A newly revised book, Establishing and Operating a Garden Center: Requirements and Costs, discusses planning, capital investments, product mixes, labor, customer profiles, garden center layouts, pricing, advertising, and financial analysis. Two example businesses are analyzed throughout the book: one with annual sales of $1 million and another with annual sales of $350,000. The 66-page book is for potential and current garden center owners, their business advisors, educators, and researchers. (2002)
Current commercial horticultural information from the Cooperative Extension Office in Kent County Delaware, an outreach arm of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Delaware.