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Learn about what's new with our lawn, garden, home and holiday manufacturing partners. Products, industry knowledge, coming soon etc. This podcast series is for the garden center and hardware retailer that wants to take a deep dive into the products that stock their shelves. For all you normal people out there that want to take a deep dive into what is new and coming up for your favorite manufacturer...this podcast is also for you.
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Friday Jun 28, 2024
Does Brome Make the World's Best Birdfeeders?
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Brome Bird Care is a Canadian company based in Knowlton, Quebec. The company is best known for its Squirrel Buster® line of squirrel-proof bird feeders. Founded by Paul Cote, Brome Bird Care has gained recognition for its innovative designs and patented technology that effectively prevent squirrels from accessing bird feed. Their products are highly regarded in the birding community for their durability and effectiveness. Brome Bird Care offers a variety of feeders, including models designed for different types of birds and feeding preferences, all backed by a lifetime hassle-free warranty.

Friday Sep 24, 2021
Weber: New Grills & Technology For 2022
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
In this podcast, learn about how Weber Grills incorporates technology and features in 2022 to upgrade your grilling experience and take if from a "some time" thing to an "every day" thing, making it possible to cook a variety of foods on a Weber grill that you might not have thought possible.
Weber was founded on the belief that there is nothing better than enjoying a delicious meal outside with the ones you love. This premise is at the heart of Weber. They strive to make your next grilling experience on a Weber better than your last.

Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
How To Market To Millennials Who Are Obsessed With Lawn & Garden
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
The Ugly Facts Of The Millennial Generation & How Their Values May Save Us
Presentation with Ryan McEnaney
Speaker, Marketing Manager, and Millennial, Ryan McEnaney shares his experience and expertise. This session gives both a personal and research-driven look at the Millennial Generation and proposes communication strategies to engage and grow business with Millennials, the largest age group in the United States. The speaker will walk through research conducted by national experts, industry examples, and success stories from other industries to provide ideas for growing business in this segment. This data is woven through the personal narrative of our speaker, a Millennial and member of a multi-generational family business.
- Who are Millennials?
- What is the economic impact of Millennials in the Lawn & Garden industry?
- Why do you need to learn the personality traits that drive behavior?
- Where did we come from?
- Where are we going?
- Where does our industry fit?
- Learn key takeaways that will help you target and sell to this demographic.

Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
What Just Happened Over The Last Year & Where Do We Go From Here?
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Podcast with retailer panel moderated by Ian Baldwin, featuring:
Joe Di Dominica, Dees' Nursery in Oceanside, NY
Tom Hebel, Bucks Country Gardens in Doylestown PA
Mike Boyert, Boyert’s Greenhouse & Farm in Amedina, OH
Ian Baldwin moderates our team of retailers “talk from experience.” They will provide reflections on how GC businesses have changed since the pandemic began and talk about their post-pandemic direction.
- Key decisions, actions, and takeaways during and post-pandemic.
- What they have learned about their customers, their market, their community?
- How will their buying habits/best practices or inventory levels change?
- How decisions made - the good, the bad, and the ugly – may just help other GCs.

Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Ian‘s Crystal Ball – We ARE NOT Going Back To 2019
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
- How we have done more with less. The pain points and sustainability for the next several years.
- Short-term challenges for 2022, inventory, and labor.
- Longer-term challenges for next 5 years, labor and consumer.
- Challenging everything: opening hours, selection, full-service vs. e-commerce, community status.
- Irreversible changes in the market, demographic shifts, a different consumer of all ages, multi-channel retailing.
- How smart GCs will invest the money and apply the learnings to remake garden retailing.

Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Podcast: Bonide Part 1 - New Products & Branding Updates For 2021
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
In this podcast, learn about what’s new for Bonide’s in 2021, including new branding and packing for their organics line, and new products in the grass and weed, rose & flower, tree care, and home pest control categories.
Bonide has been trusted since 1926 in providing quality products and solutions for home, lawn, and garden pest problems.
Based out of Oriskany, New York, they continue to grow their reputation in the lawn and garden care categories by delivering results. Their goal is to help consumers throughout their entire purchasing process by recognizing signs of trouble, developing products, and recommending solutions.

Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Podcast: Coast of Maine - Changing The Way People Garden
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
In this podcast, learn about new products for 2021 from Coast of Maine.
Coast of Maine Organic Products was founded in 1996 with the simple idea that a healthy planet needs healthy soil to sustain life. From this idea, a love of gardening and a commitment to sustainable practices, Coast of Maine Organic Products has grown to offer some of the most unique and effective organic gardening products available. Their organically approved, compost-based soils, enriching mulches, soil supplements and liquid fertilizers are designed to enhance and support healthy soil biology. They compost residuals sourced locally in Maine and New Brunswick, such as shellfish (lobster & crab), salmon, wild blueberries, and cow manure. Additional local ingredients include: tree bark, worm castings, and seaweed. Coast of Maine distributes organic retail bagged goods to independent garden centers along the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and parts of the Mid-West.

Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Podcast: Teknor Apek - New Innovation for 2021
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
In this podcast, learn about Teknor Apex’s new and newly-redesigned products for 2021.
Having world-class custom compound divisions separate Teknor Apex's hose products from much of the competition. Teknor Apex is able to develop innovative patented technologies, but at the same time, never lose sight of the consumer experience. Their leadership status in the marketplace is constantly being strengthened by their comprehensive product research, new product development, and their ability to meet the demands of today’s discriminating consumer.
Teknor Apex is America’s leader in hose technology and innovation. Products include ZeroG®, Neverkink®, Flexalloy®, and Apex® brands.

Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Podcast: Weber - Why A Weber Grill Isn’t Just A Grill
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
In this podcast, learn about how Weber Grills incorporate new technology to upgrade your grilling experience, as well as new products for 2021.
Driven by his passion for grilling the best steaks for family and friends, Weber’s founder, George Stephen, invented the revolutionary kettle grill in 1952. At the time, he worked for Weber Brothers Metal Works in Chicago, Illinois and was inspired by the shape of a buoy.
George knew that a rounded cooking bowl with a lid was the key to success. So he cut the buoy in half, added three legs to the bottom, a handle to the top, and the rest is history.
The same innovative mindset and goal of grilling a perfect steak lives on in everything Weber does.

Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Podcast: BioSafe Systems, Part 3 - Retail Sanitation
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
In this podcast, learn about BioSafe's SaniDate Sanitizing Wipes and disinfecting products.
BioSafe Systems is a family-owned manufacturer of biodegradable crop protection, sanitation and water treatment products. BioSafe Systems is one of the country’s largest manufacturers of peracetic acid products and has pioneered many of the applications for peracetic acid used today in agriculture, horticulture and water treatment.
Today, BioSafe Systems is a leader in biopesticide products, and helps provide solutions that are simply sustainable but always effective!