What Could I Possibly Know to Make You Wiser?

I’m not sure. But I believe that none of us knows enough to know all we need to know each day, and that all processes, systems, and standards are imperfect. However, I try to bend understanding, reflection, experience, and intuition as I think and often shift my perspective in real-time through learning and discovery.

At age 75, with over 50 years as a contributor to the green industry businesses, I am honored to share my perspective with you. So, let’s make this breakout session about you, starting with you sending me questions, topics, or situations you think will help each of us become a bit Wiser. We will likely find that our collective perspectives are a valuable source of wisdom.

To Be Announced

Wiser is as Wiser Does:  OG Over 50 Edition

Learn how to impart your wisdom effectively. Send your older people.

Ask, Learn, Lead:  Getting Wiser About HR in Raleigh
(Owners & Managers) 

Got HR questions? We've got answers. "Getting Wiser About HR in Raleigh" is your chance to engage directly with our HR expert in a fast-paced, interactive Q&A session. This is your chance to get expert, practical answers about any HR matter on the spot.

Join fellow Garden Center Group leaders for real-time dialogue, helpful solutions, and advice you can put into action immediately. Come ready to ask—and leave ready to lead!

Wiser in Winter Vegetable Program

Get ready to dig deep and grow wiser this winter! Making healthy food choices is important to many people right now, and freshly harvested food tastes incredible and is so much better than anything you buy at the grocery store. Are you a retail grower who has greenhouse space that sits empty during the fall and winter months? Then lead the way in the healthy eating movement and become a leader in your community by growing fresh vegetables for sale during the winter and starting a Winter Farmer’s Market.

Vic can guide you in what, when, why, and how to wisely make that empty space profitable, even during the off-season. Growing food is more than just planting seeds—it's about sustainably growing your community. This winter, Get Wiser and make your garden center flourish.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Topic

Tom Kegley

Selling Health & Well-Being

How to capture and engage wellness to consumers

John Kennedy &
Souny Kennedy

Get Wiser with E-Commerce:  a Panel Discussion led by John & Souny Kennedy

With all the newness and noise around E-Commerce in the horticulture industry, join John & Souny Kennedy, and a panel of retailers and suppliers, who have cracked the code and created an affordable, easy-to-navigate solution for revenue generation “beyond the brick and mortar”—E-Commerce Connect.

With a gathering of Garden Center Group Members who are earlier adopters of the platform and Partners for Success who are leading the way for IGC’s to get into the E-Comm space, the audience will learn about how accelerating towards the convenience economy may be the perfect balance to your experience economy offering discussed in the kick-off keynote address presented earlier in the day.

From drop-shipping and endless aisle offerings to labor reduction and inventory controls, this panel will have you rethinking how wise it may be to consider joining the E-Commerce Connect Program.

Wiser is as Wiser Will Do:  Under 50 Edition

How to Find, Receive, and Share Wisdom Effectively. Send your younger people.

Effective Visual Merchandising

Visual Merchandising is the cherry on top of projecting your garden center’s unique vision. Learn the foundation of what it takes to create exciting, attractive, and profitable displays and stock areas. Go from just experimentation and trial and error to feeling empowered to implement tried and true techniques. Walk away feeling equipped with the mindset necessary to mentor and coach your team, display inspiration, and a new excitement around enhancing your customer experience.