Garden Center 2025 Top 100 IGCs List open for submissions with new judging criteria

We’ve adjusted the guidelines to foster fairness and increase friendly competition among garden retailers.

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.

2024 Top 100 Independent Garden Centers List

Meet Garden Center's Top 100 IGCs for 2024.

Social media stars: Spring marketing ideas for independent garden centers include workshops, events, displays and more

We rounded up some of our favorite social media posts to inspire your spring marketing efforts.

2024 Top 100 Independent Garden Centers List submissions open

Companies interested in being included in the prestigious list can submit an entry through June 7.

Tips from the Top

Some of our Top 100 IGCs offer their best advice for surviving — and thriving — through spring.

2023 Top 100 Independent Garden Centers

Find out what IGCs made the 2023 Top 100 List.

Will power

Fueled by the spirit of its visionary founder, Gardener’s Supply Co.’s distinctive company culture is the bedrock for its sustained success.

Generations

With a service-based culture as its foundation, Blue Grass Nursery, Sod and Garden Centre is poised for a prosperous future and the eventual succession of a fourth generation of the McEwen family.