Weekend Reading 10/11/24

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: A preview of the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show, how to preserve homegrown harvests, the rise of rain gardens and a report on holiday shoppers picking up something for themselves.

‘Gardens of Tomorrow': Your guide to 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show, NBC10 Philadelphia

Get ready for the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show from March 1-9, 2025, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center with this preview from NBC10 Philadelphia.

There are simpler ways than canning to preserve your garden harvest, Associated Press

AP garden writer Jessica Damiano shares tips on how to preserve homegrown harvests. Share this with your edible-buying customers.

Runoff Cutoff: Rain gardens foster health for waterways, beauty for yards, TheBurg

From TheBurg: "In homes and communities, area residents and groups are installing rain gardens or water-loving plants to help ease pressure on the region’s aging stormwater systems. In the process, they are greening their surroundings and, they say, playing their part in battling climate change."

Most holiday shoppers will buy a gift for themselves this year, Retail Dive

Consumers will spend over $1,200 on gifts, food, decor and experiences for the season, according to JLL, and roughly 83% will buy something for themselves, Retail Dive reports.

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