Management

Gardening for a Cause

Gardening has multiple purposes and benefits — therapy being one of the most notable. The act of gardening allows us to nurture and keeps us connected to living things. It helps us relax and is... more »

AmericanHort Forms Alliance with Management Consulting Firm

AmericanHort has announced an expanded service agreement with K·Coe Isom, LLP, a leading food and agriculture consulting and accounting firm. “We’ve partnered with K·Coe Isom for years, in a more informal relationship and focused primarily... more »

Cover Story — Committed to the Future

For more than 70 years, Colorado-based Welby Gardens has specialized in serving small- to medium-sized independent garden centers, landscapers and growers with vegetables (in the beginning), finished plants and young plants (for the past two... more »

Management — Employee Retention: The Secret is in the Sauce

I love to cook. Years ago, I even owned my own pizzeria in Louisville. After serving thousands of satisfied and loyal customers, there are many lessons I received from my love of cooking. Whether at... more »

Think Business — Do You Know How You Are Doing?

In most human interactions, it is common to ask someone, “How are you doing?” While the actual conditions might be the same, the answers will vary. If you tend to be an optimistic person, you... more »

Chat Room — September 2019

This month, we asked readers about late-summer performance, plans for fall, water filtration and inventory management. Please click on the PDF below to see what they had to say. more »

Improving Your Supply Chain

Lean flow techniques have been implemented in the production and shipping processes in many greenhouse and nursery operations throughout the country with a lot of success. One of the areas of the business that still... more »

Griffin Publishes 2020 Catalog

Griffin Greenhouse Supplies has announced the availability of its 2020 Seed-Plant Catalog. The 2020 catalog contains the company's complete seed assortment and both new and top selling varieties from its key vegetative partners. In addition, the... more »