MANAGEMENT Looking to staff up your IGC? Three garden centers share what they look for in staff - and how they keep them engaged. By Teresa McPherson 6 | LAWN & GARDEN RETAILER | THRIVING IN 2022 When do you start hiring retail staff for the spring season? J.D. Boone, owner of Dothan Nurseries in Dothan, Alabama: Our spring really gets started around March 1, and I used to start pulling in some extra part-time people in mid-February, which really was not enough time to get them acclimated. So now I've got two or three lined up that we'll get in around mid-January just to