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Amanda Thomsen

Amanda Thomsen Columnist, Blogger

Big, loud and fun, Amanda has been gardening since she could walk, and has worked in the garden and landscaping industry since just after that. She's been writing her blog - Kiss My Aster - for almost 12 years. She's curently a columnist for Green Profit magazine, which enables her to get to speak to people in the garden center and nursery industry and help them not get too fuddy-duddy, have fun at work and hurl themselves at Generations X,Y and Z.

She lives in Chicago with her family in a pup tent in the parking lot of the Chicago Botanic Garden and she does not EVER put ketchup on hot dogs.

Recent Articles

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Department of the Interiorscape
Amanda Thomsen
You wouldn’t think people would pile their winter coats on top of a gorgeous 12-in. dieffenbachia. They did.
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Flaming Tidbits
Amanda Thomsen
I don’t have a full, cohesive column to give you, but there are lots of little, bite-sized things going on.
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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.
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It’s a Resourceful Life
Amanda Thomsen
“Clarence, it’s a rough night for small business and we’re putting you on the case. Watch this to get up to speed.”
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Building a Better Galaxy
Amanda Thomsen
I had to learn to be content with the idea of “circling back” when the time was better and I was wiser.
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Room With a View
Amanda Thomsen
What was 100% right for us when we opened is no longer what’s right for us now and it was time to be brave and shake things up and see where they landed ...and I like what I see.
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Snap Out of It
Amanda Thomsen
I encourage you to snap out of the every day if it applies!
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Signs of Attraction
Amanda Thomsen
Customers don’t know what they’re going to get and I’m telling you that the key to getting customers to read your signs is to keep them on their toes.
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Burning Down the House
Amanda Thomsen
I don’t want to lock the bathroom door to do my crying anymore, I’ll do it right at the register.
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It Seems Like it Shouldn’t Work, But it Does
Amanda Thomsen
Sometimes there’s an initial resistance and then they see the light.
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