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Top Retail Trends of 2022
The pandemic changed not only how customers shop — and how you sell to them — but has also brought forth innovative changes in retail. Financial services and digital payments company Block Inc. (formerly Square Inc.) partnered... more »
Marketing a Cause: Dümmen Orange Supports Yellowstone Park with Petunia
Social responsibility in business has gone from important to essential. Customers are increasingly scrutinizing the companies they buy from — and want to know that their values align. Studies have found that 72% of Americans... more »Change Is the Only Constant
Did you know there’s such a thing as “change exhaustion?” (And apparently it’s not being sick of all the loose change rattling around at the bottom of your purse.) According to a 2020 scientific study,... more »
The Dirt on Soil Amendments
Now that summer is here and the gardening season is in full swing, your customers will start asking about fertilizers and soil amendments to grow their best gardens. In order to suggest to them the... more »
Milwaukee to Host Garden Center Show
The Garden Center Show for independent garden center (IGC) operators and suppliers is scheduled to take place Aug. 9-11 at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The show comprises an exhibit hall, keynote sessions... more »
Succeeding Against the Odds in Uncertain Times
Our industry has been blessed with good fortune for the past two years. Unlike many of our competitors, we actually thrived during the pandemic. We had customers flush with cash from federal subsidies and very... more »
Pollinators and Plants: A Research Update
There is no question that horticulture is beneficial to bees and pollinators. After all, the best way to support bees is to plant healthy and bee-friendly plants. For generations, professional growers of trees, plants and... more »
5 Minutes With … Emily Harvey
Emily Harvey is manager of Harvey’s Farm & Garden Center in Westborough, Massachusetts. What do you love about your job? Just about everything! I get to continue working hard on our farm, garden center and... more »
Flower Power: Why Your IGC Should Stock Cut Flowers as a Product Category
Flowers are the new hugs, Katie Dubow said earlier this year when introducing Garden Media Group’s 2022 Garden Trends Report. When we can’t gather with loved ones and personal connections are limited (e.g., during a... more »
More to Muse on: Part 2 of CAST Coverage
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the team at Lawn & Garden Retailer hit the road in late March to attend California Spring Trials (CAST). Not only did we witness some breathtaking plants in... more »
Green Industry to Gather in Columbus for Cultivate’22
From retailers, greenhouse and nursery growers, distributors, interior and exterior landscapers, florists, students, educators, researchers and manufacturers, Cultivate is known to attract thousands of industry professionals and visitors from all 50 states and over 40... more »
The Secret to Keeping Promises
I was at a restaurant with a friend and she mentioned that she had never waited tables. She said, “When you first start working it seems like you either go the restaurant route or the... more »
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