Sedan Floral lived and nearly died by its old chain store business model. Jonathan Cude says forgetting everything he knew about the greenhouse business and starting over has the operation growing — and profitable — once again.

Sedan Floral, a Greenhouse Grower Top 100 Grower in Sedan, Kan., was faced with some tough decisions seven […]

Greenhouse industry vendors are planning for sales growth in 2014 according to Greenhouse Grower’s State of the Industry survey.

We asked younger consumers what would make them want to go to a locally-owned garden center over other garden retail options. Find out what they had to say.

Container gardening is the present and future of our industry. We need a plan to take full advantage of the opportunity.

The majority of respondents to Greenhouse Grower’s State of the Industry Survey say they are increasing production for 2014. One-fifth intend to up production by 10 percent or more.

Using price differential for products whose prices are unknown and hard to compare is the easiest way to increase gross margin dollars.

Gardeners share their picks for best garden trends every day on Pinterest. Are we listening?

Angel Plants Inc., based in Long Island, N.Y., will be a distribution partner of HGTV’s HOME Plant Collection beginning in spring 2014.

Brooke Gasteyer, a University of Wisconsin-River Falls senior, long dreamed of traveling to Europe for a horticulture internship. Her dream became a reality when she was awarded the 2013 Markham-Colegrave International Scholarship, funded by the American Floral Endowment (AFE) and the David Colegrave Foundation.

Industry associations like SAF and AmericanHort have been instrumental in securing research and grant funding for specialty crops, including flowers and plants, through the new Farm Bill.

These ideas spied on a January 2014 trip to LIttle Rock, Ark., show that there’s still plenty a retailer can learn in the coldest months of the year.

Consumers view local garden stores as high quality, but they still shop more often at home improvement stores.