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Bemis Farms Nursery: Plenty To Offer
With improved events and well-attended seminars, Ed and Tina Bemis have cut down on the number of empty-handed customers at Bemis Farms Nursery.
Slideshow: Bemis Farms Nursery
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This destination garden center in Spencer, Mass., is worth the trip for garden enthusiasts of any skill type.
Bemis Farms Nursery Event: Scarecrows For Solutions
This early fall event from the Bemises shows how a fundraising event can be quite the success with a little involvement from local not-for-profit organizations.
Garden Television: Bloomin' With The Bemises
Ed Bemis, owner of Bemis Farms Nursery, shares how and why he and Tina, his wife, landed a local gardening show.
Features
Statuary and Garden Art: Smaller Sells
Expensive statuary and fountains were the first to feel the pain of the recession. But the category is coming back this year with a focus on smaller products with better value.
Too Hot To Hold
Just in case you couldn’t get away, Today’s Garden Center was there for two of this summer’s best garden center tours, and the ideas we brought back are too good to keep secret.
Signs Sell: Branding
When customers know your brand, they know what to expect. But for starters, do they know your brand?
Five Questions With La Crosse Floral
Getting customers in during the dead of winter at La Crosse Floral has been a little easier and more profitable with its Winter Is A Bear promotion.
Three More Questions With La Crosse Floral
La Crosse Floral President Linda Zoerb breaks down her business' popular Boss's Day promotion.
Community Gardens: The Garden Center's Newest Element
Three garden center retailers talk about their community gardens and how you might integrate one in your own business.
Denver Broncos' Charities Get A Revolutionary Touch
Revolutionary 100 retailer Tagawa Gardens is the official garden center of the Denver Bronco's practice facility - a partnership that will benefit the entire community.
Recruiting: Building A Team
Don’t abandon your recruiting strategy during periods of high unemployment.
Spring Varieties: Bring On The Bulbs
New bulb varieties are a great way to get customers excited about spring. Check out these new options for fall sales.
Buyer's Market New Products
New products from Espoma, Liquid Fence, Primitive Planters, Magnet Works and H.C. Design.
Bradfield Organics And Olds Garden Seed: Quality Partnership
Bradfield Organics and Olds Garden Seed, both under the Land ‘O Lakes corporate umbrella, are striving to meet independent retailers’ need for solid products with quality education attached.
Staying Out Of Your Comfort Zone
By sticking with just a few “tried and true” strategies from the past, you may miss out on real-time opportunities.
Columns
Touchpoints By Pete Mihalek
Consult This
An industry consultant might be the best part-timer you've ever hired.
Strategies And Concepts By Kurt Fromherz
It's More Than A Numbers Game
As many garden centers explore the vast frontier of social media marketing, the focus seems to be the numbers. Like so many other things, more must be better.
