Weekend Reading 5/10/24

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: Hardcore punk music-loving plants, the best places to buy plants online, turning to gardening during the pandemic, a roundup of new gardening books for both adults and children and a weird new gardening trend.

Spotify’s New Hardcore Gardening Playlist and Brain Dead Collab Will Rattle Greenhouses Everywhere, For the Record

All around the world, millions of Spotify fans love listening to hardcore punk music — and some science shows that plants love it too, Spotify's news section For the Record writes.

The Best Places to Buy Plants Online, Wirecutter/The New York Times

Wirecutter, The New York Times' review section, shares its selections for the best places to buy plants online.

COVID-19 Made Grocery Shopping Difficult. So I Decided To Start Gardening, Essence

Brooklyn White shares how she began gardening in her backyard as grocery store shelves were rapidly being emptied during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check It Out: New gardening books in bloom, The Columbian

The Columbian shares a roundup of new gardening books for both adults and children.

Peeing on plants is the gardening world’s hot new trend — but there’s a catch, New York Post

We don't know what more to say about this one, so just go ahead and read the article.

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