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Garden shops, do you sell this cool tool?
Sometimes the stuff we already sell is cool and unusual to those who don’t know we sell them. Take these 4′tall cedar stakes which we’re featured in a blog I follow called, “Cool Tools”. Here is what the author say’s about … Continue reading
Garden Centers are dead. Long live the garden center!
The picture shows the “garden center” at our local Whole Foods. They have had the metal racks with the plants on them in years past. They have sold soil amendments, too. This year was the first time they decided to … Continue reading
Build your business by building your community
What’s the most valuable asset a garden store possess? The land it sits on? It employees? The merchandise or plants? It’s resale value? I contend the most valuable asset is the garden centers ability to generate and nurture its own … Continue reading
A perfect match
These folks have the right idea! Located near Half Moon Bay, Ca. this is Blue Sky Farms. In the late 70′s I almost wen’t to work for the landscaping division of this company, but moved to the mountains instead. Nice to … Continue reading
Capitol Nursery in Sacramento closing it’s flagship store
Capitol Nursery in Sacramento will be closing it’s original retail outlet on Freeport Blvd. this Labor Day. According to The Sacramento Bee, “The chain’s longtime owner, Chuck Armstrong, whose father and uncle founded the company in 1936, will retire at … Continue reading
The indispensable garden center
The closest hydroponic shop to us is selling plants now. They are also touting the “local”, as in “your local garden center”. Fortunately for us, they don’t know what they are doing, but the trend is clear. Here in California … Continue reading
Up-cycling?
How are your up-cycling efforts going? Do you find much of your recycling efforts go towards down-cycling instead? Do you have any idea what either if those terms mean? Neither did I until yesterday. How many of us in the … Continue reading
No Cats Allowed at The Earl May Nurseries
It seems the Earl May Nursery and Garden Center recently banned cats from it’s stores. According to The WCF Courier “Steve and Ginny, it’s fair to say, love their jobs. Each day they (the cats) greet customers out in the … Continue reading
Bringing Your Garden Business Into “The Now”
The plan is working! Slowly but surely we are bringing garden centers out of marketing’s past and into the future with social media. Our group, Independent Garden Centers and Nurseries (IGC&N) is an informal venue where nursery professionals can meet … Continue reading
Are we the “green industry”?
Over at Garden Rant, Elizabeth’s say’s, “In 2012, it would be nice if…” then lists some of her wishes for the new year. One wish is, “Independent Garden Centers Would Stop Whining About The Box Stores.” Agree or disagree, it’s … Continue reading
