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Boxed in: 2025 Axiom Gardening Outlook Study explores big box vs IGCs
Gardeners are still buying more from big box stores, but IGCs have advantages to utilize.
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Garden Center magazine announces dates for 2025 Garden Center Conference & Expo
Stephanie Stuckey will give the event's keynote address.
Garden Center 2024 State of the Industry Report
In our first ever digital-only State of the Industry Report, you’ll be able to scroll through and focus on the data that’s most important to you. This report is fully interactive, allowing the data to be as dynamic as the industry it reflects.
Hunters Garden Centre: Sustainability staples
To Hunters Garden Centre in British Columbia, implementing sustainability initiatives is a requirement, not an option.
Sawyer Home & Garden Center: Pile it high
While customer demographics and the economy may shift, Michigan’s Sawyer Home & Garden Center focuses on unique products and an eye-opening customer experience.
Colonial Gardens: Regenerating community in Missouri
When is an independent garden center more than a garden center? When it becomes a community hub.
Glover Nursery: Focused on plants — and family
Top 100 IGC Glover Nursery forgoes the add-ons to keep plants and family at the forefront.
Hyannis Country Garden: Community is key
Hyannis Country Garden is a third-generation family-owned IGC that's grown along with Cape Cod since 1965.
For the birds
IGC birding experts share their top tips for garden centers looking to ramp up their birding departments.
Grab-n-go options can increase summer sales
Erik Dietl-Friedli, garden center consultant and head buyer at Florida's Flamingo Road Nursery, offers advice to IGCs about summer sales.
Butterflies in the Aisles
Erik Dietl-Friedli, TPIE chairperson and head buyer at Florida's Flamingo Road Nursery, makes the case for IGCs to have butterfly gardening departments.
