Read the July 2017 issue online

The July 2017 issue of Garden Center magazine can now be read online and as a digital edition.

This issue includes our 2017 Grower-Retailer Report, in which we examine the management strategies, technologies and growing knowledge that can help a business thrive in both growing and retailing operations. One can look to the story of Al's Garden & Home near Portland, Ore., for insight into how growing and retailing departments can work together and complement each other's strengths.

Read on through the Grower-Retailer Report for analysis of other crucial components of a successful growing operation, including a look at cutting edge inventory and marketing technology, a primer on pest and disease control, an update on lighting hardware standards, tips for irrigation monitoring, advice for heating system upgrades and more.

Also in this issue, we also look into the changing relationship between garden centers and cannabis cultivators, the potential place for IGCs in the hydro/aqua/aeroponics market and a breakdown of popular perennials seen at California Spring Trials.

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Pictured above: Dorothy Russo, chief of growing operations, and Mark Bigej, chief of operations, for Al's Home & Garden photographed by Kelly James in March.