Garden Center magazine's annual State of the Industry Report is a well-established franchise that has allowed us to track the health of the garden center industry for the past 12 years.
We’ve documented highs and lows and trends that have come and gone. In 2024, we found that our industry is starting to focus on its core business as profits and growth mellow with the COVID boom in the rearview. It appears that garden centers are getting back to what they do best: selling plants.
Our first ever digital-only State of the Industry Report, the 2024 report is fully interactive, allowing the data to be as dynamic as the industry it reflects.
In this replay of our February 2025 Fertile Ground Live Event, dig into the data and insights with Editor Patrick Alan Coleman in our report that puts the industry in focus.
Follow along with Patrick in the PDF version of our report by clicking on the image below.

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