GCPS has been Sold

Garden Center Product Source and its three sister trade publications have been sold to GIE Media.Branch-Smith Publishing, publisher of Greenhouse Management & Production, Nursery Management and Production, Garden Center, and Garden Center Product Source
was acquired by GIE Media, a leading B-to-B media company with offices
in seven major US and Canadian markets. GIE is a privately held company
active in trade magazine publishing, web sites and interactive media,
conferences and trade shows, reference books and directories, and
market databases with nearly 100 employees nation-wide.Branch-Smith,
a family owned business established in 1915, and based in Fort Worth,
Texas, will focus on its printing operations specializing in books,
catalogs, directories and other print products.

A New World Record?

Birdola,
of Grand Rapids Michigan, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary by
producing what they say is the largest bird seed cake in the world. The
seven hundred pound cake is on display in Grand Rapids. Click here for details.