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A micro-nursery craze?
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 70′s one of my favorite beers was one known as Anchor Steam. It was so different than the run of the mill beer like Bud and Coors. Rich, dark, … Continue reading
The ANLA Management Clinic is off and running.
Today is the first full day at the ANLA Management clinic here in Louisville, KY. Stayed up way too late last night talking to people. Get a bunch of nursery people together and next thing you know it’s midnight, and you have to get … Continue reading
I’ll be at The ANLA Clinic in Louisville, Kentucky
I’ll be heading to Louisville, Kentucky for the ANLA (American Nursery and Landscape Association) Clinic this week. Haven’t been to an association event in years, so this will be fun. It’s a chance to meet in person many of the people I … Continue reading
The Fear of Success.
I wanted to address a comment at my last post, Social Media, Fear Holds Us Back! Carolyn commented, “I am a nursery owner who has started a blog to communicate with my customers. People keep telling me I need to be on FB, … Continue reading
Social media, fear holds us back
Was asked the other day why more nurseries and garden centers don’t use social media. This question was from someone in Silicon Valley. Yup, the high tech capitol of the world (or at least it use to be). You would … Continue reading
Who do you get your gardening info from?
Interesting post at Garden Rant from Amy Stewart, titled, “Dear eHow: Please Go Away”. The post is how site’s like “ehow, Suite 101, Ask, LoveToKNow, HowStuffWorks, InfoPlease, About, Examiner, GardenGuides, AllExperts, Mahalo, Answers, Life123, ezinearticles, essortment”, etc., are ”increasingly crowding out real, … Continue reading
Facebook, the beginning of the end?
I love the interaction that is Facebook. No doubt this platform has changed social media in way’s we still haven’t fathomed. Now we hear that, “we are witnessing the beginning of the end of Facebook”. This is according to Douglas Rushkoff, in a recent … Continue reading
What are you planning to WOW your customers with this spring?
That question comes from a member of our Independent Garden Center Group. Many garden centers and nurseries close down for the winter, only to re-emerge come spring. One member in Virginia say’s, “since I work 7 days a week from … Continue reading
Gardening news is going local
The Renagade Gardener came to my attention some years ago through Garden Rant. Don Engebretson, who is The Renegade Gardener hails from Minnesota and every year he puts out his “High Spot/Black Spot” awards in which names what he feels … Continue reading
Social Media and the Garden Center. Do you get it?
If your involved in some type of social media it’s easy to assume that everyone else is too. Yes, the use of social media is growing rapidly. There are still plenty of people who want to be involved, but don’t … Continue reading
