Dallas Arboretum’s new director is in love with this little-known salvia and thinks you should be, too.

The edibles trend continues to gain traction. One way to capitalize on it is to grow and sell produce. Is it right for your business?

Young families are always seeking activities that are affordable, educational and, above all, fun. Check out how these six Revolutionary 100 garden centers step up to the plate and deliver what families want.

Wojo’s in Ortonville, Mich., prides itself on its work to cultivate future gardeners, and a new way the […]

The garden center is able to profitably stock unusual shrubs and trees that it would not normally order due to the higher price and more specialized consumer appeal.

By giving customers everything they need to succeed in their hobby, the store-within-a–store concept brings cross merchandising to levels rarely seen in garden centers.

There’s a lot of competition for garden fertilizers and controls. Garden retailers can meet customers’ needs and remain competitive without getting into a price war.

Interior plants are frequently treated as second-class citizens at garden centers. Foliage plants are tucked into random greenhouse […]

Everyone on our staff, including me, loves new plants. The problem is there are always more. There are […]

A few years ago, PanAmerican Seed’s Tom Contrisciano (a product representative for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic) wanted to […]

1. The Knock Out Rose Before Knock Out came along, who would have guessed a rose would become […]

Selling and promoting products made in the U.S. holds a lot of appeal for retailers and customers alike. […]

From a financial standpoint, our industry is smarter than it was before 2008. It arrived at this point […]