As a senior safety management consultant at SAIF, a not-for profit workers’ compensation insurance company in Oregon, I work with policyholders every day to assess their workplace safety and offer guidance on how to make workers safer on the job. I get to spend a lot of time with nurseries in the Willamette Valley and […]
People and nurseries can benefit from healing powers of plants
People benefit simply from being in gardens and nature, which can, in turn, benefit nurseries as well
Garden centers have to navigate choppy waters when pricing their goods
For almost five years, Crystal Cady owned her own garden and farming business, Sunflower Acres Farm & Garden in Salem. Through it, she would grow and source plants and garden products. She sold mostly at farmers’ markets and plant shows, where it almost never failed that her hanging flower baskets were more expensive than anyone […]
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Millennials are growing up, buying homes, and setting the stage for the industry’s future
Now, nurseries and retail garden centers are looking at a long-term — and younger — source of continued growth: millennials and other younger folks who are growing up, buying homes, starting families and gardening.
Shaping your retail team
Here’s what to look for when hiring front line garden center workers
Egan Gardens sold, to close end of year
Ellen Egan has sold her retail and wholesale nursery, Egan Gardens, in Salem, Oregon, and will be closing at the end of the year.
Taking care of our own
A new mental health crisis line offers help for those facing the unique stresses of agriculture
Protecting employees from heat
Tips and resources for employers to comply with Oregon’s new heat illness prevention rules
Farwest Show attendees select favorites for the Retailers’ Choice Awards
Garden retailers roamed the trade show floor as part of the Retailers’ Choice Awards Awards™ and chose 15 different products that caught their eyes as judges at the 2023 Farwest Show in Portland, Oregon.