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Ball wins Greener Package Award for SoilWrap
soilwrapSept. 29, 2010 - Ball Innovations, a business unit of Ball Horticultural Company, has won a Greener Package Award for SoilWrap®, a bio-based, plantable growing container.

How you can avoid burnout
Sept. 27, 2010 - Entrepreneurs and small business owners have to be cognizant about avoiding burnout, given it is so easy to work, work and work some more. Working for yourself and enjoying the spoils of your success is an excellent thing, but too much work makes Jack and Jill dull people. The Globe and Mail reports. | READ MORE

Old, pressed flowers give climate clues: study
Sept. 27, 2010 - Flowers picked up to 150 years ago in Victorian England show that old collections of pressed plants around the world can help the study of climate change, scientists said on Wednesday. Reuters.com reports. | READ MORE

One gardener's first attempt at edibles
Sept. 23, 2010 - Christina Yau has proven that an entire neighbourhood can benefit from the harvest of a single edible garden. Though Yau has become a neighbourhood provider, she describes herself as a virgin grower. The Abbottsford Times reports. | READ MORE

Customize PW's Gardener's Ideas Book
Sept. 22, 2010 - A favorite source of inspiration for more than 400,000 consumers, the 2011 Proven Winner’s Gardeners Idea Book is easy to customize with a line of copy or your own garden centre logo and photos.

Customers will pay 7% more for extra service
Sept. 20, 2010 - A majority of Canadians report that quality customer service is more important to them in today's economic environment (58%) and will spend an average of seven per cent more when they believe a company provides excellent service.

Retailers should cater more to ethnic shoppers
Sept. 17, 2010 - Over the next decade, up to 70 per cent of retail sales growth in Canada will likely come from “visible minorities,” estimates a new report from CIBC World Markets. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE


Garden Media Group releases 2011 trends
Sept. 17, 2010 - The Garden Media Group is predicting what will be hot next year in its 2011 Garden Trends report.


Brown thumbs fake it with artificial gardens
Sept. 15, 2010 - They're easy to care for and weather resistant - these are just a few reasons why more residents are installing artificial plants to beautify their yard. The Guelph Mercury reports. | READ MORE


IGC Show selects best new products
Sept. 10, 2010 - At last month’s Independent Garden Center Show in Chicago, a panel of six leading IGC retailers from across North America were tasked with scouting the best products in eight categories from show vendors.


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