Sound Garden   Lawn & Garden Retailer January 2009   By Sara Neal Eskew
Many of your customers are living hectic, busy lives. Help them find their inner Zen by introducing them to the soothing effects of melodious windchimes. But before you make that sale, a crash course in the basics of sound.
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Fire Up the Grill!   Lawn & Garden Retailer November 2008   By Elizabeth Murphy
Don’t let the big boxes intimidate you. Prove to customers that they can find everything they need for outdoor living — even grills — right in your garden center.
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Go for Gold   Lawn & Garden Retailer November 2008   By Faith Savage
Create a winning combination in your garden center with great service, quality plant material and a touch of the unexpected.
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Selling Eco(nomically) Friendly Products   Lawn & Garden Retailer August 2008   By Elizabeth Murphy
As the “going green” movement explodes, consumers are moving the environment up their list of priorities. Compost and compost accessories are one way savvy retailers can help the environment and boost their profits simultaneously.

Illuminating the Growing Backyard   Lawn & Garden Retailer July 2008   By Jeff Dross
As consumers invest more in their outdoor spaces, more opportunities arise to fill those spaces with beautiful flowers and warm, enticing light.

Nostalgia 101   Lawn & Garden Retailer May 2008   By Adam Terese
Whether in the form of a T-shirt, hat or garden gnome, die-hard college fans love to show off their alma mater pride. Tap into their college spirit — and wallets — by stocking up on collegiate lawn and garden items.

Life on the Edge   Lawn & Garden Retailer April 2008   By Daniel Martin
Helping your customers choose the right edging product the first time around can save time and labor, not to mention conserve the integrity of the original landscape design.
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Rethinking Shrubs   Lawn & Garden Retailer April 2008   By Tim Wood
Today’s gardener is seeking an attractive plant with minimal maintenance needs, and today’s flowering shrubs can offer just that with showy success.
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From the Inside Out   Lawn & Garden Retailer March 2008   By Darhiana Mateo
As consumers view their gardens increasingly as extensions of their homes, they’ll be shopping for more than just plants. Offering outdoor furniture can lead you down a profitable path.
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Island in the Sun   Lawn & Garden Retailer February 2008   By Paige Worthy
Help your customers turn up the heat on the lingering cold with products that invite a taste of the tropics into their backyards.
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Kitsch: Classic and Cool in Your Garden   Lawn & Garden Retailer January 2008   By Christa Reynolds
The word “kitsch” often has negative connotations, yet adding kitschy elements to a garden can create a fun, colorful effect. With an open mind and a sense of artistry, such items can add new life to your garden décor.

Accessorizing Outdoor Rooms   Lawn & Garden Retailer July 2007   By Meghan Boyer
A lot of consumers don’t know how to decorate inside their homes let alone accessorize their outdoor spaces. By applying some basic indoor decorating ideas to the outdoors, you can help consumers beautify their outdoor rooms and increase your garden accent sales as well.
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Creating A Unique Look With Stone   Lawn & Garden Retailer May 2007   By Margie Monin
By adding decorative stone and statuary to their gardens, your customers can create a unique look that will stand apart from the rest.
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Less is More In Garden Design   Lawn & Garden Retailer January 2007   By Nicholas Staddon
Minimalist gardens are growing in popularity. See what you can do to keep this interesting trend on the rise for your customers.
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Welcome Back Terrariums   Lawn & Garden Retailer January 2007   By Robin Seaton Jefferson
This retro trend is back and consumers are eating it up. How can you take this simple glass garden and bring the trend back into your stores?
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Show Your Artistic Side   Lawn & Garden Retailer July 2006   By Meghan Boyer
Carrying art in your garden center — from indoor paintings to outdoor sculptures — can offer your customers something new and unique for their homes and gardens.
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Accents Tailored For You   Lawn & Garden Retailer July 2006   By Mary Jo Thomas
Learn how one of your peers makes purchasing decisions that best represent his garden center customers.
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Gift Center Genius   Lawn & Garden Retailer June 2006   Anderson Mann
Where you put your gift center can be nearly as important as what you put in it.
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The Ingredients For Making Outdoor Kitchens   Lawn & Garden Retailer March 2006   By Ambika Seshadri
How can you help your customers build a successful kitchen in their backyards?
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Recipe For Success   Lawn & Garden Retailer March 2006   By Jack Williams
Recipes for mixed containers help create successful and attractive plant combinations. Read on to learn more about the many benefits of container recipes.
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Designing the Outdoors   Lawn & Garden Retailer November 2005   Ambika Seshadri
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Birding/Nature: Wildlife and Plants   Lawn & Garden Retailer August 2005   By Ambika Seshadri
Brush piles attract cottontail rabbits, white-footed mice, weasels, box turtles and white-throated sparrows. But these animals can cause severe damage to gardens. Mice, like squirrels, will readily eat birdseed.
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Inspire New Tradition   Lawn & Garden Retailer August 2005   By Ingridi Liss and Margo Tantau
“For every year the Christmas tree, Brings to us all both joy and glee O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Much pleasure doth thou bring me!” — Original lyrics from “O Christmas Tree”
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Global Ethnic: Return to the Human Touch   Lawn & Garden Retailer July 2005   By Maureen Gilmer
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Toning it Down   Lawn & Garden Retailer June 2005   By Catherine Evans
Avid gardeners are putting their feet down and demanding neutral-toned accents, simply because they feel that the flowers in their gardens should do all the talking in the color department.
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Maintaining a Sparkling Display   Lawn & Garden Retailer June 2005   By Catherine Evans
We all know running a garden center is not the easiest thing in the world to do. It would be a much better universe if we could all just sit back, sell plants and call it a day, but unfortunately it does not work that way.
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Samurai Selling   Lawn & Garden Retailer April 2005   By Liz Huntington
Gardening is a very reverent art form in Asia with strong roots in their religion and a time-honored way of life.
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Dahlias, Dollars and The Dump   Lawn & Garden Retailer March 2005   By Mike Belling
With innovations in manufacturing and design, this new generation of earth-friendly products is anything but garden variety.
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Pots, Planters & Statuary: What’s Next in Containers   Lawn & Garden Retailer February 2005   By Mackenzie Gaffney
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Utilizing Local Artists   Lawn & Garden Retailer January 2005   By Mackenzie Gaffney
So where do you find these artists?
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