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Using Shrubs in Containers

Ellen C. Wells

Shrubs are the four-season stars in premium mixed containers.

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2027: Will This Be the Year of Amazing Opportunity for You?

John Stanley, Sid Raisch & Dries Jansen

Yesterday’s customer wanted a specific perennial for its color; today’s customer wants the outcome—a thriving ecosystem.

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A Career of Exploration

Jennifer Polanz

As Dramm’s Retail Director of Sales and Marketing, Ron Greening has spent more than 35 years innovating, creating and telling the company’s story.

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A True Experience

Dan Gingiss

Why live customer feedback beats Customer Satisfaction Scores (CSAT) every time: Insights from real garden center shoppers.

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Burnout: Why it Happens & How to Respond

Megan Taylor Morrison

The signs of burnout may not always be obvious. Here’s what to look for and how to help.

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Mother’s Day Delight

Erik Dietl-Friedli

This merchandising helped roses and sedums take flight into customers’ carts and through the checkout line at Flamingo Road Nursery in Davie, Florida, on Mother’s Day Weekend. Here’s how it came together.

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Pot, Water Thyself!

Jessie Keith

Self-watering containers help customers become more successful with their plants. Here are some options to consider.

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Thriving by Diversifying

Wendy Komancheck

Riverview Tree & Landscaping Inc. in Temple, Pennsylvania, has thrived for more than 50 years by offering a multitude of services and products to its local community.

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Staying Connected

Jennifer Polanz

You would think an industry built on beautifying the world would be all, well, sunshine and roses. But it’s not.

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A Christmas Postmortem

John Friel

It dawned on me in late December that I hadn’t seen any painted poinsettias.

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Axiom’s Outlook for 2026

Ellen C. Wells

Market research firm Axiom released its annual Gardening Outlook Study in late 2025 and the take-home message is this: The time and money spent on gardening in 2025 was the highest since 2022, and it looks like that trend will continue into 2026.

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Beacon “Shines the Light”

Jennifer Polanz

Every year the folks at PanAmerican Seed support worthy causes through a program connected with Beacon Impatiens called “Beacon Shines the Light,” and in 2025 they were able to donate thousands to two charities.

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Griffin Upgrading Midwest Operations

Ellen C. Wells

Griffin Greenhouse Supplies is expanding its Midwest operations to better serve the company’s retail partners.

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Growing Good

Ellen C. Wells

Coast of Maine’s Growing Good Program reached the 2,000-garden milestone, helping schools, nonprofits and community gardens transform outdoor spaces into classrooms, food gardens and wellness hubs.

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Pets on the Payroll

Jennifer Polanz

Meet sweet Fluffy from Cantrell Gardens Nursery in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Year Of … Azaleas

Jennifer Polanz

In this space, we’ll highlight each of the National Garden Bureau’s (NGB) Year Of … plants.

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State of the Aster 2026

Amanda Thomsen

What’s selling? Anything custom and, luckily, I can accommodate.

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Lessons Not Yet Learned

Bill McCurry

As a business advisor, I hear from many of the heirs when it’s almost always too late.

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2nd Sand

Organic Mechanics Soil Company

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AspenPerch 8-oz. Hummingbird Feeder

Pop’s Birding

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Briarwood Lane Decor

Briarwood Lane

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Coreopsis UpTick Gold

Darwin Perennials

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Digitalis purpurea Dottie Mix

ThinkPlants

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Dragon Slayer Yucca

Walters Gardens Inc.

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Freedom Buxus

Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.

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Garden Geese

Goose and Company

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Halikarnassos

River Art Stone

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Sedum Spectacular

PanAmerican Seed

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Sun Parasol FiredUp Coral Dipladenia

Suntory Flowers Ltd.