Innovator Awards
L&GR seeks nominations for Innovator Awards
How innovative is your garden center? Share your story now for the 2024 Lawn & Garden Retailer Innovator Awards. These awards will recognize garden centers for excellence in categories such as: Community Involvement Classes and Events... more »
Calling all garden centers!
The 2024 Lawn & Garden Retailer Innovator Awards will once again recognize garden centers that elevate the customer experience in progressive ways. We’re looking for IGCs that excel in one or more categories, including: community... more »
Cultivating innovation in the garden center
It’s no secret innovation is key to staying relevant in garden retail. Lawn & Garden Retailer explored hot retail topics in a recent roundtable webinar with several recipients of its Innovator Awards: Edna Kane, Butterfly... more »
Top 13 garden retailer feature articles of 2023
We've crunched the numbers and the results are in: Following is a list of the 13 feature articles that received the most clicks from visitors to our website in 2023. 1. Meet the 2023 Lawn... more »
Innovative Ideas: Creating a team culture
Being in the garden center industry for the better part of 30 years, it’s amazing to look back and see all of the changes we’ve been through — how new varieties have been developed to... more »
Register now to learn from the most innovative garden centers
Join L&GR editors and some of the industry’s most innovative garden center owners and operators for a first-of-its-kind roundtable, scheduled to take place online at 2 p.m. on Nov. 2. Register here. During this engaging... more »
Lukas Nursery & Butterfly Encounter
“The Butterfly Encounter attraction has grown to be one of the top tourist attractions in Central Florida.” Year founded: The Lukas family started its agricultural endeavors on the current property in 1912 with row crops... more »
KBK Garden Center & Nursery
“We are able to help fit the perfect plant with the location, diagnose issues customers are having and help the many new gardeners be successful.” Year founded: Kris Krause purchased an existing garden center and... more »
Wallace’s Garden Center
“We are always looking for a balance between being a true garden center and plant-centric retailer and all the other parts that make us such a unique place to visit.” Year founded: Wallace’s Garden Center... more »
Village Green Home and Garden
“We love to display anything from furniture in a full setting in order for a customer to visualize it in their space to beautiful end caps full of color.” Year founded: Village Green opened in... more »
The Plant Farm
“At our store, we have two exceptional plant exhibits that serve as sources of inspiration and customer engagement.” Year founded: The Plant Farm was founded in 1969, starting with tomato plants and growing into what... more »
Piedmont Feed & Garden Center
“Part of our mission is to enrich the lives of those we serve by connecting them with nature through knowledge, products and services.” Year founded: Piedmont Feed & Garden Center was founded in 1988. Current... more »
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