Why Color Sells Plants: The Psychology Behind Color Selections
With spring approaching it’s the perfect time to look at what could help you boost your sales for the upcoming season. But does color sell plants?
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10 Steps for Recovering From Disaster
When the early winter snow storm hit western New York State with more than a year’s worth of snow in 3 days, roofs of houses came down, cars were buried, people were stranded, and some greenhouses collapsed. These events are traumatic and heart breaking and it is easy to wonder how on earth you would get through such a disaster.
Selecting The Right Bench For Your Crop Can Make All The Difference
GGS has been designing, improving, manufacturing, and building quality benches for growers for over 35 years.
Gutter Connected Greenhouse Lean-to 101
A greenhouse Lean-to is one of the most versatile additions to a gutter connect greenhouse range that any greenhouse manufacturer can offer you. Consider the different ways a Lean-to structure can add production space, improve productivity, and provide connectivity to your greenhouse range.
10 Commercial Greenhouse Improvements for Best Value Returns
There are many reasons to make improvements in a commercial greenhouse, modernizing your greenhouse can reduce maintenance costs, or make productivity improvements, or improve the greenhouse environment for better growing, or maybe you want to add some extra growing space. Whatever the reason it is important to understand what the goal is before you talk to your greenhouse manufacturer.
The WoW Effect for Garden Centers
Location, location, location. Doesn’t tell the whole story does it? Getting the customers in the door requires more than just setting up in a high traffic location. Keeping them coming back is where you really unleash the power of WoW.
WoW provides a total customer experience. WoW defines a Garden Center’s personality.
5 Critical Errors Business Owners Make
I am a strong believer in looking to the past to guide your future. It is by learning from mistakes that we improve. And the mistakes don't just have to be our own. Classic tales of corporations gone wrong can be a powerful lesson to us all. So if you want to run your greenhouse operation in the ground follow these steps:
The Good The Bad And The Ugly... Reasons Why Greenhouse Growers Expand
At GGS we design greenhouses, we manufacture greenhouses, we build greenhouses, so you can see that our growth quite literally requires our customers to grow. But not all expansion projects are created equal, and growth for growths sake is never a good idea. Here are a few tips to check to see if your expansion motivations fall on the good side of growing or not.
7 Spring Tips for Effectively Promoting your Retail Garden Center
Spring is finally upon us! That means it’s time to make the most of the peak season and get as much foot traffic in your garden center as possible. Here are some great ways to get customers in the door.
What do growers love about working in a greenhouse?
Last year we asked what people loved about working in the greenhouse industry, and we were amazed by the responses we received. Some where funny, while most were heartfelt and inspiring.