Green Profit

April 2023 Issue

Vol. 86 No. 12

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Building a Patio Vegetable Program

by Lowell Halvorson

NEWSLETTERS

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

COVER STORY

Building a Patio Vegetable Program

Lowell Halvorson

Give customers the ability to harvest veggies right outside their door with patio-sized offerings.

FEATURES

10 Products to Grow Better Veggies

Danielle Ernest

With growing your own vegetables becoming quite popular over the last several years, here are some products that gardeners credit their success to and recommend online and through word of mouth.

From Cuts to Creations

Wendy Komancheck

How one “cut-your-own-flowers” stand turned into a flourishing business.

Making Room for Local Makers

Katie Elzer-Peters

From communication to planning, there are key elements to making a relationship with local artisans work for all parties.

Understanding Biologicals

Jennifer Polanz

Customers are asking for more natural options, but there’s a definite learning curve to selling biological controls.

COLUMNS

First

WIC Syndrome

Jennifer Polanz

I think it’s important we rethink the potential in the veggie category.

Profit

Three Powerful Words

Bill McCurry

When needing more information, effective leaders use these three powerful words …

Kiss My Aster

Entelechy and Other Things That Begin With "E"

Amanda Thomsen

The more I pour my ill-shapen personality into purchasing, the higher the reward.

Friel World

Big H, Small g

John Friel

I’m a plants guy, so the H&G show was a letdown in just one way: lots of Home, precious little Garden.

FRONT LINES

An Epic Acquisition

Cocktails, Mocktails and Edible Plants

Future Acquires Gardening Know How

Gerson Acquires Park Hill

New Bloomables Website

Ohio Bans Callery Pears

On-the-Sly Marketing Tips

Shop Corner: More Response to Cancellations

CONSUMER BUZZ

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

COLUMNISTS

Jennifer Polanz

John Friel

Bill McCurry

Amanda Thomsen

VIDEOS

Watch More

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

Young Retailer Finalists on Facing 2022 and Planning for 2023

Darwin Perennial Day 2022

CAST 22: Benary

CAST 22: Syngenta Flowers

CAST 22: Burpee

Osvaldo Tries the Garlic Ice Cream

CAST 22: Southern Living/Sunset/Encore Azaleas

CAST 22: PanAmerican Seed HandPicked Vegetables

CAST 22: PP&L

CAST 22: PRUDAC

CAST 22: Schoneveld

CAST 22: Morel

CAST 22: Jaldety

CAST 22: HilverdaFlorist

CAST 22: Hishtil

Cast 22: Kientzler

CAST 22: Ball Ingenuity

CAST 22: Suntory

CAST 22: Takii

CAST 22: Kieft Seed

CAST 22: Darwin Perennials

CAST 22: PlantHaven

CAST 22: Green Fuse

CAST 22: Hem Genetics

CAST 22: Beekenkamp

CAST 22: Sakata

CAST 22: Danziger

CAST 22: Selecta One

CAST 22: Westhoff

CAST 22: Ball FloraPlant

CAST 22: Dummen Orange

CAST 22: PanAmerican Seed Annuals

TRENDING NOW

Sierra Natural Science Inc.
Systemica Total Protection Pest Control

Plant Development Services Inc.
Plum Power Lavender

Saunders Genetics LLC
NewGen Independence and NewGen Freedom

Cup O Flora
Medium Self-watering Glass Pot

Neptune’s Harvest
Organic Fish/Seaweed Blend Fertilizer

One Part Co.
1pt Cocktail Packs

MION Artisan Soap Co.
All-Natural Hand Balm

Anamese Garden and Home
Casablanca Collection

PanAmerican Seed
Beacon Impatiens Portland

Soul of the Party
Leather Plant Hangers

Marie Originals
Poison Ivy & Oak Soap

Ball FloraPlant
Lantana PassionFruit

Woodstock Chimes
Tree of Life Chime

Primitive Planters LLC
36-in. Wooden Shelf Hanger

R & D Nurseries Inc.
Alocasia Variegated Frydek

Leaf & Node
Hexagon Test Tube Planter

Cacti Youngplants B.V.
Sticculents

Allsop Home & Garden
Soji Stella Square Sunflower Lantern

Suntory Flowers Ltd.
Giant Peach Sunrise

Treleaf
Zella

Cute Farms
Orchid Plant Food & Fertilizer

Flourish Plant LLC
Flourish Organic Plant Food

Tabor Tools
GG12A Anvil Lopper

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’23. 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 17 at 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Gaswerks
487 Park Street, Columbus, Ohio

Finalists for the 2023 Green Profit/The Garden Center Group Young Retailer Award:
Samuel DiRito - Collier’s Greenhouse & Garden Center, Jackson, GA
Michael Fiore - Smith’s Gardentown, Wichita Falls, TX
Emily Kellett - STUMP LLC, Columbus, OH

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