A redesign at Lowe’s Greenhouses in Chagrin Falls, OH, has been a long time coming, owner Jeff Griff admits.
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BEFORE: Lowe's storefront in 2010
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BEFORE: A closer look at Lowe's store front in 2010
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AFTER: Lowe's old store front is now a outside sales area.
Notice the sign's location? Before the redesign, it stood to one side of the buildings. The building behind it and the greenhouses in the foreground are new additions.
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BEFORE: Site of today's gift shop
This trellis structure was temporarily replaced with a narrow building that became the original gift shop. That building was replaced by today's larger building, which houses the gift shop Wild Thistle.
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BEFORE: The side plant yard is where today's entrance, new greenhouses, and gift store are located.
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AFTER: Today's entrance and parking lot.
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AFTER: Inside the new greenhouse
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BEFORE: Lowe's smaller gift department in 2014
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AFTER: The much larger gift shop, Wild Thistle
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AFTER: Different types of lighting highlight merchandise in Wild Thistle
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AFTER: The new checkout area
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AFTER: The florist work area is visible to shoppers
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Jeff Griff in the new greenhouse 2016
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BEFORE: Lowe's storefront in 2010
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BEFORE: A closer look at Lowe's store front in 2010
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AFTER: Lowe's old store front is now a outside sales area.
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BEFORE: Site of today's gift shop
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BEFORE: The side plant yard is where today's entrance, new greenhouses, and gift store are located.
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AFTER: Today's entrance and parking lot.
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AFTER: Inside the new greenhouse
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BEFORE: Lowe's smaller gift department in 2014
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AFTER: The much larger gift shop, Wild Thistle
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AFTER: Different types of lighting highlight merchandise in Wild Thistle
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AFTER: The new checkout area
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AFTER: The florist work area is visible to shoppers
“I tend to be very conservative, but if you wait too long, it can hurt you,” he says.
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It took fellow garden retailers in his GAP Group and creating a solid business plan with his consultant before he committed to the project. (The GAP Group is made up of garden retailers from across the U.S. who work together to improve their businesses under the guidance of Ian Baldwin.)
Keep an eye out for the full story about how Griff went about planning, financing, and executing the rebuild in a future edition of Greenhouse Grower RETAILING. In the meantime, take a look at how much the redesign transformed Lowe’s Greenhouse.
June 12, 2016 
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