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With over 35 years of industry experience and close to 30 years of helping independent garden centers connect with their customers, we’ve crafted over 500 articles for website content, social media, as well as contributing to trade publications. Put Sunrise Marketing to work for your business.

This new program allows us to dig deeper into your business and what makes you unique. This means we’ll help you promote what you want to sell, when you want to sell it with accurate local information for your customers. We can incorporate specific information on plant or products that are unique to your business.

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July 2023 content planning survey

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September Article Options

Why Fall Is One of the Best Times to Plant Cooler temperatures, warm soil, less transplant stress, and strong root development.
Watering Wisely 'Don’t Put the Garden to Bed Yet: September Is for Planting Counter the misconception that the gardening season ends after Labor Day.n July and August Heat Practical tips on deep watering, morning watering, containers, new plantings, and avoiding shallow daily watering.
Plant Now for a Better Spring Garden Trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and other plants that benefit from fall establishment.
Fall Color Beyond Mums Perennials, ornamental grasses, shrubs, foliage plants, and late-blooming annuals.
5 Perennials That Shine in the Fall Garden Sedum, asters, rudbeckia, anemone, ornamental grasses, etc., adjusted for each client's inventory/region.
The Fall Pollinator Garden: Keep the Buffet Open Why late-season flowers are important for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
Fall Is for Trees: Why September Is a Great Time to Plant A strong educational and sales-support article for trees and larger shrubs.
Should You Cut Back Your Perennials in Fall? What to cut, what to leave, and why leaving some stems and seed heads can benefit wildlife.
Fall Lawn Repair: September's Most Important Lawn Jobs Seeding, overseeding, aeration, fertilization, weeds, and repairing summer damage.
September Garden Checklist A practical month-by-month piece covering planting, watering, lawn care, cleanup, dividing, and planning.
Divide and Conquer: Perennials You Can Divide This Fall A useful how-to article that naturally encourages customers to rethink and expand perennial beds.
Planting Spring-Blooming Bulbs: Your Fall Investment in Spring Color Tulips, daffodils, alliums, crocus, and strategies for designing a succession of bloom.
Add a Second Season of Interest with Ornamental Grasses Fall flowers, movement, texture, winter structure, and pairing grasses with perennials.
Refresh, Don't Replace: How to Revive a Tired Late-Summer Landscape Identify gaps, remove declining annuals, add fall color, mulch, edge, and introduce a few strategic new plants.
Walk Your Garden Now and Plan for Next Year September is an excellent time to identify gaps in color, privacy, shade, screening, and seasonal interest while everything is still visible.

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September Video Options - Garden Answer (PW & Espoma)

It’s Time to Plant Fall Crops & Repotting a Gardenia! https://youtu.be/iHPmAT8LyAg?si=ynat1_VpRrfJsleB
Trying The New Candy Floss Ornamental Grass In Our Garden! https://youtu.be/-O3hTtvtT8E?si=vBV_rfY_m92vLyQz
The best and worst annuals of the year. https://youtu.be/0F65_JAO18Q?si=oI-Ee8rVWPipnjsh

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