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Planning for Market

Jennifer Polanz

Here’s a taste of what you’ll see at market for gift, garden and holiday this month.

Features

A Labor of Love

David Williams

The Hebel family has shaped Bucks Country Gardens in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, into a lifestyle destination garden center with a well-planned future.

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A Mixed Bag

Jennifer Polanz

We lost some ground last year with some consumers spending less time gardening. However, 2025 is looking up (potentially).

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Common Sense for Unknown Payroll Pressures

Bill McCurry

Look to offering low-cost fringe benefits to attract and retain employees.

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Photo Drop: Holiday Edition

Jennifer Zurko & Jennifer Polanz

Looking for display ideas for winter holidays 2025? We’ve got a few inspo pics for you!

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Rediscovering Marigolds

Jennifer Polanz

Marigolds have long been a stalwart of spring, but have you considered carrying them in the fall?

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What’s It Worth?

Jennifer Polanz

In this year’s Salary & Benefit Survey conducted in partnership with AmericanHort, we talk about what employers are looking for and where they may be able to find common ground with potential employees.

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In the Moment

Jennifer Polanz

Don’t forget to celebrate the victories, and enjoy the moments that matter with your team and your customers.

Friel World

The Perennial Conference, Part II

John Friel

Total recovery in just two years speaks volumes about the resilience of gardens and gardeners.

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2024 Retail Recap

Chris Beytes

All year long, GCG gathers reams of useful sales data from its many member garden centers, which Danny and his team analyze and share back with the membership so they know how they’re performing compared to their peers.

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Always Keep Learning

Jennifer Polanz

There are lots of ways to stay fresh and/or help employees learn new things, and horticulture rock star Leslie Halleck offers up a few of those ways.

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Cool Container Colors

Jennifer Polanz

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

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Monarchs Threatened?

Jennifer Polanz

There’s the potential for the U.S. to label the Monarch butterfly as a protected species in the near future.

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Pantone’s Controversial Pick

Ellen C. Wells

I was completely surprised that it turned out to be brown. Or I should say Mocha Mousse.

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Ride the 30th Anniversary Wave

Jennifer Polanz

This year the Wave brand turns 30 and there’s lots to celebrate, including an official National Wave Day on May 3.

Kiss My Aster

The Hardest Column I’ve Ever Had to Write

Amanda Thomsen

I made all my 2024 dreams come true and it’s time for a new set of weirder goals for weirder times.

Profit

Grow By Giving

Bill McCurry

Watters takes their skill set and leverages it where they are most effective for their community.

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Agastache Summerlong

Darwin Perennials

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Cultivate’25

AmericanHort

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DiaDeur Carnation

Selecta One

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Firestarters

Northern Lights

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GT Foliage Focus

PlantHaul

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Haikubox

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Poppin’ Passion Passion Fruit

Bushel and Berry

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Rosy Soil

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Senetti Blue Spoon

Suntory Flowers Ltd.

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Thuja occidentalis Private Jet

Bloomin’ Easy Plants Inc.

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Tradescantia Nanouk

Dümmen Orange