Green Profit

March 2025 Issue

Vol. 88 No. 11

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Shopping the Shows

by Jennifer Polanz, Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Zurko

NEWSLETTERS

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

COVER STORY

Shopping the Shows

Jennifer Polanz, Ellen C. Wells & Jennifer Zurko

This year’s winter shows gave us a plethora of endcap-worthy products to share.

FEATURES

Candy Crush

Jennifer Polanz

The Butterfly Candy Buddleia series from Plant Development Services, Inc. offers consumers multiple colors, a compact habit and pollinators galore.

Key Insights From Axiom’s 2025 Garden Outlook Study

Mike Reiber

While there are some headwinds, there are also opportunities for independent retailers in the most recent data.

Non-Traditional Revenue Streams

Gail Vanik

Successful garden center co-owner (Four Seasons Greenhouse & Nursery in Dolores, Colorado) turned retail consultant Gail Vanik offers up considerations for adding revenue, even in off-peak months.

Solutions for Banks & Slopes

Andrew Bunting

Help customers become more successful in their landscaping endeavors with plants that thrive in the toughest spots.

COLUMNS

First

Providing Solutions

Jennifer Polanz

To get you through [the start of spring], we have stories this month that hopefully provide you with solutions for the coming year.

Profit

How It All Began

Bill McCurry

We can learn as much from early experiences as from those that come later and turn us into old pros. If you have stories to tell, please share them.

Kiss My Aster

Department of the Interiorscape

Amanda Thomsen

You wouldn’t think people would pile their winter coats on top of a gorgeous 12-in. dieffenbachia. They did.

Friel World

MANTS: Where the Season Starts

John Friel

There’s every reason to be hopeful, even confident, about spring and beyond.

FRONT LINES

A New E-Commerce Option for IGCs

All Hail the King

Bountiful Blooms on the Red Carpet

Pets on the Payroll

Small Business and AI

Sunfinity’s New Website

PLANT POP

Plants in popular culture
for March, 2025

COLUMNISTS

Jennifer Polanz

John Friel

Bill McCurry

Amanda Thomsen

VIDEOS

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Our Visit to DRAMM's New(ish) Location

Trending Now: PDSI’s Screen Play Ilex

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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

Proven Winner Color Choice Shrubs for 2025

Proven Winners Perennials for 2025

Proven Winner Annuals for 2025

CAST 2024: Jaldety

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CAST 2024: Cohen

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CAST 2024: Syngenta

CAST 2024: Kientzler North America

CAST 2024: Dümmen Orange Perennials

CAST 2024: Dümmen Orange Annuals

CAST 2024: Sakata Seed Annuals

CAST 2024: Schoneveld

CAST 2024: Hem Genetics

CAST 2024: Westhoff

CAST 2024: Green Fuse Botanicals

CAST 2024: Plant Development Services, Inc.

CAST 2024: PlantHaven

CAST 2024: Pacific Plug & Liner

CAST 2024: Beekenkamp

CAST 2024: Suntory

CAST 2024: PanAmerican Seed

CAST 2024: Ball FloraPlant

CAST 2024: Selecta One

CAST 2024: Morel Cyclamen

CAST 2024: Burpee

Trending Now: PDSI

Trending Now: Bailey Nurseries

A Tour of IPM 2024—the World's Largest Horticulture Trade Show

Trending Now: MasterTag

Trending Now: PDSI

Marvin Teaches Us a New Word - Cyathium

Poinsettias are NOT Poisonous! A public service announcement from GrowerTalks magazine

GrowerTalks at the Heimos Poinsettia Open House 2023

TRENDING NOW

MasterTag
Firefly Petunia Signage

Organic Mechanics Soil
110 Blend

Square
Square for Retail

Ball Landscape
Thrive Brochure

AmericanHort
Cultivate’25 All-Access Education Pass

Stickers Northwest
Personalized Stickers

Pleasant View Gardens Inc.
Supertunia Mini Vista Series

Woodland Country Creations
Woodland Country Creations

Trans-Ocean Import Co. Inc.
Siena Collection

National Hardware Show
2025 NHS Free Exhibit Hall Pass

Plant Development Services Inc.
Screen Play Holly

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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