Seed Money
Lawn & Garden Retailer
May 2008
By Val Cunningham
Bird Appetites Create a Whole New Profit Center
The Inside Scoop
Lawn & Garden Retailer
August 2007
By Val Cunningham
People have been putting up houses for birds for eons, and we now know how to match the bird to the house.
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Just Add Water
Lawn & Garden Retailer
March 2007
By Val Cunningham
More and more customers want it all: A beautiful garden that’s also a magnet for birds. It’s easy to serve both interests with products that dish up what birds need most: water.
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Explaining The Avian Flu
Lawn & Garden Retailer
August 2006
By Rob Fergus
With so much misinformation on avian flu flying around, many consumers don’t know the real facts. By
educating yourself on this complex issue, you can
reassure your customers they are not at risk.
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Catering To Clubs
Lawn & Garden Retailer
April 2006
By Meghan Boyer
Reaching out to bird-watching clubs can help drive
a garden center’s birding business and increase store traffic.
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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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Hummingbird Heaven
Lawn & Garden Retailer
April 2005
By Maureen Gilmer
For this reason each and every customer who enters a garden center is a potential hummingbird aficionado, they just don’t know it…yet.
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Expanding the Birding Concept
Lawn & Garden Retailer
March 2005
By Mitch Whitten
This means birding retailers selling merchandise well beyond the scope of feeding birds. Beyond optics, platform feeders and gourmet seed.
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Everything You Need
Lawn & Garden Retailer
August 2004
By Carrie Burns
You should carry a variety of these products to service the needs of different birds and the desires of different customers.
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