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Arranging for Impact

Ellen C. Wells

Turning perennials into profit.

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5 Cool Perennials

Matthew Olson

We continue to look at plants that can set IGCs apart and this month we dive into unique perennials as a way to check a lot of boxes for consumers.

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Adapt or Die: Reconnect Your Website

John Stanley, Sid Raisch & Dries Jansen

Most garden center websites were built for a customer who no longer exists.

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Bringing Customers Back

Edited by Jennifer Polanz

This year, we asked our Green Profit/The Garden Center Group Young Retailer Finalists to talk about strategies for expanding beyond peak spring sales. Here are their answers

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Growing Community at Pinder’s Nursery

David Williams

After more than 50 years in Palm City, Florida, Pinder’s is still going strong, providing top-quality plants, education and a sense of belonging to its customers.

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Maxxing Out in 2026

Katie Elzer-Peters

Move over minimalism—colors, textures and patterns are coming back into the interior and exterior space. Here’s what you need to know to help customers find their joy and maximalize their garden spaces.

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A Reason to Return

Jennifer Polanz

I got into planting more perennials thanks in part to reinforcement from Monarch caterpillars.

Friel World

Microcosmic

John Friel

A surprising takeaway: It’s “selfish” to grow plants solely for one’s own pleasure, not considering how they relate to the natural world around them.

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Built for Inspiration

Jennifer Polanz

It’s been just over a year since the newest Petitti Garden Center store opened in Bath Township, northwest of Akron, Ohio.

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Honors from American Horticultural Society

Jennifer Polanz

The American Horticultural Society (AHS) has bestowed several awards onto authors and landscape designers this spring.

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Look for Us at Cultivate

Jennifer Polanz

Our editors and contributors will be speaking at this year’s Cultivate’26 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Pets on the Payroll

Jennifer Polanz

We love hearing about and seeing your garden center pets, so keep on sending ’em.

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Reinventing Barlow’s

Jennifer Polanz

I first noticed the Facebook posts last spring announcing the closure of Barlow’s Flower Farm in Sea Girt, New Jersey, after 42 years in business.

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Shop an Expanded Casual Market Atlanta

Jennifer Polanz

Registration is now open for two Casual Market Atlanta experiences.

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Stylish Signs

Ellen C. Wells

Liz King, a long-time buZZ! e-newsletter reader and occasional newsletter respondent, recently reached out to share a new horticultural-aligned small business she’s been developing: the Stylish Sign Shop.

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Year Of … Crocus

Jennifer Polanz

National Garden Bureau’s (NGB) Year Of … plants.

Kiss My Aster

Perennially Yours

Amanda Thomsen

I still hold that the idea of organizing by theming is solid, my timing was not.

Profit

Asking Your Advice

Bill McCurry

A real world challenge called, saying he was “Midwestern nice,” but also clearly frustrated.

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