Category Archives: Blog

What 2025 Taught Us About Practical AI — and What Comes Next for Independent Garden Centers

As 2025 comes to a close, it’s worth stepping back to look at what this [...]

How to Write the Perfect Prompt: A Beginner’s Guide Using the CRIT Method

If you’re new to AI tools, writing a great prompt can feel a bit overwhelming [...]

Cultivating Loyalty Through Active Listening: How AI Helps You Hear Your Customers More Clearly

Step inside a garden center during peak season, and it’s alive with energy — carts [...]

Growing Smarter: Predicting Seasonal Trends and Customer Demand with AI

From Instinct to Insight For years, garden centers have relied on instinct and experience to [...]

How We Used Intuition and AI Research to Shape the “Grow” Campaign

The Grow Campaign began the way many powerful ideas do — with intuition.After years of working closely [...]

How AI Is Redefining Personalization in the Garden Industry

Across the country, independent garden centers are facing a new challenge: how to stay personal [...]

Making AI Simple, Smart & Accessible for Garden Centers

When I attended the MAICON 2025 Conference, I expected to come home with a few [...]

How to Create a 12-Month Marketing Plan with AI

Most garden centers and independent retailers know they need a marketing plan, but few have [...]

🌱 From Facebook to AI: Modernizing Garden Center Marketing in 2025

For years, Facebook was the heart of garden center marketing. It gave retailers a free, [...]

5 AI Tools Every Garden Center Can Use Today

Running a garden center means juggling a lot of hats: caring for plants, helping customers, [...]