AmericanHort Connect - May 2016

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Fresh Ideas, Inspiration & Excitement from the 2016 California Spring Trials By Sherry L. Johnson, CMP, CEM

It’s hard to believe that another California Spring Trials has come and gone. If you had a chance to attend this year’s event, you know that each stop was filled with fresh ideas, inspiration, and lots of excitement over what is to come in our industry. If you weren’t able to make it this year, allow us to share some of what we saw during our journey.

Fresh Ideas It’s a whole new world of consumers and it’s changing by the minute. From messaging to social media to key social issues, the focus continues to move and the race is on to stay relevant.

We saw lots of ideas at Spring Trials this year that were consistent with the SHIFT insights. For example at Proven Winners (page 4) we saw messaging and marketing that appealed to the consumer in their language. We know that language that implies work scares people and the example you see here focuses on the finished product rather than the work. The plants around the signage are also in the same color focus appealing to the consumer who buys with their more on page 4…

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It’s a whole new world of consumers and it’s changing by the minute. In 2014, AmericanHort launched a research initiative called SHIFT. Within the resulting research are nearly 30 insights which deal with many aspects of the industry and how we reach consumers including how we speak to consumers in a language that is easy to understand, educate them on plants, reach them through social media, and support causes that are important to them. Connect: An AmericanHort Member Benefit

Making the Pitch

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Underutilized Perennials for the Landscape 6 Member Spotlight: Windmill Nursery

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Memorial Scholarship Continues Carville Akehurt’s Legacy of Improving the Horticulture Industry 10 AmericanHort: Doing it all, all for you—365 days a year

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