What do you find in a garden center?
A garden center is a retail store that specializes in selling plants and gardening supplies. Here are some common items that you might find in a garden center:< /p>
- Plants: Garden centers typically offer a wide variety of plants, including flowers, vegetables, herbs, trees, and shrubs. The selection may vary depending on the season and climate.
- Gardening supplies: Garden centers offer a wide range of gardening supplies, such as soil, mulch, fertilizers, pesticides, and compost. They may also sell tools such as shovels, hoes, rakes, and pruning shears.
- Garden decor: Garden centers often offer a variety of garden decor items such as garden statues, garden gnomes, birdhouses, birdbaths, fountains, and outdoor lighting.
- Lawn care products: Garden centers may also sell lawn care products such as grass seed, lawn fertilizer, weed killer, and lawn mowers.
- Outdoor living items: Some garden centers may also offer outdoor living items such as patio furniture, grills, and outdoor heaters.
What is the difference between a garden center and a nursery?
The terms garden center and nursery are often used interchangeably, but they do have some differences in their meanings. Here are the main differences between the two:
- Size: Nurseries are typically larger than garden centers. They often grow their own plants on-site and may have acres of land devoted to plant production, while garden centers are usually smaller and may not have the same amount of space for growing plants.
- Focus: Nurseries focus primarily on plant production and may offer a wider variety of plant species, including trees and shrubs, as well as flowers and vegetables. Garden centers, on the other hand, may offer a wider variety of gardening supplies, such as tools, pots, fertilizers, and pesticides, in addition to plants.
- Seasonality: Nurseries tend to be more seasonal than garden centers, with a focus on planting and growing in the spring and summer months. Garden centers may offer gardening supplies and services year-round, including seasonal items such as holiday decorations.
- Expertise: Nurseries often have staff who are knowledgeable in plant production and can offer advice on growing plants, while garden centers may have staff who are knowledgeable in a wider range of gardening topics, including landscaping and lawn care.
In summary, nurseries tend to focus on plant production and have a wider variety of plant species, while garden centers tend to offer a wider variety of gardening supplies and may be more focused on year-round gardening needs.
What is a garden nursery bed?
A garden nursery bed is a designated area within a garden or greenhouse where plants are grown for the purpose of propagation, transplantation, and eventual sale or distribution. It is typically a raised bed that's filled with soil and compost and may be covered with a protective covering such as a shade cloth or plastic sheeting to regulate temperature and humidity. Professional growers and home gardeners alike use garden nursery beds to start seeds, cultivate cuttings, and grow young plants until they are ready to be transplanted into larger containers or directly into the garden.
Last night, around 5pm, I hear several overhead pages for help in the garden center. Maybe four calls over fifteen minutes. Then, the associate that was paging found a radio and pleaded for help because her shift had been over and she was alone out there. No response.
I am not a manager anymore, but I have a radio (because I like stress, I guess). So, I start making my way out to L&G and asking who I need to send out there to work for the rest of the second shift. I get confused responses from a few unrelated coaches. Neither the TL nor the Coach for L&G are working and no one knows about any staffing plan.
When I get there, I find the only associate working out there is a smaller woman from the apparel departments. She had been left by herself. She was originally paging for help for her customer (who is still there and being patient) who needs help loading a giant grill.
I grabbed the grill for the customer. The apparel associate and I start checking him out when one of remaining coaches arrives from the opposite side of the building. She helps us team-lift this giant grill into the customers truck. The coach thanks me for responding and suggests that I take over so the apparel associate can go home. However, the front end has already made arrangements to steal me in about twenty minutes.
She sends the apparel associate home. Her only option is to close the Garden Center, so I help to close and lock up.
This scenario happened because our store has not hired enough people to operate this department. The Garden Center needs at least two people in the department to stay open as it is also a store entry. The department has a Team Lead and only one associate, neither of whom were scheduled yesterday.
Due to this lack of coverage, we probably lost some sales in this department yesterday. However, I do believe the coach mentioned above made the right decision.
When we, as a company, do not make hiring, training, and retention a priority; the work doesn't get done. I hope our corporate leadership someday realizes that you need people to do your work. If we continue to shave store payroll, we will lose more sales; either due to lack of service or product availability.
TL;DR: We had to close our Garden Center for half the day because no one works here.
What is the typical month that they open it?