Green Profit

April 2025 Issue

Vol. 88 No. 12

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by Suzanne Wainwright-Evans

NEWSLETTERS

Read and subscribe to a variety of Newsletters tailored to your industry interests.

COVER STORY

Bug Off!

Suzanne Wainwright-Evans

Garden centers can tackle pests with smarter, greener solutions.

FEATURES

5 Pest Control Best Practices

Zach Bruce

If you’re a grower-retailer, it’s important for everyone to know the basics when it comes to pesticide applications and safety.

Controlling Visual Energy via Color

Dr. Richard Ludwig

Color is the most personal, immediate and emotional aspect of the plants in our landscape.

Healthy Plants = Happy Customers

Wendy Komancheck

Part of the trick to keeping plants healthy in retail greenhouses is keeping them clean. Here are some tips for reducing the potential for pests and pathogens.

Soggy Bottoms

Andrew Bunting

Wet and poorly drained soils can be a challenge—here are some solutions that thrive in those conditions.

Western Trials Reveal Climate-Ready Plants

Erica Browne Grivas

What if we knew which plants could resist hotter, drier summers? With erratic weather rapidly becoming the norm and consumers looking to reduce water use, home gardeners need more resilient plant choices.

COLUMNS

First

Be the Exception

Jennifer Polanz

If we can entertain, inspire and educate, we can keep our customers coming back for more regardless of what’s happening in the world around us.

Profit

Next Time You’re Late, You’re Fired!

Bill McCurry

You’re constantly in the sights of everyone inside or outside your doors. Make sure they only see you at your best.

Kiss My Aster

Owning a Business Hasn’t Become My Personality (That’s Ridiculous)

Amanda Thomsen

Yeah, I’m definitely almost exactly the same balanced, fun-loving person I was before the shop.

Friel World

A Ticket to the Future

John Friel

Nobody does it better than the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society and the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Tech Connection

Social Media: You Can Play to Win

Katie Elzer-Peters

It can be worth your time. And here’s how you’re gonna make it suck less.

FRONT LINES

Beach Vibes

Beacon Impatiens’ New Charities

Hummingbird Magnets

New and Novice Gardener Survey

Pets on the Payroll

Scholarships Available

Tariff Talk Making Consumers Nervous

CONSUMER BUZZ

The Latest Retail Trends Going on Outside the Industry
for April, 2025

PLANT POP

Plants in popular culture
for April, 2025

COLUMNISTS

Jennifer Polanz

John Friel

Bill McCurry

Amanda Thomsen

VIDEOS

Watch More

New Annuals from Proven Winners for 2026 and Beyond!

CAST 2025: Israeli Propagators

CAST 2025: Benary

CAST 2025: ThinkPlants

CAST 2025: Danizger

CAST 2025: Syngenta

CAST 2025: HilverdaFlorist

CAST 2025: Takii

CAST 2025: Kienztler

CAST 2025: Du¨mmen Orange

CAST 2025: Sakata

CAST 2025: PDSI

CAST 2025: PlantHaven

CAST 2025: Pacific Plug & Liner

CAST 2025: Suntory

CAST 2025: Green Fuse

CAST 2025: Beekenkamp

CAST 2025: Westhoff

CAST 2025: Schoneveld

CAST 2025: Hem Genetics

CAST 2025: PanAmerican Seed

CAST 2025: Ball FloraPlant

CAST 2025: Darwin Perennials

CAST 2025: Selecta One

CAST 2025: Morel

Our Visit to DRAMM's New(ish) Location

Trending Now: PDSI’s Screen Play Ilex

Trending Now: PDSI’s Clean Sweep Snowbank

N.G. Heimos Poinsettia Open House 2024

Caladium bulb harvest at Classic Caladiums

Ball Seed Customer Days 2024!

What's New From the Cultivate'24 Trade Show

Trending Now: PDSI’s Better Boxwood

TRENDING NOW

Blackmore Company
Plant-IT-Friendly Retail Sleeve

Cowbell Plant Co.
Self-Watering Kit

Ball FloraPlant
Solera Interspecific Geranium

Soulflower Print Co.
Screen Printed Apparel

Star Roses & Plants
Scentables by Bloomables

Anamese Garden & Home
The Terrace Planter

HandsOn
Gardening Gloves

Mr. Bird
Seed and Nut Wreath

Savannah Umbrella Accents
Savannah Umbrella Accents

SAUNDERS GENETICS LLC
NewGen Freedom

PlantDoc
Moisture Indicator

Drain Drawer Pots Inc.
Drain Drawer Pots

Woodland Country Creations
Wood Home and Garden Decor

The Quarto Group
Square Foot Gardening, 4th Edition

Sol Soils
Sol Biotics

Bailey Nurseries
First Editions Shrubs & Trees

Flori-Design Inc.
Glass Purse Terrarium

Who will be this year’s Young Retailer winner?

We’ll be awarding this year’s Green Profit/The Garden Center Group Young Retailer Award at the Unplugged event during Cultivate’25. If you’re heading to Columbus, make some time to join us Monday night to see who will be on the cover of our September issue. There will be networking and your first drink is free!

WHEN: Monday, July 14 at 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Gaswerks
487 Park Street, Columbus, Ohio

Finalists for the 2025 Green Profit/The Garden Center Group Young Retailer Award:
Krista Devor, Lukas Nursery & Butterfly Encounter, Oviedo, FL
Brandon Kirby, Rainbow Gardens, San Antonio, TX
Haley Martin, B.B. Barns, Arden, NC

An extra special thanks goes to The Garden Center Group and AmericanHort for sponsoring this year’s award!

Partners for Success of The Garden Center Group

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