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Pacific Home & Garden Pottery

Garden Center magazine recently launched a new video series showcasing the latest products available on the market for independent garden center retailers. One of these videos features Pacific Home & Garden, a company specializing in a wide variety of pottery, with different styles, colors and materials to choose from.

Watch here: http://www.gardencentermag.com/video/pacific-home-garden-retail-product-showcase

What’s trending on social media?

Pinterest

Most social media platforms are fleeting. Tweets and Instagram posts get lost in the streams of feeds, and Facebook only saves top posts from the past. That’s what makes Pinterest especially unique. Pins are saved on categorized boards, preserving their relevance. Pins are searchable based on topic, and don’t “expire” after a certain period of time like other social media posts. One example of this is Stutzmans Greenhouse & Garden Centers’ innovative idea to promote gardening and healthy eating in their “This Year: Resolve to Grow” pins that appeared each day during the month of January. Each includes a fact about a fruit or veggie and its nutrients, and is branded with Stutzmans’ logo. Although this appeared during the most popular time for resolutions, the tips are timeless.

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Industry talk from Twitter

Growers Solution

@GrowersSolution

Fun Fact: Torenia is called the wishbone flower. Look for tiny wishbone-shaped stamens inside the purple, blue or burgundy petals.

Grow Guides

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A garden is a friend you can visit any time. — Anonymous

Sprout Home Chicago

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Shoutout to all the people who name their plants. #sprouthomechicago #plantsarefriends… https://www.instagram.com/p/BDl9VDIA62v/

5 stories in brief: Top industry news from our website

1. Locked up

Malcomb Cork, former president of Commerce Corp., received a sentence of 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding the company.

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2. In Bloom

A rare type of wildflower is taking over the notoriously arid Death Valley region after a higher-than-average period of rainfall.

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3. Good cause

To spread word of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, the Horticulture Research Institute is providing point-of-purchase retail displays.

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4. Global praise

Dummen Orange’s “Poinsettia Gold” wins best flower award in Japan Flower Selection.

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5. Plant Smarts

According to author Richard Mabey, plants are capable of learning and problem-solving.

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