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Ten reasons why consumers should shop at their local garden center.
-Bridget K. Behe, Ph.D., Professor of Horticulture, Michigan State University
Michigan’s economy thrives on local people working in local businesses and other local residents buying their products and using their services. Your local garden centers have teamed up to bring you their top 10 reasons why you should shop your local garden center this spring.
1. Your local garden center professionals are the experts and they garden at home. Your local garden center knows what will work and what won't. Simply ask them for help because if you're not successful at home, you won't come back.
2. They will be here tomorrow. Their employees aren’t started in the garden center with minimal experience, and then moved to another part of a store. Your local garden center professionals like to work in the garden center, so get to know them by name and they’ll try to do the same.
3. Your local garden center grew many, if not all, of these plants. If they didn’t grow them in Michigan, they know where they came from. Your local garden center professionals grow a wide variety of plants well-suited to the Michigan garden. They don’t need to adjust to a new climate; their plants are ready for your garden.
4. Your local garden center has many ideas for your garden. Bring them your likes and dislikes in colors or plants, your budget, and some photos or a sketch of your yard. Watch them work magic with ideas you can install all-at-once or over a longer time. Your local garden center even has more ideas than they do plants.
5. Your local garden center cares about our plants. Your local garden center has raised your plants, in many instances, and wants them to thrive in your yard. They're not just merchandise to them; they are living plants that should go to a place where they’ll be enjoyed. Sure, they water the plants, but their care goes far beyond just the basics of water.
6. Your local garden center wants to make gardening fun for you. Whether that means you do the work, they do the work, or they help you find someone to do the work, your local garden center professionals simply want you to enjoy your garden all year long.
7. It's not just their job, it is their passion. Your local garden center wants to make our world a better place, starting in your yard. Who doesn’t want to share their passion with others who can appreciate it? You don’t have to have the greenest thumb on the block to enjoy a garden. Let the professionals at your local garden center show you how easy it can be.
8. What do you enjoy? Your local garden center professionals can help you find your passion in the garden. It's okay to simply want to relax and enjoy your garden. Your local garden center has ideas and experts to help you kick back and enjoy the summer with friends and family. Gardening doesn't mean you have to get your hands dirty or work. Your local garden center has something for every kind of garden interest.
9. Want to get your hands dirty? Your local garden center can show you how to get the job done right and they have all the supplies and knowledge to get your plants off to a great start. Your local garden center even has tools just right for the kids involved in this healthy hobby.
10. What more environmentally-friendly, calorie-burning, healthy activity can you find than gardening? Your local garden centers can help you customize your garden and your gardening experiences. Your local garden center doesn't sell hardware, clothes or groceries; they simply sell things to make your world more beautiful.
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