Buzz Worthy

Wine Liquor Lotto

Ellen C. Wells

Sometimes we get wrapped up in the clever.

Cover Story

In It for the Long Haul

Elizabeth Holmberg

As the wholesale grower/garden center operation approaches a century in business, Nelson & Holmberg, Inc. and Lizzie’s Garden Vice President Liz Holmberg reflects on the keys to success.

Features

Covering the Spectrum

Ellen C. Wells

The 2019 California Spring Trials introduced something for everyone.

Features

Leading the Eco Evolution

Jennifer Polanz

Less revolution and more evolution, here’s how garden centers are helping customers evolve into protectors of the Earth.

Features

The Sci-Fi Salesperson

Katie Elzer-Peters

Using tech to focus the business help customers and reduce the strain on garden center employees.

Features

What Are People Saying About You?

Joe Dysart

New technology allows retailers to monitor online reviews for better responses and a more authentic consumer experience.

First

The Art of Science

Jennifer Polanz

Garden centers are well-equipped to help customers embrace changes that can help our environment.

Friel World

A Practical Maverick

John Friel

We all have a river. We all live downstream.

Front Lines

Beacon Impatiens Receive Utility Patent

Jennifer Polanz

PanAmerican Seed announced in June its new Beacon Impatiens was granted a U.S. utility patent for its unique form of disease resistance to Impatiens Downy Mildew.

Front Lines

Cornell’s Floriculture Field Days

Jennifer Polanz

Cornell’s annual Floriculture Field Day will be Tuesday, July 30, and will feature seminars from industry leaders in the morning and educational walkabouts in the afternoon.

Front Lines

EHR’s Spring Trials Report

Ellen C. Wells

They compile all of the input from all of their salespeople who attended trials and reported on the genetics from the 27 plant breeding companies.

Front Lines

Home of the Future

Ellen C. Wells

Turns out that living quarters of the future will be more like the dwellings in “Fifth Element” than something you’d see in a 1952 issue of Good Housekeeping.

Front Lines

IGC Hit with Theft

Ellen C. Wells

Wayne’s Nursery & Landscape Greenhouses & Garden Center in Stacy, Minnesota, was broken into over Memorial Day weekend.

Front Lines

SBM Life Science Names New NA President

Jennifer Polanz

Chris Allen, who most recently was Chief Executive Officer of Jobe’s Company, was just named President of the North American region for SBM Life Science.

Front Lines

Year-Round Blooms

Ellen C. Wells

For those of you emphasizing the “retailer” in the grower-retailer profession, there’s a new book you may be interested in stocking for your customers.

Kiss My Aster

When You Wish Upon a Bus Tour

Amanda Thomsen

… as a highly creative person, the attention to detail and design of a space that not only accommodates the masses, but aims to delight all five senses, just tickles me.

Profit

How Millennials Attract Millennials

Bill McCurry

If you haven’t visited with the Green Profit/RBI Young Retailer Award finalists at Cultivate, you’ve missed a great opportunity for business improvement.

Tricks

Surrounded By Succulents

Green Profit Staff

The Succulent Café, a gem of a place in Carlsbad, California, is part plant store, part café, part gift shop, this retailer is packed with creative ways to pot up tiny green things.

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Aria Trough

Anamese Garden & Home

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Bato’s Borneo Pots

A.M.A. Horticulture Inc.

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Bloomin’ Easy Poprocks Petite Spiraea japonica Odessa

Van Belle Nursery Inc.

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Conga Calibrachoa

Ball FloraPlant

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Everleaf Emerald Towers Basil

PanAmerican Seed

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Frosty’s Hat Centerpiece

The Hiawatha Corporation

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GrowSpan Series 1000 Greenhouse

Growers Supply Inc.

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Head Over Heels Passion Hibiscus

Star Roses and Plants

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Hot Rod Cooler

Think Outside

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Mexican Beach Pebbles

Best Mexican Beach Pebbles

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Pacific Coprosma Series

Tesselaar Plants

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Plant Terrarium Line

Esschert Design USA

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Plentiful Potting Mix

PittMoss LLC

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Primo Peachberry Ice Heuchera

Walters Gardens Inc.

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Pro Garden Rake

Fiskars

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Proven Winners ColorChoice Ringo Rose

Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.

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Pruning Simplified

Timber Press

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Rapid Stack

The HC Companies Inc.

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Savor Edibles & Fragrants Carmen Pepper

Pleasant View Gardens Inc.

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Senecio Skyscraper Mount Everest

Plant Development Services Inc.

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Sierra Artisan Mini Planters

Featherock Inc.

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Sokit Rokit

East Coast Innovations Pty Ltd.

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Telescoping RainSelect Rain Wand

Dramm Corporation