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March 27, 2018

BioSafe Systems Adds Technical Sales Manager for Retail Division

BioSafe Systems has welcomed Mike Mallon as technical sales manager to the retail division. Mallon will be working directly with distributors, as well as independent garden centers and other retailers throughout the U.S. He will... more »

March 13, 2018

Houseplants … One More Time

We talked houseplants in the last e-newsletter, and I’m going to bring them up yet again because I’d love to hear from you. Last time we saw the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture’s (NICH) first... more »

February 27, 2018

Bring on the Benefits

The brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. I remember hearing this some time ago, and, to me, it makes sense. We're inundated with so many emails, articles and social media posts that it's... more »

February 13, 2018

Roses Are Red

You are well aware that Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and hopefully you've had some great options for your customers as well as picking up something for the special people in your life. I came across... more »

January 23, 2018

Close to Deadline

Are you under 40? Do you know someone in the industry who hasn’t hit that milestone birthday yet and is doing an incredible job? Our sister publication, GPN, wants to hear about them. You have... more »

January 8, 2018

From the Pros

Happy New Year! I hope you've had a wonderful start to 2018. January is often seen as a time to reset, start fresh and plan for the upcoming year. I came across an article in... more »

December 22, 2017

Happy Holidays!

It's the day after Christmas, and hopefully you're still in a bit of a cookie coma and suffering from family overload in the best way possible. There's no better time than now to sit back... more »

December 12, 2017

Seeing Ultraviolet

The 2017 Pantone Color of the Year, Greenery, fit seamlessly into our industry. I even saw a few garden center displays drawing attention to the company and highlighting plants with the yellow-green foliage. This means... more »

November 27, 2017

Holiday Hype

First things first, I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving followed by numerous Black Friday shoppers and lots of Small Business Saturday sales. Then, with Cyber Monday and now #GivingTuesday, this sure has... more »

November 13, 2017

Targeting All Customers

Last month, The Wall Street Journal published an article titled "America's Retailers Have a New Target Customer: The 26-Year-Old Millennial." We often find ourselves trying to figure out how to get millennials into garden centers,... more »

October 23, 2017

A Legacy

Age, wisdom, knowledge and experience often go hand in hand, and in our industry, Ernest Wertheim is one individual that clearly has all four of these attributes. AmericanHort recently released a video of an interview... more »

October 9, 2017

Fall, Halloween, Breast Cancer Awareness and More

October has quite a bit going on with the changing leaves, temperatures that are (supposedly) cooling, fall decorations, apple orchards and Halloween at the end of the month. Halloween spending is expected to reach a... more »