Events

July 20, 2016

Farwest Offers Retail-Focused Center

The 2016 Farwest Show in Portland, Oregon, has scheduled a comprehensive learning experience focused on garden retail in the Idea Center for Retailers during the upcoming show, Thursday, Aug. 25 through Saturday, Aug. 27. Located on the... more »

July 11, 2016

Cultivate’17 Changes Announced at This Year’s Event

Ken Fisher, AmericanHort president and CEO, announced at the Sunday keynote presentation that exciting changes are coming to Cultivate’17. Since 2012, AmericanHort has worked with event experience engineers to discuss strategies to improve and grow... more »

July 6, 2016

Farwest Show Adds Garden Center Tour

The 2016 Farwest Show, Aug. 25-27, in Portland, Oregon, has added a retail garden center tour as one of three pre-show tour options before the show opens. "Local Favorites and Must-See Destination Garden Centers" is the new... more »

July 2016

Celebrating a Decade of Success

An Energizing Experience The first year of the show there were three of us that went, and the reason we went is because we wanted to freshen up our stores for fall and also for... more »

July 1, 2016

Farwest Announce Speakers Aimed at Retail

The 2016 Farwest Show, Aug. 25-27, in Portland, Oregon, will put a spotlight on garden retail with two of the industry’s rising stars who bring fresh perspectives on how retail can connect with today’s gardener.... more »

June 20, 2016

Griffin Announces Keynote at Expos

Joe Lamp’l, creator, host and executive producer of the PBS series "Growing a Greener World," will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 Griffin Grower & Retailer Expos. Griffin will host two Expo events, each... more »

June 16, 2016

Arett June Market Goes Digital

The Arett Sales June Market has now gone digital and is called the Arett eMarket. The new Arett eMarket website, www.arettemarket.com, replaces the former one-day June Market with an online, easy-to-shop site that has special buying discounts... more »

June 1, 2016

GCA Summer Tour Early Bird Discount Extended

Garden Centers of America (GCA) officials have announced that Early Bird Savings are now extended to June 10. Noting the late start to the spring season for many garden centers in the north, GCA is giving... more »

April 6, 2016

Armstrong To Give Customers 2 Million Ladybugs

The arrival of spring means the highly anticipated return of ladybugs at Armstrong Garden Centers. Ladybug weekend will take place on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24 at all 32 Armstrong Garden Centers locations.One... more »

April 2016

Fresh Perspectives: Creating the Hype

Businesses can change a lot in 35 years. What started as a single greenhouse growing produce has turned into a 15 greenhouse operation that grows 90 percent of the plants in its retail store. Baker's... more »

March 22, 2016

New SEGreen Conference Scheduled

The Southern Nursery Association (SNA) has announced plans for SEGreen, a new event debuting Aug. 30 – Sept. 1, at The Classic Center in Athens, Georgia. SNA said the event will look to the future... more »

February 29, 2016

2016 Farwest Show Names Keynote

Charlie Hall, professor and Ellison Chair in International Floriculture, Texas A&M, will deliver this year's keynote address at the 2016 Farwest Show, Aug. 25-27 in Portland, Oregon. Hall's speech, Factors Affecting Short and Long-Term Demand... more »