Indoor Gardening Poised to be the Next Big Thing with Launch of New ‘Modern Homesteading’ at Cultivate’16

A must-attend event at this year’s Cultivate is the unveiling of Modern Homesteading, an exclusive certified dealer program to fast track independent garden centers into the exploding indoor growing market.

Created by Sunlight Supply, the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of year-round gardening supplies, this new program provides forward thinking IGCs a turn-key solution to take advantage of the year-round gardening movement and to meet the growing demand for organic food 365-days-a-year.

Sunlight Supply’s founder, Craig Hargreaves, wants to help IGCs be part of that year-round gardening movement. “Gardening indoors makes it easy for anyone to grow fresh year-round, no matter the season, weather or conditions, either in kitchens or classrooms,” he says. “And with the growing challenges to gardening outdoors brought on by severe climate conditions, soil infertility and pest issues, growing food indoors is not only easy, but necessary.”

Are You Going to IGC?

The IGC Show (Independent Garden Center Show) is the world's largest educational resource for independent garden centers. Held at Chicago's Navy Pier Tuesday August 21-23, IGC is the best place to learn from our industry's thought-leaders, trend-setters and rising stars.  Before you arrive, we'd like to introduce you to a few of our all stars!

Introducing BrazelBerries™ the first ever consumer ready blueberry, grown by Fall Creek Farm and Nursery.  These varieties are like nothing you've seen before. With exquisite ornamental qualities and amazing fruit, these deliciously beautiful shrubs are not to be missed. 
~ Booth #2017


Come check out a brand new product by RESCUE!® Never before seen, to be unveiled at IGC. From stink bugs to Japanese beetles, RESCUE!® provides safe solutions for your home and family.  
~ Booth #733


If you're looking for new plant varieties with color and ease of growing, Hines Growers are your best bet. Their new and unique Bloomtastic! plants are easy to grow, with fantastic color all season long.  
~ Booth #2715

With the recent rise of the lawn reform movement, American Beauties Native Plants specializes in meadows and attracting wildlife. This ground breaking program offers proven solutions for your landscape while creating beautiful garden habitats for desirable wildlife.  
~ Booth #516


 ~ James
Garden Media Group
 

IGC 2011

Today, the largest trade show for independent garden centers opens in Chicago! We've sent Suzi and Kathleen out to the Windy City (lucky them) to track down the latest trends and uncover new gardening products and plants at the 5th annual Independent Garden Center show. They'll have a lot of ground to cover with more than 1,000 vendor booths across 5 acres of the Navy Pier. Hope they brought comfortable walking shoes!

They'll be tweeting away, so be sure to follow them at @SuziMcCoyGMG and @KatGMG for the latest and greatest at the show!

-Stacey

GMG