Welcome to the first posting of the Ohio Garden Gabber. The garden center business is fascinating and frustrating at the same time. We are blessed to be able to grow such a wide variety of plants and watch them mature to the proper selling size. It is such fun to try out the new plants and see the looks on our customers faces as they discover them for the first time. Because the main gardening season lasts for about twelve weeks from April through June, we have to orchestrate all of the different plants to be transplanted at the proper time so that we have a good supply over those 12 weeks. Each kind of plant has its own schedule. It is something like conducting a symphony in that all of the different plants need to grow in harmony at the proper time to create a beautiful garden center in the Spring. That is the fascinating part.
The frustrating part is the cool wet weather we have been experiencing. All of the plants are ready to go, but the gardeners are waiting until the weather improves. We know it will improve, but we get impatient. It is a good time now to stop by and shop, as there is more elbow room to look. The staff can help you better as we can devote more time to you. We are opening up at 7 AM on Saturdays in May to allow the crowd to be spread out more. That is a great time to shop as we have early bird specials to encourage people to get out of bed. These early bird specials are only good to 9 AM, our normal time to open. If you have any questions on how we run our business, ask away.
Happy Gardening,
Ned
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