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 in 2024.
1. New Varieties for 2024
Plant breeders share their new varieties of innovative introductions ready for your retail benches in 2024.
2. Cultivating Innovation in the Garden Center
Four garden center pros share some of their greatest successes.
3. ‘Painting with Flowers’: Simplifying landscape design
How ready-made landscape plans can help garden centers simplify landscape design — and sell more plants.
4. 2024: Year of the African violet
African violets continue to be a favorite among consumers, offering easy care, lasting color and a touch of nostalgia.
5. Growing as a Craft: An inside look at Monrovia’s Visalia, California, operations
Monrovia’s central California nursery uses technology and chemical alternatives to grow plants suitable for its signature green containers.
6. From Seed to Store: How an agribusiness became a shopping destination
Southwest Florida-based Oakes Farms developed Seed to Table into a retail destination.
7. Innovator of the Year Honoree: McDonald Garden Center, Hampton Roads, Virginia
Founded in 1945 in Hampton, Virginia, McDonald Garden Center will celebrate its 80th anniversary next year.
8. Innovating the Future: Meet L&GR’s 2024 Innovators of the Year!
These independent garden centers set themselves apart by providing an unmatched customer experience, maintaining an active presence in their local communities, and promoting a positive and team-oriented work environment.
9. Measuring a Customer’s Value
Identify and understand your most valued customers, then establish a long-term value relationship with them.
10. Revamp Your Retail Series: Merchandising
The first in a five-part series, this article shares findings from research studies that can help garden retailers revitalize and refresh their retail environment.
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