Green Profit

October 2023 Issue

Vol. 87 No. 6

Great Pollinator Plants for the Home Garden

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A Buyer’s Guide to Spring Impatiens

by Lowell Halvorson

NEWSLETTERS

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

COVER STORY

Great Pollinator Plants for the Home Garden

Andrew Bunting

Customers are always on the hunt for the best plants to attract and satisfy pollinators. Here are a variety of options.

FEATURES

A Buyer’s Guide to Spring Impatiens

Lowell Halvorson

The impatiens market has changed (again)—here’s what you need to know.

Creating Celestial Blooms

Jennifer Polanz

Is This Heaven?

Wendy Komancheck

Heaven Hill Farm in Vernon Township, New Jersey, is a respite for weary hikers and city dwellers alike.

Key Components for Mixes

Jennifer Polanz

From the basics of peat and perlite to more complex additions like wetting agents, fertilizers and mycorrhizae, we’ll take a look at what’s inside those mixes and how they help customers.

Showing Off Soils & Amendments

Jennifer Polanz

Check out these options for displaying your bagged goods.

COLUMNS

First

Owning the Message

Jennifer Polanz

You are the experts and there’s plenty of room for you to get your message out to the people.

Profit

Retail Is Dead (2021); Retail Is Not Dead Yet (2023)

Bill McCurry

Don’t think about what you would buy; consider what solves your customers’ problems.

Kiss My Aster

Take Me Seriously! (J/K, Please Don’t)

Amanda Thomsen

As a shop owner, I love having the say in how seriously I’m going to be taken.

Friel World

The Trials I’ve Seen

John Friel

Trials come in all shapes, sizes, purposes and levels of accessibility.

Guest Column

A Peek “Behind the Greens”

Shannon Kuhrt

This audience isn’t just shopping your store; they’re soaking up your atmosphere with their senses while creating memories with their families.

FRONT LINES

BFG Acquires Central Garden & Pet IGC Distribution

Farwest’s a Wrap

Griffin Expands West Coast Retail Distribution

Inspiring the Influencers

Pets on the Payroll

Trends & Tips From NGB

CONSUMER BUZZ

The Latest Retail Trends Going on Outside the Industry
for October, 2023

COLUMNISTS

Jennifer Polanz

John Friel

Bill McCurry

Amanda Thomsen

VIDEOS

Watch More

GrowerTalks at Ball Seed Customer Day 2023

A Look Inside Wallace’s Garden Center

Plants, Tools and Technologies from Cultivate’23

Happy 10th Anniversary to LiveTrends

Visiting Darwin Perennial Days 2023

Cultivate Retail Tour

Why Attend the 2023 International Garden Centre Association Congress in Italy

Spring Trials 2023: Benary

Spring Trials 2023 - Prudac

Spring Trials 2023: Suncrest Nursery

Proven Winners sneak peek for 2024!

Spring Trials 2023: Danziger

Spring Trials 2023: Syngenta

Spring Trials 2023: PlantHaven

Spring Trials 2023: HilverdaFlorist

Spring Trials 2023: Takii

Spring Trials 2023: Dümmen Orange

Spring Trials 2023: Sakata's New Flowers & Veggies

Spring Trials 2023: Kientzler

Spring Trials 2023: Southern Living/Sunset

Spring Trials 2023: Suntory

Spring Trials 2023: Westhoff

Spring Trails 2023 - Schoneveld

Spring Trials 2023: GreenFuse

Spring Trials 2023: Beekenkamp

Spring Trials 2023: Morel

Spring Trials 2023: Ball Ingenunity

Spring Trials 2023: Darwin Perennials

Spring Trials 2023: Selecta One

Spring Trials 2023: Ball FloraPlant

Spring Trials 2023: PanAmerican Seed

Trending Now: Bailey Nurseries

Trending Now: Plant Development Services Inc. (PDSI)

Cool Products from TPIE 2023

Tour of Grow Geneva

Where do you go to find inspiration?

I Never Knew a Poinsettia Had THIS!

How GrowerTalks Gets Printed—A tour of Schumann Printers

DS Cole Growers' annual open house 2022

Pleasant View Gardens Open House 2022

Ball Seed Customer Day 2022

Cultivate'22 Retailers Choice Award Winners

TRENDING NOW

IC3D Printers
4-in. Planters

MANTS
The Masterpiece of Trade Shows

Egyptian Museum
Hummingbird Feeder

Ball FloraPlant
Coleus Solar Flare

Syngenta Flowers LLC
Sunfinity Sunflower

M&M Wintergreens Inc.
Evergreen Toppers

gardenUP LLC
gardenUP Platform

PanAmerican Seed
Dragon Wing Begonia

We The Wild Plant Care
3-in-1 Plant Care Essentials Kit

Dewar Nurseries
Blueberry Collection

Plantonix
Coco Bliss

Pottery Paradise
Ice Blue Pottery

Entryways
Strawberry Thief Coir Doormat

Maple Ridge Supply
Balsam Fir Tops

Ampersand M Studio
Plant Cards

Anamese Garden and Home
Provence Tall Square

LiveTrends Design Group
Tayrona

Coast of Maine Brands
Cape Neddick Blend Organic & Natural Indoor Houseplant Mix

Green Trade Horticulture LLC
SunSeekers Series

Yard Butler
World’s Greatest Rake

Bushel and Berry
Scarlet Belle

Deroose Plants Inc.
Hoya Printz

Urban Gardener
Super Growth Elixir

Nominate a Young Retailer Today!

Congrats to the 2023 Green Profit/The Garden Center Group Young Retailer Award winner, Michael Fiore from Smith’s Gardentown, Wichita Falls, Texas!

Do you know of an excellent, hard-working professional under the age of 35? You should nominate them for the 2024 Green Profit/The Garden Center Group Young Retailer Award! For the last 18 years, we’ve recognized young garden center pros for standing out from the crowd in this tough business, who—for whatever noble reasons—have chosen to have a career in this industry.

After three finalists are chosen, each is asked to write guest editorials for the June issue of Green Profit, gets a free trip to Cultivate’24 and, while they’re in Columbus, attend a special dinner with industry luminaries. The winner is announced at the Unplugged event during Cultivate’24, will be the subject of our September issue cover story and serve as one of our judges for next year’s award.

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