Re: succulents

You got it going on Zem, wish every Home Depot had a manager like you!!

On 8/22/08, Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com> wrote:
>
> I will.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Zemuly Sanders
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 3:30 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] succulents
>
> I'm at #704, which is the Home Depot across from Wolf Chase Galleria off
> G'town Parkway.  Come see me.
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynda Young" <lyoung@grindertaber.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 1:22 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] succulents
>
>
> > Zem, which location is your store if I can ask?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Zemuly Sanders
> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 11:27 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] succulents
> >
> > I can honestly tell you that, while you are right about Lowe's and
> > WalMart, the Home Depot where I work depends on the garden department
> > to carry the store.  We get awesome plants, mostly from local growers.
> > The tropicals and succulents do come from Florida and Texas, but the
> > shrubs and trees come predominately from Tennessee and South Carolina.
> > My store might be unique, but I try very hard to "create the fantasy"
> > that we are special.  I have no qualms about referring customers to
> > our locally owned nurseries (probably because I know a lot of those
> > owners personally), and  we also do a huge business with landscape
> > contractors along with less knowledgable gardeners.
> > I'm not sure the Home Depot was ready for my non-box store approach,
> > but I can prove on paper that it's working.  I really believe it's
> > part of my responsibility to educate potential gardeners and not to
> > simply sell suff to them, and I've encouraged lots of customers to get
> > involved with local plant societies and certainly to visit the Mempis
> > Botanic Garden.  No one mentions the resident cats any more since we
> > had no rodent or sparrow damage last winter.  And now children come to
> > our nursery specifically to play with Alphonse, the big male.  I'm
> > still having a great time.
> > zem
> > zone 7
> > West TN
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:29 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] succulents
> >
> >
> >> Hi Noreen
> >>
> >> I know exactly what you are saying.  What was once rare is no longer
> >> really rare in the market place however the folks with money are
> >> quite often the collectors who are willing to pay a premium for fine
> >> plant material from reputable growers.  For the greater number of
> >> consumers who can't really tell the difference between a succulent
> >> and a woody shrub they shop at where ever they can get the least
> >> expensive material in the largest pot.  Since the big box stores use
> >> plants as a lost leader to bring in customers the smaller growers are
> >> really having a hard time.  Rare plants is one way they are trying to
> >> stay in the business without selling their souls to Lowes and Walmart.
> >> David
> >>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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