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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.

Features

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.

Features

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.

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Solutions for Banks & Slopes

Andrew Bunting

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

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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.

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

Ellen C. Wells

Garden of Words owner and Green Profit regular Katie Elzer-Peters has teamed up with garden center consultant Clint Albin to create A24 Consulting and launch The Certified Shopify Online Garden Center.

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All Hail the King

Jennifer Polanz

We’ll be running container combo ideas from partner members of National Garden Bureau.

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Bountiful Blooms on the Red Carpet

Jennifer Polanz

This year Tu Bloom added a new shrub partner, Bailey Nurseries, including three Endless Summer Hydrangea varieties—Pop Star (naturally!), Summer Crush and BloomStruck—in the arrangements at the GRAMMYS.

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Pets on the Payroll

Jennifer Polanz

We’re running ’em as long as you send ’em in!

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Small Business and AI

Ellen C. Wells

Ninety-one percent of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that use AI are reporting “significant revenue growth” and attribute the growth to that technology, according to research from Salesforce.

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Sunfinity’s New Website

Jennifer Polanz

The popular Sunfinity Sunflower brand from Syngenta Flowers now has a new consumer website: mysunfinity.com.

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.

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.

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