Buzz Worthy

Plants vs. Animals

Ellen C. Wells

Plants make oxygen. Animals use it.

Cover Story

Houseplants Are Hip

Ellen C. Wells

Thanks to the burgeoning rental market, a desire to nurture and just their overall fabulousness, houseplants are making a comeback.

Features

5 Tips for Courting Newbie Gardeners

Valerie Nalls

Check out ways to expand your customer base with beginner gardeners of all ages.

Features

Chatting with Laura LeBoutillier

Jennifer Polanz

Laura and Aaron LeBoutillier make up the popular Garden Answer team, creating fun and inspiring garden-related content seen on many social media platforms.

Features

Container Series: Plants Night Out

Amanda Thomsen

Snazz up containers for the New Year with this trendy concoction.

Features

Play It Safe

Jennifer Polanz

Color trends follow the general mood and the advice this year is to keep calm.

Features

Stuff We Love

Ellen C. Wells, Jennifer Polanz, Jennifer Zurko & Chris Beytes

Each year, the editors pick the products, concepts or displays that resonated. Here are our faves this year.

Features

The Meaning of Home

Bisser Georgiev

From Experiential Millennials to Silver Shoppers and renting, in this next installment of a multi-part series we look at many different takes on today’s home.

Features

Tracking Trends

Bridget Behe & Heidi Lindberg

In the final installment of our marketing series, we check out other popular retailers for ideas to keep your own store fresh.

First

The Kids Are Alright

Jennifer Polanz

These young Millennials were raised with HGTV, DIY and Food Network playing in the background, so they’re well aware of the latest trends in home and food.

Friel World

Say Something Else

John Friel

The big picture is not a selfie.

Front Lines

2018 Design Trends

Jennifer Polanz

LiveTrends CEO Bisser Georgiev, whose company is always looking for future trends, identified these areas to watch for spring and summer 2018, broken down into two categories, Slow Living and Psychotropical.

Front Lines

Avoiding Chargeback Fraud

Ellen C. Wells

If you operate an online store, keep an eye out for chargeback fraud.

Front Lines

Ernest’s Reflections

Ellen C. Wells

Back during the Cultivate’17 show in Columbus, Ohio, this past July, AmericanHort had invited renowned landscape architect and garden center designer and consultant Ernest Wertheim to share a few thoughts about his 75 years in this industry.

Front Lines

Pantone Color-Inspired Designs at AmericasMart

Jennifer Polanz

The one downfall of having our Style issue in December is it’s always to the printer before Pantone Color Institute announces its very influential Color of the Year.

Kiss My Aster

Desperate Houseplants

Amanda Thomsen

Sometimes I think we’re as much in the business of managing expectations as we are in the plant-dealing business.

Profit

Ask Bill: Give Them What They Want

Bill McCurry

Many retailers erroneously think the team will share management’s excitement about new products.

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Colonnade Planter

Bloem Living LLC

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Root Pouch

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Lucky Star Pentas

PanAmerican Seed

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Milan Short Square Planters

Anamese Garden & Home

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Superbells Double Ruby Calibrachoa

Proven Winners LLC

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Swing Pots

A.M.A. Plastics Ltd.