Doing interiorscaping in addition to growing. Establishing inventory control. Scheduling production on the basis of past sales. Maintaining low sales overhead. Mechanizing to reduce labor.
Some nurseries join others to combine marketing, billing, shipping, and retailing.
It discusses employment regulations and marketing liabilities such as warranties in direct marketing. Acres Enough Foliage plants nurseries range in size from backyards to 60 to 70 acres. A North Carolina grower, self-described as a nonworkaholic, is surviving on a full time basis with 30,000 square feet and nine greenhouses, a prefabricated portable hut, and a coldframe. In the Deep South some growers shade plants and don't build greenhouses. Insulation and heating methods change.