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Pencil Me In

John Friel

No single person on earth can get that plant onto your garden center bench, or off it and into a home garden. It takes a global village.

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Chainsaw Masker

John Friel

We have a double challenge: Convince first-timers that their gardening high wasn't just a one-off. That lightning can strike again and again. And remind those who took a hiatus due to an abundance of caution or an absence of cash: Hey, we’re still here.

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Why, I Oughta …

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

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Back From the Future II

John Friel

We all want a trade show surrogate that feels like we’re there.

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Ghosts of Columns Past

John Friel

Let’s start with a few quotes and finish with a gift suggestion

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Zooming in on 2021

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“When we face challenges, we grow gardens.” —Taylor Pilker, Cavano’s Perennials.

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Com-pair-isons

John Friel

Here are a few of the neatest new-ish things I’ve seen recently.

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Boomer? OK

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… given today’s labor situation, even absent a pandemic, greenhouses sans people make an eerie sort of sense

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Back From the Future

John Friel

We’re neither a luxury, nor a branch of the entertainment industry. We make a difference in people’s lives.

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A Brief History of Havoc

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The bug from hell du jour is the aforementioned Spotted Lanternfly.