Consultant Steve Bailey answers White Oak Gardens’ Tom Hilgeman’s question about how to help his strongest category grow even more.

You should probably still use Facebook, but you should also expect to have to pay for the benefits it provides.

Breeders are responding to consumer demand for tasty edibles with a colorful, varied number of introductions. Consider these new varieties in your planning for the spring season.

Financial consultant Steve Bailey says that by mid-December, you should be able to determine how much inventory you will sell before Christmas, what you have to do to sell it and how much you should have left to carry over until next year.

What is the best way to get teammates together from multiple stores to share important company information and product information?

Try these approaches to make the experience of visiting your garden center more comfortable and personal.

These photos from Pinterest show a range of retail display ideas that are both attractive and a little bit eerie.

Everyone can and should participate in the performance and success of your company, but a general confusion and deterioration will ensue when “it’s everyone’s responsibility” is the prevailing message.

If you know your projected cash position months in advance, you will manage your garden center more effectively and sleep much better at night.

If a garden center is headed into summer with an excess of inventory such as woodies or pottery, how do you determine whether it’s better to discount to move the product rather than holding it to sell it for full price in the fall?

Aaron Riemann, Out of Eden Garden Center asks, “How can I use social media not just to raise awareness of my business, but also to increase customer traffic?”

In his latest blog posting, garden center consultant Ian Baldwin says even if you don’t know the answers to your customers’ questions, ignoring them is not an option.

By combining a florist’ design flair with a factory-like process, Roger’s Gardens creates hundreds of gotta-own-this combo gardens.