Well friends, Jill and I just got back from a tour of Garden Centers in the Western Ohio area. As always, it is interesting to see another market and how they do things. The best lesson I learned is that you can have all the "makings" of a great garden center (paved walkways, tons of parking, all new equipment, etc...) but still not have a great garden center.
It made me very proud of how hard we have to work here at The Great Outdoors to make the place as beautiful as it is. I think you can really see the heart and soul we put into our place, working with what we have, to make every guests experience a wonderful one.
Thanks to all the people at the host garden centers and the ANLA staff for a wonderful tour.