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Merry & Bright
Here's a look at how four garden centers spruced up their retail space for the holiday season. Wallace’s Garden Center, Bettendorf, Iowa All Aboard! After taking last year off for COVID,... more »
5 Minutes With … Gail Vanik
Gail Vanik is owner of Four Seasons Greenhouse and Nursery in southwestern Colorado. What brought you to the garden center world? It’s a funny story. When I was in high school, I had a part... more »
Hitting the Road in Late Summer
While it was toward the end of season, these IGCs stepped it up with their indoor living and houseplants, providing customers with varied options and décor ideas with vignettes set up in and around their... more »
5 Minutes With … Cameron Rees
Cam Rees is general manager of Skinner Garden Store in Topeka, Kansas. Could you share a little about your background? I grew up on a family orchard operation, playing on the orchard as a kid... more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Spread Your Wings
During the early days of the pandemic, many people found solace in being outdoors, whether gardening, hiking or birdwatching. In fact, the 2020 Great Backyard Bird Count broke more records and attracted more participants than... more »
5 Minutes with … Gina and Caitlin Miller
Gina and Caitlin Miller are sisters who own and manage Miller Flowers, a business their parents founded more than 27 years ago. You grew up in the industry, as your parents started a pig-farm-turned-greenhouse; how... more »
Spring Inspiration
As things slowly returned to normal in late April and early May, Lawn & Garden Retailer ventured out to several different garden centers to see what retailers were showing off this spring. We made stops... more »
A Nursery Celebrates Art and Nature
For one weekend in late 2020, Rutgers Landscape & Nursery in Ringoes, New Jersey, transformed into an arts haven. The event was organized by Rutgers Landscape & Nursery’s Jeff Dallesander and Catherine Schurdak, who say... more »
Why You Should Consider a CSA Program
L&GR: When and why did you decide to set up a CSA? Emily L. Harvey, manager, Harvey’s Farm & Garden Center, Westborough, Massachusetts: We started offering our CSA program in 2014 after realizing there was... more »
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