Is it too early to enter the garden? The folks at Gardenworks don’t think so, as BC’s iconic gardening company just opened its first store in the Tri-Cities. Planting season is right around the corner, and a new company is about to give green thumbs a place to go forRead More →
When the co-founders of SymbiOp incorporated their green landscaping business in March 2020, they did not plan to have a retail store the following year. But call it luck, fate or business sense, that’s what happened when the co-op’s new worker-owned garden store opened in southeast Portland on October 1,Read More →
The very last green shoots from the Western Garden Centers near Trolley Square could be a year or more away, but the news of its permanent closure is sad and empty for many Salt Lake Valley growers. Longtime owner Lon Clayton says Utah’s darling garden variety paradise at 550 S.Read More →
By Maggie Brown, WRAL Multiplatform Producer Raleigh, North Carolina – Logan’s Garden Shop, a family-owned garden center and cafe located in downtown Raleigh, sells their property to Seaboard Station and relocates. The garden store has been located at Seaboard Station since 1991, after Robert Logan Jr. bought the historic station.Read More →
At Logan’s Garden Shop in downtown Raleigh, Bridget Zazzara talks to buyer Ray Holland about baby lettuce. Zazzara was moving tender specimens into the greenhouse or under cover Thursday before the cold and snow Martha Quillin RALEIGH Logan’s Garden Shop, a beloved retailer in downtown Seaboard Station in Raleigh, hasRead More →
At Logan’s Garden Shop in downtown Raleigh, Bridget Zazzara chats with customer Ray Holland about baby lettuce. Zazzara was moving tender specimens to the greenhouse or shelter Thursday before the cold and snow Martha quillin RALEIGH Logan’s Garden Shop, a beloved retailer in downtown Seaboard Station in Raleigh, has soldRead More →
The Surrey Garden Store reimagined as “Western Canada’s Greatest Christmas Shop” has opened for the season. The “Christmas Shop” at Potters celebrates 17th year as a ‘Happy Wonderland’ with ‘a wide selection of festive decorations, gift items and specialty items from around the world’, at 19158 48 Ave., on theRead More →
The Surrey Garden Store reimagined as “Western Canada’s Greatest Christmas Shop” has opened for the season. The “Christmas Shop” at Potters celebrates 17th year as a ‘Happy Wonderland’ with ‘a wide selection of festive decorations, gift items and specialty items from around the world’, at 19158 48 Ave., on theRead More →
First place: Strange Florist 3313 Mechanicsville Pike321-22012111 West Broad Street360-2800strange.com The second place: Coleman Brothers Flowers Third place: Flowers and finds from the strawberry fields Honorable mention: Cross Creek Nursery and Landscaping There’s a reason Style readers voted Strange’s the best florist or garden store in town and it’s probablyRead More →
A black shop saleswoman won a claim after claiming her manager said she was “company filth”. Aaliyah Stretch, who was one of the only black staff working at the Covent Garden store, corrected manager Silvia Georghe after mispronouncing her name. An employment tribunal heard from Mrs Georghe and then toldRead More →
Claire Ward and Erin Venkey in a fuchsia pot at Ward’s Nursery in Great Barrington. Eagle archival photo “The kiss of the sun for forgiveness, Birdsong for cheerfulness, We are closer to the heart of God in a garden That everywhere else on earth. The paradise depicted in Dorothy FrancesRead More →
Just two weeks after visiting Frederick for the first time, Anne Warnock packed her bags in New York and moved south. About a decade later, Django Voris and Mark Gagnon follow her. The three friends sat on a Market Street patio this past weekend, their surroundings being a jungle-like oasisRead More →
This story originally appeared on April 14, 2021 in the South Bend Tribune. When Ben Futa was in his third year, he wrote down what he wanted to be when he grew up. “He would say ‘someday I’ll open a garden center’ or ‘I’ll make a living selling plants,’” saidRead More →
A record season in the garden industry last year contributed to a nationwide plant shortage this spring, but garden center managers in the Chattanooga area say they have worked hard to ensure that customers won’t notice. “Fortunately, we always bring trailer load after trailer load,” said Cole Webster, general managerRead More →
By Erica Thomas, Editor-in-Chief TRUSSVILLE – Two local businesses come together in one in downtown Trussville. Triple Care Lawn & Landscaping and Dixie Love Tshirt Company will be under one roof. The new Whistle Stop Garden Shop will be a place for residents and visitors to the city center. ItRead More →
TEXARKANA, Texas – Southern Garden features the usual greenery you would expect in a garden store situation, only a little more muscular. From pottery and containers that suggest industrial tools and labels and more, this newly opened business has a rugged rustic appeal on purpose. “This is the kind ofRead More →
Visit Liner Patch and Deb’s Garden Shop, located at 4420 Plymouth Sorrento Road, Apopka, open 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The spring flowers have passed and now summer is here and in full swing. Nature, however, does not stop because there is a change in the weather.Read More →
Deena Awad was one of the first customers of her neighborhood garden store when it reopened on Friday. And during the weekend, she was already back. “Today is the second round! Awad said after choosing English lavender and a selection of delicate white flowers from Adams & Son Gardens, aRead More →
MANISTEE COUNTY – With the onset of spring comes the gardening season, one of the most crucial times of the year for greenhouses and garden centers. Gardening stores have started to open across the county, which is a welcome sight for many people tired from a long winter and weeksRead More →
If you can’t stop decorating your island landscape by Animal crossing: new horizons (CA: NH), I have good news: Nintendo has just announced a new update to feed your terraforming addiction. Starting April 23, the company will begin bringing new features to the game, such as a museum expansion, gardenRead More →
Hottest New Garden Store in Town – 5280 Jessica Schutz, owner of Green Lady Gardens. Photograph by Rebecca Stumpf. Enter Enter the Green Lady Gardens in the Santa Fe Arts District. By Christine Deorio 5280 Reception April / May 2019 Which makes Gardens of the Green Lady different from yourRead More →
How did this business get started? For 64 years, Dunn’s Nursery and Garden Shop on Skibo Road has helped residents of Fayetteville and surrounding areas meet their landscaping and garden needs. The owner, John F. Dunn, Jr., said his father, J. Fairley Dunn, started the business in 1955. “It startedRead More →
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HAMPSTEAD, NC (WECT) – When Gary Schwarz and his family opened the Pender Pines Garden Center 22 years ago, the goal was to make it the largest garden store in the area with an abundance of plants that grow well in the area. More than two decades later and moreRead More →
MADYSON WINN Laura Tetley, Tammy Behm and Laura Caldie bring Maypop Coffee & Garden Shop to Webster Groves in May. Anyone who gardens knows how coffee grounds benefit certain types of plants. However, three local entrepreneurs are taking this idea to a whole new level with their future concept, MaypopRead More →
Located at 165 Sherbrooke Street in downtown Peterborough, The Avant-Garden Shop specializes in home and garden decor and accessories, backyard bird supplies and artwork from over of 75 Canadian artisans and some from abroad. (Photo: The Foregarden Shop) Expect the unexpected at The Avant-Garden Shop. What started as a retailerRead More →
Garden art tends to be more sophisticated, as does the landscaping around sculptures and other items. Photo of Chihuly’s sculptures taken at the Dallas Arboretum. LESLIE F. HALLECK Anticipating and leading trends is the key to a successful garden center business. One green industry trend that is emerging, or re-emerging,Read More →