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A natural pairing

By Emily Lindblom — Posted June 22, 2022

Retailers find success pairing houseplants with a new breed of hard goods Judy Alleruzzo has witnessed many different trends during her 35 years at Al’s Garden & Home in Woodburn, where she is the houseplants and perennials buyer. In the past six to seven years, succulents have been the go-to plants that reignited the houseplant […]

Filed Under: Nursery Operations Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, hardgoods, Independent Garden Centers, Retail Nurseries

New Mexico garden retailers can reopen

By Curt Kipp — Posted April 22, 2020

Independent nursery retailers in New Mexico have won the right to reopen for business, provided they do it via curbside pickup and/or delivery service only. The state government had previously left garden centers, retail nurseries and retail greenhouses off the state’s list of essential businesses, although farms — a category that includes wholesale growers — were […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Nursery News, Retail Garden Centers Tagged With: COVID19, Independent Garden Centers, Nursery News, Retail Nurseries

Website educates public on invasive pest threats

By Curt Kipp — Posted April 3, 2014

Although the agriculture community is well aware of invasive pests and pathogens — including the emerald ash borer, sudden oak death, the giant African snail, the citrus psyllid, the Asian longhorned beetle and many others — agriculture cannot fight them alone. These pests can be transported unwittingly by the general public; therefore, public awareness is needed to […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Biological Pest Control, Conservation, Consumer trends, Economy, Independent Garden Centers, Invasive species, Marketing, Pests and Diseases, Retail Nurseries, Science, Transportation, Trees, USDA

The way to a Gen Y gardener’s heart

By Curt Kipp — Posted March 28, 2014

Here’s another article pondering what it will take to get today’s people in their 20s and 30s to start gardening. Janet Eastman of the Oregonian interviews a young Medford couple that has taken up vegetable gardening. According to “The 20–30 Something Garden Guide” author Dee Nash, whose book is cited in the article, edibles are […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Edibles, Independent Garden Centers, Master Gardeners, Retail Nurseries

Anna Ball speaking tonight in Wilsonville

By Curt Kipp — Posted October 22, 2012

Green industry people in Portland, western Oregon and southwest Washington have an opportunity tonight (Monday, Oct. 22) to hear the insights of Anna Ball, who happens to be the president and CEO of Ball Horticultural Company. She will speaking at tonight’s meeting of the Oregon Association of Nurseries’ Retail and Greenhouse Chapter, which will be […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Consumer trends, Events, Greenhouses, Independent Garden Centers, OAN

2013 Garden Media Group trends report

By Curt Kipp — Posted October 16, 2012

If you haven’t seen the new 2013 Garden Trends Report from Suzi McCoy and Garden Media Group, it’s out and available. According to McCoy, 2013 is shaping up to be “The Year of Bliss”: In these times of economic uncertainty, consumers are searching for a little bliss in their everyday lives. From global consumer trends […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Consumer trends, Home gardening, Independent Garden Centers, Landscaping, Marketing, Retail Nurseries, Sustainability

World’s largest hanging flower basket unveiled

By Curt Kipp — Posted March 23, 2012

The Garden Corner retail nursery in Tualatin, Ore. today unveiled what is believed to be the world’s largest free-standing hanging basket. Measuring 16 feet tall and 10 feet wide, and weighing in at more than 2 tons, it truly is a behemoth. Garden Corner worked with several partners, all based in Oregon, to create this […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Independent Garden Centers, Retail Nurseries, State of Perfection

Annual ANLD tour is set for June 18

By Curt Kipp — Posted April 4, 2011

If you want to see some of the finest and most creative residential landscapes in the Portland area, then mark Saturday, June 18 on your calendar, and make plans to attend the eighth annual Behind-the-Scenes Garden Tour, presented by the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers (ANLD). The self-guided, multi-site tour will be held from 10 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Edibles, Home gardening, Independent Garden Centers, Landscaping, Sustainability

Growers reporting signs of recovery

By Curt Kipp — Posted February 25, 2011

Nursery growers in Oregon are reporting signs of recovery from the sour economy, according to Mateusz Perkowski of the Capital Press (Salem, Ore.). Consumers are more confident, and as a result, retailers are placing their orders earlier in the season. However, there’s still some concern that independent garden centers are understocking their shelves, and missing […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Economy, Independent Garden Centers, Recession, Wholesale Nurseries

Nurseries are the new bookstores? So sez Sunset

By Curt Kipp — Posted February 8, 2011

Why should people go to Powell’s when they can hang out at your nursery? Retail nurseries are becoming a place to hang out, relax and sip a latte, according to Sunset magazine. The venerable lifestyle title recently published an article on hot West Coast trends. “In the past, (nurseries) were utilitarian outposts where you’d get […]

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