This past weekend, Bachman’s 2016 Spring Ideas House ended, marking the eighth year the Minneapolis-based regional garden store has […]
The lower regions of the Great Plains have much higher summer temperatures than the states to the north, […]
A couple of articles have been making the rounds on Facebook this month, citing the same USDA reports to […]
A bill banning consumer use and retail sales of neonicotinoids has passed the House and Senate in Maryland and […]
Every year, in the midst of the madness that is known as California Spring Trials (CAST), industry insiders […]
Most garden retailers haven’t attended the industry’s arguably most spectacular event, California Spring Trials (CAST), where all the […]
When spring comes early, there’s generally a sense of joy, tamped down slightly by the dread that this […]
Three times a year, the Minnesota regional chain Bachman’s decorates an old family home with the current season’s […]
Last week, we examined how consumers’ search habits shine a light on the terms they’re using when it […]
Industry organizations supporting the challenge to plant a million pollinator gardens have created marketing materials for garden stores, […]
Using Google Trends, we took a look at how garden-related terms have rose and fallen in popularity since 2004, and […]
Want to know what’s working — and not working — when it comes to marketing? A couple hundred […]
Jim Harvey, the current owner and fifth generation of his family to farm, had his first roadside stand […]
The seed category is very important to us at Hillermann Nursery and Florist in Washington, Mo. Grass seed […]
Native plant sales have become a big part of our success at Homestead Gardens, due in large part […]
Our retail customers know we may be priced slightly higher than other nurseries in town, but they also […]
IGC Show founder Jeff Morey announced this week that he is offering a 70% discount from March 17 […]
Garden retail occupies a gray area between agriculture and straight-forward retail, a position that seems to generate far […]
Platt Hill Nursery has found a way to work several demonstration gardens that get wide exposure to customers and gives them the tools to create the gardens at home.
About a month ago, I decided to stop and get a giant coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts before heading […]