June 2020 - 10

HEADLINES
NGB Actively Promoting Victory
Garden 2.0
Projects will be released regularly and are intended to
provide independent garden centers with some fun ideas
to share with their customers, says Meghan Owens, Proven
Winners retail account manager.
Both indoor and outdoor projects will be released, and
some will have accompanying videos. In addition, PDFs,
videos and a social media graphics will be available that IGCs
can use to promote the project on Proven Winners' Club
Sprout Google Drive at www.pwwin.rs/clubsprout.
For 100 years, National Garden Bureau (NGB) has been
inspiring and educating the public to garden.
The original Victory Gardens were started during WW I
when food was scarce. NGB founder James H. Burdett was
called to Washington D.C. to help the U.S. government form
the National War Commission. This commission helped
educate and train home gardeners to grow their own food.
Between the two wars, Burdett founded the National Garden
Bureau. Then, in 1943, after the U.S. entered World War II, Mr.
Burdett wrote the original " Victory Garden Manual. "
When the COVID-19 pandemic was becoming a reality earlier
this year, National Garden Bureau decided to " relaunch " the
Victory Garden program and dubbed it Victory Garden 2.0.
The relaunch initially was one blog post giving tips about how
to plan a Victory Garden.
When the interest of that post skyrocketed (getting more
than 4,000 shares on Facebook alone!), additional blog
posts were added over subsequent weeks. There are now five
blogs in the series with more to come, located at www.ngb.
org/2020/03/23/victory-garden-2-0.
For more information about this program and/or
membership in National Garden Bureau, email Diane Blazek
at blazekdiane@gmail.com.
Proven Winners Launches Kids'
Gardening Program
Proven Winners recently
announced it has launched
Club Sprout, a gardening
program developed specifically
for kids.
It is intended to help
children develop a life-long
appreciation of gardening
while growing closer to their
families. Club Sprouts will
include garden-based educational activities for children
ages 5-10 where they will learn about the care involved in
planning, nurturing and enjoying the benefits of gardening
and environmental stewardship.
Each project provides the following:
* A Social Media Graphic to Promote the Project
* A Materials List and Step-by-Step Instructions
* Video content from Garden Answer (where applicable)
10 | LAWN & GARDEN RETAILER | JUNE 2020
New Partnership Eases Sales for
Retailers and Vendors
A new partnership between green industry experts offers
a revolutionary system for buying groups, retailers, vendors,
and brands to simplify and improve the ordering process.
OrderEase (formerly LinkGreen) and Marketing Garden, the
distributors of The Perfect Plant, have joined forces to create
a seamless, comprehensive, fully-integrated ordering system
that reduces costs, improves accuracy and speeds fulfillment
for users on all sides of the buying process.
The partnership, while targeted to provide ease of sales
and ordering for retailers and vendors, also allows brands and
customers to come together in virtual industry trade shows
throughout the year. Through the companies' technology,
green industry brands showcase new products while easing
the ordering process with real-time chat options between
buyer and seller. With most on-site trade shows shuttered
for the near future, the technology easily creates virtual
" booths, " where sales reps can discuss the features and
benefits of their products and customers can view products.
Utilizing Marketing Garden's revolutionary platform,
The Perfect Plant, for garden retailer websites and in-store
customer engagement, the partnership provides support
for OrderEases's clients, which include De Vroomen Bulbs,
Scotts Miracle-Gro Canada, Garden Works USA, J.C. Bakker,
Aquascape, Grodan, Century Tool & Die, among others. By
forming a partnership with Marketing Garden, OrderEase
plans to help its customers transition their processes into
a digital, cost-effective solution perfect for enhanced staff
training and customer engagement.
" There are great synergies between OrderEase and
Marketing Garden, " said Warren Patterson, president and
CEO of OrderEase. " Their easy-to-use software enhances staff
training and customer engagement, benefiting retailers and
brands, while we are focused on streamlining the ordering
process for retailers, distributors and brands. Together, we
offer a true end-to-end solution for the industry. "
Merging the benefits of both companies results in costeffective
solutions for green industries. While Marketing
Garden's The Perfect Plant technology provides staff support,
customer engagement and enhanced customer service,
OrderEase connects retailers and wholesalers to all their
channels through online product catalogs and a centralized
order hub.
To learn more about OrderEase, go to www.orderease.
com. For more information about Marketing Garden and
The Perfect Plant, visit themarketinggarden.com/theperfect-plant.
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