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16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

Twenty Trees You Should Not Plant

It’s that time of year when the weather gets warmer, days get longer, and everything is ready to grow again. Americans will spend billions of dollars planting flowers, shrubs and trees, like …

Eco-Friendly Cooling Tips For High Tunnels and Greenhouses

A garden designer explains how she keeps her under-cover growing spaces cool all summer.

The 10 Worst Invasive Plants to Watch Out for in Your Region

She spent two years taking care of the ‘perfect plant.’ Then, she realized it’s plastic

"I feel like these last two years have been a lie."

Fall Tips from Holcomb Garden Centers!

I know, every spring when the tulips and daffodils proclaim that spring has arrived, you are wishing you had planted your bulbs in the fall. Well, now is the time! Holcombs has a great selection of spring flowering bulbs that will brighten your spring beds and containers<br>Create your own Hidden Treasures by planting bulbs beneath your pansies this fall. You will enjoy the amazing color of pansies all winter and then next spring the bulbs will come bursting forth and double your…

Spring Model Train Show at White's Old Mill Garden Center!

When designing a garden, focal points are an important concept. A focal point is a feature that draws the eye. This can be anything from a tall tree to a colorful grouping of plants, to a strategically placed statue. Having a focal point (or several) in your landscape or garden gives the whole area a more orderly look<br>You can create an eye-catcher by something as simple as planting a tall, colorful plant in the midst of smaller plants in a flower bed.…

From the Inside Out: Show you care

Independent garden centers stand out from other stores selling gardening products with their high-quality products and customer service. The market continues to rebound as interest in edible and container gardening, among other trends, grows. Garden Center magazine serves retailers looking for relevant, practical business management information, as well as those looking for inspiration and out-of-the-box thinking to make their store one that customers will return to over and over.

Want the next hot houseplant? Better get to the garden center fast.

Houseplants are taking over hip apartments and Instagram accounts. The next "it" plant might surprise you.

More than $20K in scholarships available from Hort

Independent garden centers stand out from other stores selling gardening products with their high-quality products and customer service. The market continues to rebound as interest in edible and container gardening, among other trends, grows. Garden Center magazine serves retailers looking for relevant, practical business management information, as well as those looking for inspiration and out-of-the-box thinking to make their store one that customers will return to over and over.

Fall is in the air! Now What? Tips from Holcomb Garden Center!

Maybe you've grown turnips all your life. Maybe you've never grown turnips. If you even remotely think you would enjoy fresh turnips or turnip greens, you must try Holcomb's Just Right Turnip<br>This bad boy grows huge and produces lots of greens. It's a snow white turnip that stays crispy even as it grows very large. Give them room to grow and soon you'll be bragging to the neighbors about your huge turnips. In the picture above, there is a quarter at the…

Fall is coming! Now What? Tips from Holcomb Garden Center!

Maybe you've grown turnips all your life. Maybe you've never grown turnips. If you even remotely think you would enjoy fresh turnips or turnip greens, you must try Holcomb's Just Right Turnip<br>This bad boy grows huge and produces lots of greens. It's a snow white turnip that stays crispy even as it grows very large. Give them room to grow and soon you'll be bragging to the neighbors about your huge turnips. In the picture above, there is a quarter at the…

Benefits of Growing Berries Infographic / Armstrong Garden Centers

Why should you grow your own berries? Not only are these super fruits super tasty, they're also packed full of nutrients! Check out all the amazing benefits berries can have on your body.

12 Tips for Saving Money at the Garden Center

Learn how to green up your garden while keeping more green in your wallet.

Winter Tips for Healthy Houseplants

Mahoney's Garden Center offers Winter Tips for Healthy Houseplants

Father's Day Gift Ideas, Free Beer & Bacon Tasting + Garden Center Sale!

Time to add the finishing touches to your outdoor paradise<br>From annual flowers to outdoor decor, our sale can help add those fun, finishing touches to your outdoor space so you can relax all summer long.

Holiday Savings and Tips from Holcomb Garden Centers!

There are wind chimes and then there are Corinthian Bells Wind Chimes! No clattering or clanging with these beauties. Just the lovely sounds of hand tuned sound tubes. The beautiful simple design and colors are over shadowed by the soft melody that fills the air.<br>This is a gift that will be enjoyed for years and years. Come by and see for yourself what makes Corinthian Bells so special.<br>Plant Tulip and Daffodil Bulbs Now !

Husband-and-wife teams on what it takes to run a garden center

Three couples explain how to be a strong team at work and at home.