Buzz Worthy

What Did Mom Used to Do?

Ellen C. Wells

Making a change doesn’t have to be toward something more complex.

Cover Story

Hanging Around the Home

Jennifer Polanz

Check out these hanging baskets for all types of uses.

Features

After the “Year Like No Other”

Ian Baldwin & The 5 Numbers Project Team

Using 2020 data to spot trends and thrive in 2021.

Features

Hire Employees, Don’t Adopt Them

Bill McCurry

Going through the difficult work of enforcing firm, but fair, rules for everyone pays off in the long run.

Features

Supply & Demand

Jennifer Polanz

Containers of all kinds are in high demand this spring. Here are a few thoughts on how to make the most of your sales.

Features

The Best Containers for Edibles

Ellen C. Wells

A pot roundup prior to the spring fruits and veggies rush.

Features

The Profitability Puzzle

Ann-Marie Vazzano

In 2021, we’ll profile a different Garden Center Group Best Practices retailer each month. These retailers achieved profits of 10% or greater. This month: Watters Garden Center in Prescott, Arizona.

Features

Welcome the Newbies

Bill Calkins

With a new crop of plant buyers hooked and looking for more, it’s on us to inspire creativity and success.

Features

What a Year

Jennifer Polanz

For nearly 40 years, the Year Of program has highlighted a variety of easy-to-grow plant classes to generate increased interest in gardening.

First

What Your Pots Say About You

Jennifer Polanz

You can learn a lot about a person by looking at their container collection.

Friel World

Why, I Oughta …

John Friel

It’s useful to put numbers on intangibles, but anyone who’s manned a booth knows you can’t quantify everything.

Front Lines

A Window Into 2020 Plant Purchases

Ellen C. Wells

The survey, “Plant Love: Exploring Plant Purchasing Habits and Plant Care in 2020,” was conducted by, of all businesses, a window treatment company by the name of Stoneside.

Front Lines

Al’s Flower Pouch New Website

Jennifer Polanz

Al’s Flower Pouch recently launched a new website, looking to inspire home gardeners and the green industry to get creative with its products.

Front Lines

Burpee’s New Trend Forecast

Jennifer Polanz

Green industry members looking for a crystal ball peek into what 2021 will bring now have another tool at their disposal.

Front Lines

For Those First-Time Gardeners

Ellen C. Wells

A new book on veggie gardening is coming out this month that customers could really dig.

Front Lines

ICYMI: PVG’s Virtual Market Series

Ellen C. Wells

Sticking with a running theme of virtual events, the folks at Pleasant View Gardens announced they’ll be hosting a year-long series of virtual events in 2021.

Front Lines

Interest Grows In Benefits

Ellen C. Wells

According to benefits provider Unum in a recent HR Executive piece, COVID-19’s impact is prompting more employees to engage with the process, paying closer attention to what their choices are and taking the whole process more seriously.

Front Lines

LEGO Goes Botanical

Ellen C. Wells

In December, though oddly after Christmas, LEGO introduced new hort-based sets.

Front Lines

Looking to Grow Your E-Commerce Game?

Ellen C. Wells

The E-Commerce Mastery Series promises to take you from zero knowledge on the topic to getting open online and in a successful way.

Front Lines

Plant Power Pledge

Jennifer Polanz

Seed Your Future, the organization designated to promote horticulture and inspire young people to pursue hort careers, has proclaimed 2021 the “Year of Plant Power.”

Guest Column

Reaching Back & Reaching Forward

Lindsay Squires

We’d been seeking to define our value to our customer, yet our customer defined our value to us.

Profit

Sometimes It Takes a Group …

Bill McCurry

Industry experts and successful retailers may not give you the love family advisers do, but they present the real world you live in, not the way you’d like the world to be.

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