Why don’t garden retailers stock more hard goods or other retail products? A common response is that there’s not enough […]

The following is from industry consultant Ian Baldwin’s Bits & Bobs blog.  By the end of February 2015, […]

Native plants often do not have a lot of visual appeal at the immature stage they’re sold at. Matt Zerby of Wasco Nursery asks fellow garden retailers how they handle their native plants displays.

Greenscape Gardens in St. Louis, Mo., has done something quite remarkable in the last two years. By integrating itself with local community organizations and projects, it has found a way to increase demand for native plants while building a customer base that feels empowered to become a part of something worthwhile. Better yet, it’s done so without allocating significant marketing dollars, and instead relies on its customers and its community partners to help tell a story.

On a beautiful spring day, you receive a shipment of impatiens. As you unload them from the truck, […]

Several years ago, I was on a tour of San Francisco Bay area garden centers. One evening, we […]

Financial expert Steve Bailey answers a question about what happens when finances are kept secret.

The aphorism “a rising tide lifts all boats” is associated with the idea that improvements in the general […]

Solve My Problem is a series where grower retailers offer advice to their peers. If you would like […]

A week after announcing that IGC East would be moving from Baltimore to Philadelphia, organizers of the event have moved the location to the Valley Forge Casino Resort.

Weddings and the holidays have a lot in common. Both are big celebrations and last for a short […]

Those grower retailers who have holiday shops have figured out how to keep sales and traffic high from […]

Editor’s note: Many consumers are worried that they risk poisoning their pets and children if they use holiday […]