Green Profit

December 2019 Issue

Vol. 83 No. 8

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Events with Panache

by Anne-Marie Hardie

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Our annual Wage & Benefit Survey is always highly anticipated and we appreciate all of those who take the time to participate. We’re asking you to be one of those people by taking this year’s 11th annual Green Profit Wage & Benefit Survey. If you enter your email at the end of the survey, you’ll be eligible for a drawing to win a 128GB iPad that’s compatible with Bluetooth keyboards and the Apple Pencil!

We appreciate our sponsor, Florasearch, for their support.

Nominate a Young Retailer Today!

Congrats to the 2019 Green Profit/RBI Young Retailer Award Winner, Madison Williams from Boulevard Flower Gardens, South Chesterfield, Virginia!

Do you know of an excellent, hard-working professional under the age of 35? You should nominate them for the 2020 Green Profit/RBI Young Retailer Award! For the last 15 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’20 and, while they’re in Columbus, attend a special dinner with industry luminaries. The winner is announced at the Unplugged event during Cultivate’20, 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 RBI and AmericanHort for sponsoring this year’s award!

VIDEOS

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IGC Show 2019

IGC Show 2019

Ball Seed Customer Day 2019

Darwin Perennials Day 2019

Perennials: In or Out?

Jen Zurko Makes a Staghorn Fern Plank

Spring Trials 2019: Florist

Spring Trials 2019: Syngenta Drum Off

Spring Trials 2019: Proven Winners Annuals

Spring Trials 2019: Proven Winners Perennials & Shrubs

Bobblehead Bloopers 2019

Spring Trials 2019: Ball FloraPlant

Spring Trials 2019: Ball Ingenuity

2019 Spring Trials: PanAmerican Seed

2019 Spring Trials: Burpee

2019 Spring Trials: Darwin Perennials

Spring Trials 2019: Westhoff

Spring Trials 2019: Green Fuse

NEWSLETTERS

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

COVER STORY

Growing a Sound Mind and Body

The wellness wave has washed onto the shores of horticulture. How can we participate in our customers’ pursuit of a sound mind and body?

WEB EXCLUSIVE

Green Gone Hollywood

Cinema Greens is a plant business like no other. With roots in movie and television set design, a blossoming event business and a new retail venture, they’re helping shine the spotlight on plants for a new audience.

FEATURES

Color-Inspired Calm

Jennifer Polanz

We pulled together the Colors of the Year already announced to see what they have in common. Turns out, they’re all about renewal and wellness.

Events with Panache

Anne-Marie Hardie

Garden centers take their in-store draws to the next level.

Do you long for the good old days of folding aluminum lawn chairs, with the woven plastic mesh that pinched the back of your legs? Neither do we!

Illuminating the Way to Better Retail

LED lights can provide energy savings while creating a brighter customer experience in the store.

Green Profit Staff

It’s that time again—here’s everything we loved this year!

Unconventional Retail

Jennifer Polanz

The look and concepts of stores continue to evolve as customers look for new ways of buying what they want. Here are examples of two very different retailers that are challenging the traditional brick-and-mortar establishment.

COLUMNS

Embracing the JOMO

Jennifer Polanz

How can garden centers take that step to create an environment for customers that promotes wellness and a connection with nature?

The Best Time to Plant a Tree

You must ask the painful question: “Have we equipped the next generation to be an effective garden center operator?”

KMA 2020 Trend Forecast

Here’s a list of stuff I’ve noticed is still somewhere on the trending bell curve.

Armchair Botanizing Redux

Don't ever let anyone tell you we’re a luxury.

FRONT LINES

Hot Topics in Home Improvement

Jordan, Messi & Gardening?

Monrovia’s Garden Angels

Not Too Late for a Stocking Stuffer

Tornado Destroys Dallas-Area IGC

CONSUMER BUZZ

The Latest Retail Trends Going on Outside the Industry
for December, 2019

COLUMNISTS

Jennifer Polanz

THE GOODS

LiveTrends Design Group LLC
Towers

Bloem LLC
Bodye Half Moon Planter

Van Belle Nursery Inc.
Afterglow Weigela

Garden Like a Girl
Weedies Garden Gloves

Star Roses and Plants
Pretty Polly Pink Polyantha Rose

PanAmerican Seed
ColorBloom Gerbera