Merchandising
Tool time: Tips on how garden centers can sell more tools
Your garden center is a destination for customers looking for plant material — but do they also walk out the door with the tools and accessories they need to complete their project? Graham Hill, president... more »
Top 10 Garden Retail Articles of 2024
We ran the numbers and here are the results: Following is a list of the top 10 garden retail feature articles that received the most clicks from visitors to the Lawn & Garden Retailer website... more »
From the Road: Retail inspiration blooms in Chicago
One balmy August morning, attendees of the Lawn & Garden Retailer Bus Tour boarded three buses to visit four distinct garden centers in the Chicago area. Here’s a look at some of the sights that... more »
From the Road: Dallas’ diverse garden retailers
The Garden Center Group Fall Event took place Sept. 23-26 in Dallas, with a full-day tour that stopped at six unique garden centers. Jacksons Home & Garden Walking into Jacksons Home & Garden feels like... more »
Staffing the surge: Managing increased retail traffic
On a recent sunny morning, I visited a well-established farm market to talk with the manager. The parking lot was nearly full and inside the market, there were three registers in operation, and they still... more »
Revamp Your Retail Series: Consumer psychology
Consumers have a lot on their minds most days. Horticultural professionals, retailers and growers may be inclined to think they get a lot of “brain time” from their customers, that customers are thoughtful about the... more »
Innovative Ideas: How to houseplant
For thousands of years humans have incorporated plants into their homes for a multitude of reasons. Fast forward to the 1960s and ‘70s, when houseplants became very popular. After taking a dip in popularity for... more »
From the Road: Groovy Plants Ranch offers everything from ‘air plants to rare plants’
Destination garden center Groovy Plants Ranch (GPR) is a family-owned greenhouse located in Marengo, Ohio, about a half hour north of Columbus. Owners Liz and Jared Hughes opened the business hoping to become a destination... more »
Heart On Main Street schedules holiday merchandising webinar
Heart On Main Street has announced that Georganne Bender of Kizer & Bender will join its "Main Street Matters" webinar to discuss how retailers can shake up their stores to drive sales in the last... more »
The 2024 Garden Center Show celebrates success
The Garden Center Show (presented by Lawn & Garden Retailer and SmartWork Media) recently hosted garden center professionals from the U.S., South America and even the UK to walk the trade show floor and attend... more »
Becoming a ‘winter wonderland’
Fiddlestix Mercantile doesn’t just offer great giftables and plants to its clientele — it redefines the entire shopping experience. Sarah Keefer opened Fiddlestix in August 2022 in New Oxford, Pennsylvania, with two of her friends, combining... more »
Cultivate’24 recap: Merchandising and display inspiration
There are many reasons to attend Cultivate — the educational sessions, specialized tours and workshops, networking events, and, of course, the trade show floor. One of my many favorite reasons to attend is to see... more »
Videos
News
March 18, 2025
Schreiner’s Gardens celebrates 100 years
March 18, 2025
Floriexpo, That Flower Feeling pair up
March 17, 2025
2025 Farwest Show host hotels now available for booking
March 17, 2025
Young’s Plant Farm Trial Garden adds edible plants
March 17, 2025
Garden centers can join ‘Round-Up at the Register’ campaign
March 13, 2025
