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Successful Operator Profile: Taking Retail to a ‘Hole’ New Level
Thanks to an exciting new retail concept, shoppers in St. Albert, Alta., can pick up plants for their garden next time they venture out for fresh, organic produce, a hot-from-the-oven loaf of bread, local meats or a relaxing spa experience.

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Successful Operator Profile: The Go-To People
If you go to Calgary, look for the red barn. John and Tricia Ingram, owners of Cobblestone Home and Garden Centre, are pleased that, as planned, this big, colourful building has become a beacon to gardeners in the area

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Successful Operator Profile: Road to Prosperity
Nova Scotia’s trailblazing Atlantic Gardens combines a drive to succeed with adaptability.

Jim and Peggy Godfrey are not ones to sit around and wait for things to happen. The co-owners of Atlantic Gardens in Middle Sackville, N.S., which has operated for more than 43 years, understand that running a successful garden centre is about being both farmers and businesspeople – and about getting your hands dirty.

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Successful Operator Profile: Going the Distance
Russ Bruce loves what he does. It’s what led him into the nursery business and it’s what keeps him happy serving his customers year after year.

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A Unique Destination
The Glasshouse Nursery & Garden Centre in Chatham, Ont., has become a destination in southwestern Ontario. It’s a place that brings out the gardener in loyal locals and a garden centre that’s worth the drive for shoppers in neighbouring towns and cities.

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Successful Operator Profile: A Place to Plant and Play
Do an Internet search on Wilson’s Greenhouse & Garden Centre in Saskatoon, Sask., and you will get a wide variety of hits . . . not all of them industry related.

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Successful operator profile: Open for Business
On Aug. 17, the staff and family of Scott’s Nursery Ltd. in Lincoln, N.B., watched in horror as the garden centre, which had been in operation since 1928, was engulfed in flames.

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Adapting for Tomorrow
If it’s personal attention and hand-picked products that you’re are looking for, then Georgina Garden Centre, located in the lakeside community of Keswick, Ont. is the perfect place to shop.

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