GCPS e-ZONE

JANUARY 17, 2006

Riddle me this...
What goes up, but at the same time goes down,
up to the sky and down to the ground,
my present tense and my past tense too,
let's go for a ride, just me and you?
(Scroll down for the answer.)

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Trends: Candles and Personal Care

Here's an idea that could make some scents... How about offering your favorite customer things that smell swell? Consider that she will come to you searching for items that look pretty in her home and garden. It's not a reach to think that, once she's done homing and gardening, she also would appreciate items that help her feel better for the effort. The garden center shelf — or, more emphatically, the P-O-P area — is ideal for carrying personal care products. These range from aromatherapy supplies (read: candles) to lotions, from therapeutic bubble bath formulas to microwaveable wraps that sooth and comfort. This is, indeed, a booming niche for garden centers looking for that "something special."

One company that does a little bit of everything special in this realm is Nature's Garden, which offers candles, soaps, bath supplies, cosmetic supplies and more. Another great resource is Nature's Gift, which has products and information about the benefits of using them. I also recommend Froogle's online store, which supplies a variety of gardening-specific products that smell and feel great.

You might already dabble in candles and the like. If so, we would like to here about it. Please share your comments in our blog. And, by all means, please read on to find out about other scents-ible... er, sensible... garden goodies.

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January by category
This 'n that... This month, while you're being resolute not to over-resolve, you might want to check out the products and supplies found in the following categories, which appear in the January GCP&S ProductZONE.

APPAREL
BIRDING
CONTAINERS
DECORATIVES
DISPLAYS
FOUNTAINS
FURNITURE
GARDEN STRUCTURES
GREENHOUSE
HOLIDAY
HOME

LANDSCAPING
PERSONAL CARE
PEST-DISEASE CONTROL
PLANTERS
PLANTS
SHOWS
SIGNS-LABELS
TOOLS PLANT CARE
TOPIARY
WATER GARDENING
WIND ART

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Puzzling pictures
A perfect fit... One of the pictures below is a puzzle. Find the right one and then piece the product together again. For your efforts, we'll promise not to tell everyone that it took you three tries to get it done.

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Pick 'n Click
One-stop shop... Looking for the latest on the latest garden/gift products? These suppliers are chompin' at the bit to send you the info you need. Click the company for e-reader service.

Achla Designs
Allsop, Inc.
Alpine Corporation
Anamese Garden & Home
Avila’s Garden Art
Bamboo Accents
Bar Harbor Cedar
Bartlett Bench & Wire, Inc.
BC Landscape & Nursery Association
Best 1 Hummingbird Feeders
Biedermann & Sons, Inc.
Bird Brain, Inc.
Bowling Enterprises
Brass Baron Fountains & Statuary
Braun Horticulture
Brook & Hunter
Carruth Studio, Inc.
Carson Industries
Cedar Creek Products
Chas C. Hart Company
Collier Metal Specialties, Inc.
Country Originals, Inc.
Crescent Trading Group, LLC
d’barro Pottery
Danove Corporation
DeWitt Co., Inc.
Discount Pond Supplies, Inc.
Dorothy Biddle Service
Duchess Designs
Ecological Laboratories, Inc.
Exhart Company
Fabriscape
Fancy Home Products
Farmtek Engineering
Featherock, Inc.
Garden Works
Gardenware
Good Directions
Growers Supply Company
H & H Manufacturing
H. Potter Conservatory
Haddonstone
Heritage Farms
Hines Pottery
IPS/Division of Savio Engineering
Jackson Pottery
Keystone Wholesale
Kinsman Company, Inc.
LFS Incorporated
Little’s Good Gloves
Macore Co.

Magnet Works
Maine Bucket Company, Inc.
Masart
McCorkle Nurseries
Melrose Gardens
Messina Wildlife
Meyer Imports, Ltd.
Michael Gordon LTD
National Lawn & Garden Show
New Creative Enterprises
Novelty Manufacturing Co.
Ohio Wholesale, Inc.
Palm Beach Wholesale Growers Association, Inc.
Par A Sol
Par-A-Sol
Parker Davis Company
Pharm Solutions, Inc.
Poly-Tex, Inc.
Pond Filtration, Inc.
Pride of Place Plants, Inc.
Primitives by Kathy
Principle Plastics
Punxsutawney Glass & Tile Co.
Red Carpet Studios
Replications Unlimited
Riverside Enterprises
RSR Industries
Ruibal’s Topiary Systems & Ironworks
Rustic Natural Cedar Furniture Co.
Schrodt Designs
Sheerlund Products
Sherman Nursery Company
Silcast, Inc.
So Cool Products, Inc.
Stonesmith Garden Vessels
Stoney Creek
Strong Marketing, Inc.
Structural Plastics
Sunlight Supply, Inc.
Tetra Pond
Tilley Endurables
Toland Enterprises, Inc.
Topiary Art Works & Greenhouses
Tula Hats
Two Dogs Designs
Unique Stone, Inc.
VAL-CO Environmental & Greenhouse Systems
Veldsma & Sons, Inc.
Walter E. Clark & Son

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Oh, yeah, the riddle answer...
(Insert rim shot here)... A see-saw!

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