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NewsNursery Retailer 2009 Market Share Report
Lawn & Garden at the Big Boxes is in flames and burning downward at a rapid pace. At the same time, Independant Garden Centers have improved their 'game' and are making inroads with the younger shoppers.
Nursery Retailer magazine reports that the golden days of the big boxes in L&G are growing darker. With the main setback being the housing slump, throw in the continuing quality problems that have challenged the boxes in gardening and you have a fairly bleak outlook for the sector. As a result of this decline, the boxes' mighty expansions have pulled way back from their previously frantic pace.
IGC's are poised to continue to gain marketshare by doing what they do best. Quality plants, in diversity and quantity presented in an engaging environment with knowledgeable staff, will retain existing customers - and bring in new shoppers as the Gen X / Gen Y population grows into their domestic years of family and yards. For his emerging demographic, the locally owned garden center gains increased importance. The generation born and raised alongside the run-up of the boxes is not as attracted to unpleasant stores and the "one size fits none" approach.
Given favorable spring weather, the sky's the limit for the IGC's!
..............................................................................................Spring 2009 Trends
Today's Garden Center checked in with NHPGA's own Doug Cole along with a number of other young growers across the country to see how spring sales were shaping up. Among the strategies and mindsets was a common theme of streamlining production and monitoring of the economy. When asked if 2009 can be a good one for growers, Danny Takao of Takoe Nursery in Fresno, CA, put it best by saying, "As bad as the economy is, I think there will be some good opportunities for forward thinking garden centers."
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2009 Cary Award Winners Announced
This years Cary Award winners features a New England native and a component of virtually every residential landscape throughout New England. The 2009 Cary Award winners are the
boxwoods and the
Nyssa sylvatica.
The Cary Award is a program to promote outstanding plants for New England gardens. Named in honor of Shewsbury plantsman Ed Cary, it highlights home landscape plants that have proven their performance in New England.
Any person may nominate a plant they think is worthy of receiving this award. The award is given to the plant, not the person nominating it. The Cary Award Program is a collaborative effort of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the New England Nursery Association, the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association, and numerous other organizations across New England.
Past Cary Award Winners >
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