After being forced to go virtual in 2020, the team at AmericanHort... more »
New Poinsettia Varieties
Here are 11 new poinsettia releases to consider adding to your garden center for the 2022 holiday season. ‘Biancaneve’ Lazerri ‘Candy Cane’ Dümmen Orange ‘Christmas Magic Red’ Selecta One ‘Christmas Mouse’ Selecta One ‘Early Polly’s... more »
Finding Holiday Inspiration
Established in 1945, Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland is open 361 days a year and features more than 50,000 products for all seasons. It’s size and variety have made the store a must-see destination for customers in... more »
Garden Pharmacy 101
To the consumer, garden centers are the epicenter of their gardening world. For most of them, it’s where they find the plants they need, the soil to fill their pots, and even sometimes the new... more »
Keeping Your Brand Fresh
I recently came across a fairly succinct definition of a brand: “The intangible sum of a retailer or product’s attributes: its name, packaging and price positioning, its history, its reputation, and the way it’s advertised.”... more »
Adding Hemp as a Product Category
North Carolina-based Fifth Season Gardening Co. has found success in marketing its current product selections to the expanding hemp market. The family-owned business specializes in hydroponics, homebrew and organic gardening equipment at its five locations.... more »A Too-Quiet Summer
It’s the height of summer, and my flower gardens are a riot of color. But it’s a decidedly quieter riot here in the mid-Atlantic region, both thanks to the fact that cicada Brood X stayed... more »
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