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Garden Center Magazine

Training in design
Cross marketing
Designing for relaxation
Drawing attention to plants
Creating 'hot spots'
Green ideas for existing stores
A cohesive feel for the store
Merchandising
Principles of a great display
Retailing in a greenhouse
Traffic flow patterns that work
Principles of an effective entrance




Everyone seems to be talking about Earth-friendly practices these days. Even if the desire is there, what can a garden center that has been in the same location for years, or decades, do to be more green?

Actually, quite a bit, and rather easily, too. Architect Matt Hyatt with Bergmeyer Associates in Boston has a pragmatic approach to melding green building principles with business goals. Hyatt is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) architect, an accreditation given by U.S. Green Building Council.

Click on a page below to download each page's PDF file.

Page 1
   * Green ideas for
     existing stores

 
Page 2
   * Making the grade

 		  
 
Page 3
    * What you should do
      before meeting with
      a professional
    * Meet the professors

 

 

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