Garden Centers of America (GCA) is extending its Early Bird Savings for the Summer Tour in Portland, OR, to June […]

Perhaps our industry has finally reached a point where there’s simply too much work to be done for the number of employees on the payroll.

Countryside Gardens in Hampton, VA, sent out one of the best marketing messages I’ve seen in a long […]

Beginning January 1, 2018, Maryland will ban sales of products containing the neonicotinoid class of pesticides throughout the […]

Grower-retailers often look to breeders for ideas on how to increase plant sales with smart marketing plans. The California Spring Trials were filled with great concepts to reach customers.

A team from the University of Florida tested several promotional phrases, from the specific (“butterflies” and “bees”) to more general.

Free event planning apps for each show are now available for download in the Apple App Store and on Google Play.

The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) is inviting ornamental growers from all around the world to enter the AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards (IGOTY) for 2017. Last year’s big winner was Florida-based Costa Farms.

Investing in technology to become more sustainable “always goes hand in hand,” says Abe VanWingerden, co-CEO of Metrolina […]

The garden industry consultant reads the mid-spring tea leaves and sees several trends emerging.

Two years after a nearby gas explosion destroyed the store in Manhattan’s Spanish Harlem, Urban Garden Center had a four-alarm fire that disrupted a popular train route, and the garden retailer is now dealing with an angry community.

The sale to SBM Développement comes just as Bayer AG makes a bid for Monsanto.

It’s been a roller coaster of a spring. Three garden retail consultants, who remain in close touch with more than a hundred garden stores collectively, report on what their clients are experiencing.