Weekend Reading 3/15/24

Welcome to Garden Center magazine's Weekend Reading, a weekly round-up of consumer garden media stories meant to help IGCs focus marketing efforts, spark inspiration and start conversations with consumers.

This week: 2024 trends, apartment-friendly plants, warmer winter temperatures, gardening to combat rising food prices and female gardening trailblazers.

Our Garden Education Expert Says These Gardening Trends Will Dominate Throughout 2024, House Digest

Check out these seven trends for 2024 from House Digest's garden education expert.

Apartment-friendly gardens: How to brighten your rental with plants, Boston.com

Share these ideas for apartment-friendly plants with your customers.

Does A Warm Winter Mean An Early Start To Gardening And Lawn Care?, The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel shares insight on if gardeners should get an earlier start with warmer winter temperatures.

Americans are turning to gardening, hunting, and extreme couponing to combat rising food prices, Business Insider

U.S. consumers are spending more on food than they have in 30 years, and some are relying on the hunting-gathering instincts of our ancestors to keep food on the table, Business Insider writes.

For Women’s History Month, a look at some trailblazers in American gardening and horticulture, Associated Press

AP garden writer Jessica Damiano highlights women who have been trailblazers in American gardening and horticulture in honor of Women's History Month in March.

Enjoy your reading, have a great weekend and we'll see you next week!