Acres & Acres

Redneck Engineering

Chris Beytes

How might you decide if a used greenhouse is a smart business decision?

Cover Story

Solid Strategies for Expanding

Jennifer Zurko

The Gooder family approaches the significant decision to build a new greenhouse by being thoughtful and deliberate, developing a long-term plan that allows for long-term success.

Features

Colombia in Bloom

Xinghao “Jimmy” Mao & Mark Bridgen

Insights from a week in the world’s cut flower powerhouse.

Features

History of Growing Media in North America: 1950-1975

Dr. Brian E. Jackson

The second of a five-part series highlighting key advancements in growing media and container production of horticultural crops in the U.S.

Features

Managing Resilience

Ilyin Costello & Jennifer Zurko

Ball Horticultural Company’s corporate environmental goals go well beyond buzzwords.

Features

The Importance of Water Quality

Nick Flax

Water quality has a huge influence on how we grow our crops.

Features

The Unexpected Benefits of Employee Appreciation

Neal Glatt

In horticulture businesses where margins are tight and labor is hard to find, recognition isn’t a nice-to-have soft skill, but rather a performance driver that can be leveraged for real business outcomes.

Features

What Happens When OSHA Shows Up?

Zach Bruce

What to expect during an OSHA inspection and proactive steps that can help you be ready long before it begins.

Growers Talk Business

Break It ’til You Make It

Art Parkerson

The only way to get really good at something is to screw it up first. Then screw it up a few more times in different ways. Good growers learn from failure; bad ones don’t.

Growers Talk Production

The Weight of Water

Trudy Watt

Despite differences in scale, location and technology, we all shared the same fundamental challenge: the need to secure reliable, high-quality water to support our crops.

GT in Brief

Atlas Acquires Stuppy

Chris Beytes

Consolidation news in the greenhouse structure world, as Atlas Greenhouse of Alapaha, Georgia, acquired one of the oldest names in the U.S. greenhouse world, Stuppy Greenhouse of North Kansas City, Missouri.

GT in Brief

Floriculture Crops: 2024 Summary

Dr. Marvin Miller

Even though both surveys cover producers in all 50 states, in contrast to the data, the Floriculture Crops: 2024 Summary limits respondents to those who have $10,000 or more in total sales of only floriculture crops.

GT in Brief

On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

P.L. Light Systems; Oglesby Plants; Sakata Seed America; Sygenta Professional Solutions

GT in Brief

Schoneveld Breeding Joins the De Groot en Slot Family Business

Jennifer Zurko

Schoneveld Breeding has become part of family-owned company De Groot en Slot, taking the next step in development and long-term continuity.

GT in Brief

Stonehouse Nursery Announces Ownership Transition

Jennifer Zurko

Stonehouse Nursery, wholesale grower of native and classic perennial liners based in Berrien Springs, Michigan, announced that effective immediately ownership of the business has transitioned from retiring founders, Jay and Patty Steinhauser, into the capable hands of nursery manager and seasoned horticulturist, Amy Ryan.

GT in Brief

The Latest USDA Statistics

Dr. Marvin Miller

In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) released the data for the 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties (which is conducted every five years) and the Floriculture Crops: 2024 Summary (an annual survey).

GT in Brief

When Life Gives You Lemons … Build a New Greenhouse!

Jennifer Zurko

Late spring of last year, a fire broke out during the shopping hours at Wallace’s Garden Center in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Guest Column

Clearing the Clutter Among Dianthus

Lowell Halvorson

Clutter in the dianthus category is a very real issue. Some confusion stems from the plant’s broad and shaggy nature.

Guest Column

From Breeding to Beauty: Connecting the Ornamental Pipeline

Dr. Kate Santos

Opportunities for cross-sector exchange may be one of the most valuable investments we can make in the future of ornamental horticulture—not simply to introduce plants, but to strengthen the system that brings them to life.

Guest Column

When Passion Gets Mistaken for Leadership

Rayne Gibson

Many of us have confused passion for leadership at some point.

Inside Look

A Focus on the Senses

Jennifer Zurko

It’s funny how it can make you so overstimulated, but also give you the feeling of harmony at the same time. I feel that way in a greenhouse.

JZ on D.C.

Status of the new Farm Bill (as of press time)

Jennifer Zurko

Days before writing this, the House Agriculture Committee passed the Farm, Food & National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) on March 5 with a 34-17 bipartisan vote, advancing it to the full House.

Paul's Pointers

Do You Seek the Holy Grail?

Paul Pilon

I feel growers are looking for the Holy Grail or an end-all, be-all type of answer. The reality is there isn’t one environment that’s ideal for all perennials, locations and situations.

Pest Management

Bridging the Gap Between Research & Practice

Daniel Dlugos & Steven Jeffers

Fungicide management of Phytophthora root and crown rot on greenhouse English lavender.

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