Top 20 Garden Retail News Stories of 2024
From glow-in-the-dark petunias to company expansions and acquisitions to award-winning plants, these were the 20 most-read news stories on the Lawn & Garden Retailer website in 2024 based on click rates.
1. Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market
2. 2025, 2026 California Spring Trials dates announced
3. Tom Dayton to retire, put Dayton Nurseries up for sale
4. Proven Winners to offer new bulb program
5. Sakata relocates headquarters to Woodland Innovation Center
6. TPIE 2024 Cool Product Awards announced
7. Monrovia wants to make Mother’s Day SunBelievable
8. Pycnanthemum muticum named 2025 Perennial Plant of the Year
9. Proven Winners displayed new plants, programs at open house
10. Costa Farms acquires Battlefield Farms
11. Maryland Nursery Landscape and Greenhouse Association recognizes 2 for horticultural excellence
12. Proven Winners introduces more than 100 new varieties for 2025
13. 15 Retailers’ Choice Awards given at Cultivate’24
14. $4.1 million in grants issued to help monarch butterfly, other pollinators
15. Garden Works announces new owners
16. Smith Gardens assumes operations of Skagit Horticulture
17. Studio M to close its doors
18. Weston Nurseries expands with acquisition of Stonegate Gardens
19. Sakata Seed America appoints new head grower
20. EHR welcomes Mary Thompson to its sales team
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