Monthly Archives for August 2008
Box stores or Indies, Sunset Magazine gives you the answer.
Sunset Magazine, “The Magazine of Western Living” has a small article they run regularly called, “The Crib Sheet”. This months crib sheet was, “Big-box stores vs. indie nurseries-what to buy where.” They list the box stores on the left and … Continue reading
Our group is growing!
I posted about our new Linkedin Group, “Garden Center’s, Nurseries, and New Media” yesterday. Here is the link to the group. We now have 33 members and growing. What’s really cool is the caliber of people joining. Not just another … Continue reading
Discussions
Recently at Linkdin I started a group called, “Garden Centers, Nurseries, and New Media” We have members from new media, trade publications, garden centers, and nurseries. If your a garden blogger who has written on garden centers we want you. … Continue reading
A blog eye view of The Hines Nursery Bankruptcy
The Hines Nursery Bankruptcy story is responsible for the largest amount of traffic to this site since we started in July of 2005. I realize that it is a huge story. A lot of independent garden centers and nurseries depend … Continue reading
We’re not a hydro shop, we’re a garden center.
I was checking out some information on hydroponics on the web. We had talked about the hydroponic business earlier . The author, I don’t remember his name, was recommending that hydroponic shops think about changing their names to “garden centers”. … Continue reading
Trade shows
Got a couple of comments on my post, “I couldn’t make it to the IGC show.” Sabine asked, â€Do you visit other garden centers that are not in your area whether on a faraway trip or 100 plus miles away? … Continue reading
More about the Hines Horticulture bankruptcy
The Hines Nursery bankruptcy is no surprise here. Over the last couple of years the number of visitors that come to this blog looking for Hines Nursery News has been steadily growing. Google Hines Nursery Blog and up comes this … Continue reading
Hines Horticulture files for bankruptcy!
I was wondering why this blog was getting a large amount of visitors today looking for info on Hines Nurseries. Now I know! According to Greenhouse Grower Hines Horticulture has filed for bankruptcy. According to Greenhouse Growers web site, “Hines … Continue reading
Listening
I wanted to talk about some of the things that we are doing to keep business going during these rough economic times. Over at Fishing for Customers Blog. Chuck McKay has 7 areas to focus on. Yesterday he was focusing … Continue reading
Comment function fixed
For some reason the little box that should have been left unchecked got checked. With the last couple of posts your comments couldn’t be posted. They can now. You always assume the blogger is aware of these things when most … Continue reading
