Buzz Worthy

Cents and Sentiments

Ellen C. Wells

No glitter needed.

Container Series

The Perfect Pairing

Ellen C. Wells

Macramé is a no-brainer for promoting your houseplant department.

Cover Story

A Lifetime of Retail Experience

Jennifer Polanz

Amanda Bruce, this year’s Green Profit/Dümmen Orange Young Retailer Award Winner, grew up in the family business. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Features

Caladium Combos for Every Season

Robin Heath

Want to make those mixed containers and cut arrangements stand out with fabulous foliage in every season? Look no further than the caladium.

Features

Death By (Over or Under) Pricing

Sid Raisch

Pricing incorrectly is the most frequent disabling—if not fatal—error in horticulture.

Features

Successful Events: Process, Places, People

Katie Elzer-Peters

Tips for hosting well-attended events and how to follow up to make them worth the effort.

First

Commitment

Jennifer Polanz

It takes a great deal of commitment to do more than just sell products.

Friel World

Retroactive Greening

John Friel

The creation of great beauty isn’t always pretty.

Front Lines

Ball FloraPlant’s New Website

Jennifer Polanz

Ball FloraPlant recently announced its redesigned website, www.BallFloraPlant.com.

Front Lines

Condolences

Ellen C. Wells

We received word that Maggie Geraldine (better known as Jerri) Coleman Pike passed away on July 18 following a brief illness.

Front Lines

Finding the Fun for Families

Jennifer Polanz

In a continued quest for “edu-tainment” opportunities, there’s now a series of “Spookley” messaging and products to go with a popular kids Halloween show that airs every October on the Disney Channel called “Spookley the Square Pumpkin.”

Front Lines

Invincibelle’s Milestone $1M

Jennifer Polanz

It’s taken less than 10 years for the Invincibelle Spirit Campaign for a Cure to surpass its million-dollar fundraising goal for breast cancer research.

Front Lines

Lambert’s Retail-Ready Mixes

Jennifer Polanz

Lambert Peat Moss has introduced a line of Retail-Ready Mixes for a variety of traditional and specialty crops.

Front Lines

News from Griffin

Ellen C. Wells

They’ll open their new facility in Salem, Oregon, in September.

Front Lines

Sheridan Nurseries’ New CEO

Jennifer Polanz

Executive Chairman of Sheridan Nurseries William Stensson recently announced the appointment of Colin Cruji as CEO and president of the company.

Front Lines

Swipe Fee War Coming?

Ellen C. Wells

The Mariano’s supermarket chain has stopped accepting Visa credit cards and now Kroger, the chain’s parent company, is considering expanding that ban.

Front Lines

What a Haul!

Ellen C. Wells

Watters Garden Center in Prescott, Arizona, helped to raise more than $59,000 for the Prescott Frontier Rotary’s annual Grapes 4 Grades fundraiser.

Kiss My Aster

Make It Easy to be Green

Amanda Thomsen

So how do we act, while marketing ourselves, as more sustainable?

Profit

All We Need Are a Few Good People

Bill McCurry

“Performance management is a service to employees, not a burden.”—Emily Yankush, HR Professional, Youngstown, Ohio

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