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GREEN PROFIT - August 2021 Issue (Vol. 85 No. 4)
Cover Story
Potted Plant Party
Chris Beytes, Bill Calkins & Jennifer Zurko
Because it’s an underserved, yet important, part of the floriculture market, we separated the gift and potted plants from the rest of the new introductions that we saw in California. Although most of these are typically used indoors, many of them are versatile enough to work in multiple ways, both indoors and out, so don’t pigeonhole them!
Features
E-comm-Curious? Set Up a Gift Shop
Katie Elzer-Peters
Now is the perfect time to create a holiday-focused online shop to boost sales.
Features
Profit Pioneers
Ann-Marie Vazzano
In 2021, we’ll profile a different Garden Center Group Best Practices or Best of the Best retailer each month. These retailers achieved profits of 10% or greater. This month: Plants For All Seasons Nursery in Houston, Texas.
Features
Spreading the Message of Healthy Soils
Ellen C. Wells
Drive home the importance of soil health to your customers.
Features
Wildfire Season: Landscapes That Save Homes
Jennifer Duffield White
With experts warning this year’s wildfire season will be severe, we take a look at ways to slow and reduce damage from fires.
First
A Metamorphosis
Jennifer Polanz
Like the Monarch, we’re sought after and welcome, a happy feeling in the lives of many.
Friel World
Christmas in August
John Friel
I learned that the only thing prettier than a greenhouse full of well-grown poinsettias is the same greenhouse, just emptied.
Front Lines
Do You Have Award-Winning Products?
Ellen C. Wells
The National Garden Bureau will be relaunching the Green Thumb Award, the awards program that recognized great new products and plants that was developed and managed by the former Direct Gardening Association.
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Farwest Show Offers Retail Seminars
Jennifer Polanz
This year’s Farwest Show, running August 18-20 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, is offering three retail sessions along with many other sessions and the trade show.
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Garden Center Show Postponed to 2022
Ellen C. Wells
The Garden Center Show—the newest product and education event for our industry—will debut in 2022, not this coming August as originally scheduled.
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New AAS Winners!
Ellen C. Wells
Here are the newest entries to join the prestigious All-America Selections winners group.
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Spotlight On: Christmas Decor
Jennifer Polanz
The Texas-based holiday decorating franchise Christmas Decor is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and the organization has seen unprecedented growth in the past couple of years.
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Sustainable Pots
Ellen C. Wells
The HC Companies just expanded their sustainable offerings with the introduction of a new biobased resin material used to create the BioPax line of growing containers.
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Trends for the Back Half of 2021
Amanda Thomsen
Our industry has so much more to offer for privacy than arborvitaes, but we have to show them how it’s done.
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We’re a Hit—Now What?
Jennifer Polanz
The recent houseplant trends webinar from FloraCulture International (FCI) and the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) was an incredibly informative panel discussion on a topic we all hold near and dear.
Profit
Whose Opinion Matters to You?
Bill McCurry
Watching your customers will tell you a lot about their attitude toward wearing masks, social distancing and other COVID safety factors.
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