Marketing

November 13, 2017

Interior, Floral Designers Come Together at AmericasMart

One of the most powerful elements in design language comes to life in AmericasMart Atlanta’s next vignette gallery presentation “In Living Color.” Six interior designers and six floral designers are collaborating on all new vignette presentations... more »

November 13, 2017

Botany Lane Expands in Succulents, Tropical Markets

Botany Lane Greenhouse, a plant producer of finished tropical plants, succulents and specialty annuals for IGCs in the Western United States, has expanded to provide outstanding young plants for growers and grower-retailers. “We are excited,... more »

November 13, 2017

Pleasant View Adds New Sales Manager

Pleasant View Gardens (PVG) has added industry veteran Paul Hoffman to its growing team as the company’s new southern territory account manager. With nearly two decades of industry experience, Hoffman brings with him keen insight acquired... more »

November 9, 2017

Cool Product Awards Chosen at The Landscape Show 2017

Cool Product Awards at The Landscape Show 2017 were presented to 12 firms, representing 14 award-winning products. The Garden Center Group’s Danny Summers led the product search and presented the awards on the Trends Stage... more »

November 6, 2017

Griffin Announces 2018 Expo Dates

Griffin has set the dates for its 2018 Grower & Retailer Expos. The company will host two Expos next year, one each in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania; each will be a two-day event. The Massachusetts Expo... more »

November 2, 2017

Dümmen Orange Acquires McHutchison, Vaughan’s Horticulture — updated

On Nov. 1, Dümmen Orange announced that it had acquired the U.S.-based wholesale plant brokers McHutchison and Vaughan’s Horticulture “to fulfill its strategic ambition for enhanced distribution and customer reach.” Dümmen Orange’s breeding activities and... more »

October 31, 2017

Changes to The Gardens and a New Creative Co-Op Debut at AmericasMart

It’s a new season for The Gardens at AmericasMart Atlanta, and change is in the air. The area will take on a new look for January 2018 with select showrooms relocating and expanding, and an all-new... more »

October 28, 2017

AAS Names ‘Foodscaping’ Landscape Design Winners

This year All-America Selections challenged the AAS Display Gardens to create a design based on the theme “Foodscaping-Interspersing Edibles in the Ornamental Garden.” For this challenge, AAS provided the gardens with Winner seed from the... more »

October 23, 2017

Free CEA Webinar This Week

Is your garden center considering getting into indoor growing of vegetable crops? Is controlled environment agriculture (CEA) in your future? Many garden centers are looking at vegetable production in controlled environment greenhouses to help meet... more »

October 23, 2017

Wild Bird Expo Recognizes Stores, Products

The Best Birding Retailer of the Year award winners and New Product award winners were announced at this year's Wild Bird Expo, sponsored by Gold Crest Distributing in Mexico, Missouri. The winners include: Best Large... more »

October 20, 2017

Southern Plant Conference Speakers Announced

The Southern Nursery Association (SNA) has announced final details of The 15th Southern Plant Conference to be held in conjunction with The SNA Conference, co-locating with the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) in 2018. Both... more »

October 19, 2017

Pleasant View Gardens Matriarch Passes Away

Eleanor J. (Rippe) Huntington, the matriarch of Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, New Hampshire, died at home, on Oct. 17, 2017. Eleanor was born in 1929 in Westport, Connecticut. After graduating from high school, she attended Grace... more »