Green Profit

September 2023 Issue

Vol. 87 No. 5

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Setting the Mood

by Jennifer Polanz

NEWSLETTERS

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

COVER STORY

Finding Balance

Jennifer Polanz

I talked with Michael Fiore, this year’s Green Profit/The Garden Center Group Young Retailer Award winner about everything from TikTok and work-life balance to divine intervention.

FEATURES

Bridging the Labor Gap

Jennifer Polanz

Mobile point-of-sale options provide greater flexibility, more productivity and—if you do it right—more profits.

Embracing the New

Katie Elzer-Peters

Let’s talk about what’s trending in tech and what you need to know for 2024.

Head-Turning, Show-Stopping Products

Chris Beytes, Jennifer Polanz & Ellen C. Wells

Check out these new finds that made us stop and say “Tell me more” on the show floor at this year’s Cultivate’23 in Columbus, Ohio.

Inside/Outside

Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko

The last of our extensive coverage from the California Spring Trials brings you the most colorful plants for pot and patio.

Setting the Mood

Jennifer Polanz

A spring stop at Blumen Gardens in Sycamore, Illinois, yielded a serene atmosphere perfect for events and the biggest of all special days: weddings.

COLUMNS

First

Creating the Balance

Jennifer Polanz

The more I talk to the younger people coming into this industry, the more I hear the words “work-life balance.”

Profit

He Said What?

Bill McCurry

Usually when we hear “the company doesn’t listen,” we assume the top boss is tone deaf to employee concerns.

Kiss My Aster

Phoning It In

Amanda Thomsen

I have a Square register, but I can ring people up on my phone as well.

Friel World

Putting Up Roots

John Friel

What surprised me most about the project was not its quirky genre, nor its scale, but its pace.

FRONT LINES

A Bloomin’ Easy App

Cultivate Keeps Educating

Espoma’s New Fertilizer Plant

FloraLife Goes PCR

New Houseplant Book Alert!

Pets on the Payroll

Proven Winners’ Plants of the Year

ThinkPlants Releases 23-24 Catalog

Trends & Tips From NGB

CONSUMER BUZZ

The Latest Retail Trends Going on Outside the Industry
for September, 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

Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.
Wine & Spirits Weigela

Dripping Springs Ollas
Olla

Anamese Garden and Home
Nuovo Tuscan Planter

The HC Companies
Low-Profile Tray

Sullivans Inc
Lilypad Fountain

Mossify
DIY Stackable Tropical Squares Wooden Trellis

Mighty Plant Inc.
Instant Compost Tea

Monrovia Nursery Company
Evergreen Daphne

The Perennial Farm
Queen Bee Natives

Plant Development Services Inc.
Yucca Mellow Yellow

Maple Ridge Supply
Gnome Cage

Wrappr
Fabric Wrapping

Curoplant Co. Ltd.
Thunderbolt Honeysuckle

Girl of All Work LLC
Floral Collage Page Flags

Lorab International
Paper Star

Star Roses and Plants
Sweet Starlight Hydrangea

AgroSci Inc.
GardenWall Kit

Selecta One
Dianthus Capitán

Suntory Flowers
Princettia Sparkling Varieties

Dramm Corporation
One Touch Twist Adjustable Spray Gun

PanAmerican Seed
Hula Red and White Mixture

The Creators Emporium
Tiny Treehouses

Proven Winners LLC
AquaPots Lite

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!

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