Horticulture

THE GARDEN CENTER’S GRIP

when gardeners enter a garden center. We change. Suddenly, somehow, we’re overcome with this vague yet powerful, transcendental feeling of liberation, and we become aware of money we probably have and hopefully won’t otherwise need. It’s like, mentally, we become much richer people. Embraced by racks and racks filled to the gills with

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