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Learn & Grow at the 2006 OFA Short Course, July 8-11 in Columbus, Ohio. Enjoy a 1,300-booth trade show, 120 sessions, and networking.
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JUNE 20, 2006
Riddle me this...
With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force it doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
What am I?
(Scroll down for the answer.)
Trends: Gourmet food
Good enough to eat ...
For the record, I like the picture that accompanies this e-mail/blog. The photographer had the good sense to climb a ladder and shoot "down," as we say in the business, thus creating a slimming effect that you just don't get when the picture taker is 4-foot-9. On the other hand, the photo that runs with my column on our regular Web site, GreenBeam.com... man, that makes me look fat.
Speaking of, let's chew the fat, as it were, on a subject that didn't even exist a few years ago: gourmet foods in the garden center. Many conversations on gourmet foods — at least as they pertain to the garden center — start with herb talk. If you're talking herbs with customers, you'll find plenty of information to share with your customers at Mountain Valley Growers' cooking with herbs page. (Look for the recipe links toward the bottom.) Certainly, other edibles have become players in the innovative garden center game. Sickles Market is so innovative, it won the 2004 Garden Center Magazine Innovator Award. You'll see why when you check out Sickles' Gourmet Club links here. The store's Web site is updated regularly to show new food items, products and events. Another great source/resource for this niche is called, appropriately enough, Cheese and Wine Unlimited. If a wine and cheese basket can be created, this company probably has already done it.
While the gourmet food thing is relatively new to our industry, you might be one of the pioneers who made it work at your store. If so, please share your notions on the subject by clicking here to go to the blog. Of course, you also can check out the rest of our menu, as it were, below. In fact, we would recommend that you do.
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June by category
Only 207 shopping days until Christmas...
This month, as you consider the virtues of selling heat-tolerant plants, you’ll also want to consider the great items found in the following categories, which appear in the June GCP&S ProductZONE.
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Puzzling pictures
Pick me, pick me...
One of the pictures below is a puzzle that will unlock the mystery of the feminine psyche. (Yeah, like that could happen!). Actually, you simply need to choose the right photo and then piece the product together again. If you accomplish said feat, you’ll become the frontrunner in the '08 presidential election.
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Pick 'n Click
We have the supply; you provide the demand...
If you’re searching for the latest garden/gift products, stop right here. These suppliers are geared to send you the info you need. Click the company for e-reader service.
Achla Designs
Allsop, Inc.
Alpine Corporation
Anamese Garden & Home
Aquascape Designs, Inc.
Aries Stone
Asian Ceramics
Atlantic Pottery
ATLAS Glove Consumer Products, a Div. of LFS, Inc.
Avila’s Garden Art
Bamboo Accents
Biedermann & Sons, Inc.
Blue Ridge Fish Hatchery
Braun Horticulture
Carruth Studio, Inc.
Collier Metal Specialties, Inc.
County Materials Corp.
Daniel’s Plant Food
Danove Corporation
Dekorra Products
Discount Pond Supplies, Inc.
Dorothy Biddle Service
Echo, Inc.
Ecological Laboratories, Inc.
Fabriscape
Featherock, Inc.
Gardenware
Good Directions
Growers Supply
Hines Pottery
Horticolor Canada, Inc.
Keystone Steel & Wire
Listo Products
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Melrose International
Messina Wildlife
Michael Gordon LTD
Novelty Manufacturing Co.
Palm Beach Wholesale Growers Association, Inc.
Par A Sol
Poly-Tex, Inc.
Pond Filtration, Inc.
Primitives by Kathy
Principle Plastics
Red Carpet Studios
Riverside Enterprises
Rubicon International
Savio Engineering, Inc.
Schrodt Designs
Sherman Nursery Company
Silcast, Inc.
So Cool Products, Inc.
Sonne-Gro
Southern Nursery Association (SNA 2006)
Spec Cast
Stoney Creek
Structural Plastics
Triformis Corporation
Walter E. Clark & Son
Water Quality Science International, Inc.
Waterscapes Aquatic Plant Nursery
Winston Company
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Oh, yeah, the riddle answer...
(Insert rim shot here)...
A stapler
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