Top 9 Garden Center posts of March 2017

In March, Garden Center magazine readers showed great interest a variety of topics, including retailer news, magazine trend features and industry updates, among others.

Readers responded well to stories from the March issue, including the cover story on Tangletown Gardens and its gamble to evolve into a farm-to-table retail, farming and dining experience. Industry-wide developments impacting immigration, labor and ecology also made the list. Here's the rundown of the top nine news posts and articles that Garden Center readers visited the most in March, as ranked by total page views:

1. Family, colleagues mourn loss of Bill 'The Farmer' Meadows - The founder of Meadows Farms Nurseries & Landscape leaves a legacy of personal connections and hard work.

2. Bet the farm - The owners of Tangletown Gardens expanded beyond their retail garden center and successfully launched a CSA, a restaurant, a farm and more by evolving and embracing change at just the right time.

3. Long-time store manager purchases SummerWinds Nursery's sole Missouri location - The agreement will allow SummerWinds to focus on its Arizona and California stores.

4. H-2B visa cap reached - USCIS says it will reject any applications received after March 13.

5. First U.S. bumblebee officially listed as endangered - According to National Geographic, the bee’s population has plummeted nearly 90 percent since the 1990s.

6. Altman Plants purchases EuroAmerican inventory, in escrow on property - The wholesale nursery headquartered in Vista, Calif., has been caring for EuroAmerican Propagators’ plants as an independent contractor since EuroAmerican filed for bankruptcy at the end of January.

7. Grasses gain ground - Give the category momentum by providing customers with ideas for both ornamental and ecological uses for towering natives, meadow-like groundcovers and more.

8. J&J Landscaping Company and Garden Center loses building to fire - No one was injured in the two-alarm blaze at the Flemington, N.J. retailer.

9. Costa Farms acquires Delray Plants - The Florida grower is looking to expand its reach in the indoor houseplant category.