AGRIMART: YOUR GUIDE TO START A SUCCESSFUL PLANT NURSERY

AGRIMART: YOUR GUIDE TO START A SUCCESSFUL PLANT NURSERY

Author: D. Rajasekhar

Publisher: kitab writing publication

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9360920002

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"Agrimart: Your Guide to Starting a Successful Plant Nursery" takes readers on a captivating journey through the creation and nurturing of a plant nursery with a supermarket concept. From visionary planning and diverse inventory selection to mastering plant care and effective marketing, the book provides a comprehensive roadmap for aspiring entrepreneurs. It explores the challenges faced in the competitive world of plant nurseries and offers practical solutions for growth and sustainability. Rooted in real-life success stories and enriched with valuable resources, this guide encourages readers to cultivate their green-thumb dreams and blossom into successful nursery owners. Agrimart is not just a business venture; it's an inspiring and sustainable journey into the heart of horticulture entrepreneurship.


Nursery Management

Nursery Management

Author: John Mason

Publisher: Landlinks Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780643090248

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Annotation. Nursery Management second edition is an introduction to setting up and running profitable and efficient nursery businesses covering production, wholesale and retail nurseries at various scales of operation. The book discusses all the practical aspects of nursery management from site selection, production systems, and plant propagation through to materials and equipment. Conventional as well as non-chemical biological control measures for pests, weeds and disease control are included. Management issues for production nurseries, wholesalers and retail nurseries are treated separately for each operation and cover products and services, budgeting, production management, work scheduling and staffing. The chapter on marketing looks at the major changes that have taken place in the nursery industry, particularly the roles that landscapers, garden centres and hardware stores now play in retailing. It covers market research, promotions, distribution and consumer laws and shows the operator how to define the scope of their operation to fit their resources and how to sell their product for maximum return. This accessible guide is essential reading for anyone considering entering the nursery industry, and for those already in the business. Covers production, wholesale and retail nurseries Discusses practical aspects of site selection, disease control, production systems and equipment Explores marketing issues including distribution and relevant consumer law.


So You Want to Start a Nursery

So You Want to Start a Nursery

Author: Tony Avent

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2003-07-11

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1604690186

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When Avent announced that he was quitting his job to build a specialty nursery, his former horticulture professor begged his student to reconsider, telling him he couldn't possibly make a profit "without doing something illegal." More than ten years and 20 nursery catalogs later, Avent owns a thriving national business with nearly 30 employees. He wrote So You Want to Start a Nursery to debunk myths about the ornamental-plants nursery business and what it takes to succeed, whether you're a backyard hobbyist or a wholesale grower. (And he still has a clean arrest record.) Assuming that the reader has some basic knowledge about how plants are grown, Avent focuses on the business and planning concerns of the nursery owner. While recounting humorous stories of his baptism by fire as a beginning nurseryman, Avent also provides a primer on the nursery industry as a whole, with discussions of the merits and disadvantages of retail, wholesale, mail-order, and liner operations, to name just a few. Readers of this book will obtain the tools they need to make a business plan of their own. This book is a must-read for horticulture students, industry insiders, and advanced gardeners who dream of turning their passion for plants into a job they love.


Nursery Manual for Native Plants

Nursery Manual for Native Plants

Author: R. Kasten Dumroese

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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In 2001, the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Virtual Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetics Resources (RNGR), invited Native Americans from across the United States to attend the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association annual meeting. About 25 tribal members, representing 20 tribes, attended the meeting at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. The following year, a similar meeting was held in Olympia, Washington, and tribal members initiated a Tribal Nursery Council and requested that RNGR facilitate the organization. During 2003, RNGR requested information from 560 tribes across the United States, seeking specific information on tribes' needs for native plants, facilities, training, and so on. Results from the responding 77 tribes were incorporated into the Tribal Nursery Needs Assessment. Based on the results of that questionnaire, and input from tribal members attending the 2003 Intertribal Nursery Council meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, it was agreed that a nursery handbook was needed. That fall, planning began for writing the manual, loosely based on Agriculture Handbook 674, The Container Tree Nursery Manual, but with special attention to the uniqueness of Native American cultures.