Garden centers are not the only industry members who are revolutionary. The sponsor partners of the 2009 Today's Garden Center's Revolutionary 100 Awards have demonstrated their revolutionary spirit of stewardship to the retail garden industry through their support of this program. We encourage you to contact these companies and see how they can help your business grow.

Conrad Fafard, Inc. Conrad Fafard, Inc., based in Agawam, Mass., is the third-largest producer of packaged growing media in North America. The 88-year-old company is known for the quality and consistency of its professional mixes and sells its Fafard-brand retail soils exclusively in independent garden centers.
Goldsmith Seeds - Syngenta Flowers
Goldsmith Seeds
, located in Gilroy, California, is family-owned and operated, and has an outstanding record for breeding the best flower varieties in the world, including our latest breeding breakthrough 'Cora' Vinca. Our seeds are distributed by wholesale brokers to professional growers, who then sell already-started plants to garden retailers throughout the world.
Nexus Greenhouse Systems
Nexus Greenhouse Systems
has been serving the commercial greenhouse and retail garden center industry for over forty years. Close interaction with our customers allows us to continue to introduce leading-edge products that reflect emerging industry requirements at a fair price. We strive to bring our customers the best in design, manufacture, and customer service.
Ferti-Lome
Voluntary Purchasing Group
is a manufacturer and provider of products and services to independent lawn and garden centers, family owned merchants and distributors. Our goal is to become an industry leader by working with our vendor/partners to produce/provide state of the art products, services and marketing at competitive prices allowing the “Independent” to achieve sustainable growth in sales and profits.