After decreasing for the past few years, vegetable gardening is on the rise thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. And that means more business to the farms that cater to all those green thumbs.
âI think gardening will be on the upswing â unless people found out from last year it will be harder than they thought,â said Bill LaPlant, owner of LaPlantâs Lawn & Property Maintenance, grows vegetable and flower starts at his nursery in Lyons, New York.
The nursery serves both the landscaping business and sells to home gardeners and hobby farmers.
In response to the supply chain disruptions last spring, many consumers turned to vegetable gardening to gain some certainty about where their food was coming from.
After decreasing for the past few years, vegetable gardening is on the rise thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. And that means more business to the farms that cater to all those green thumbs.
âI think gardening will be on the upswing â unless people found out from last year it will be harder than they thought,â said Bill LaPlant, owner of LaPlantâs Lawn & Property Maintenance, grows vegetable and flower starts at his nursery in Lyons, New York.
The nursery serves both the landscaping business and sells to home gardeners and hobby farmers.
In response to the supply chain disruptions last spring, many consumers turned to vegetable gardening to gain some certainty about where their food was coming from.
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Vermont Business Magazine Gardener’s Supply Company, one of the nation’s largest multi-channel marketers of gardening products and accessories, has announced that Jim Feinson, CEO, has stepped down as of the end of 2020. Feinson joined Burlington-based Gardener’s Supply Company in February 1988 and became President in 1999 and CEO in 2008. Under his leadership, the company transformed their catalog marketing business to online marketing, increased new product development and expanded to four retail garden centers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Feinson will continue to contribute to the success of the company as an Advisory Board Member. The current President, Cindy Turcot, will be promoted to President and CEO. Turcot is a founding employee of Gardener’s Supply and previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.