East Coast Garden Center named one of Today’s Garden Center’s Revolutionary 100

East Coast Garden Center joined the ranks of the horticulture industry’s top local garden centers when it was named one of Today’s Garden Center magazine’s Revolutionary 100 Garden Centers for 2015.

The Revolutionary 100 program, which began in 2006, surveys garden center owners and managers on how they run their businesses. These retailers compete in a variety of areas that reveal their business health and how they impact their local communities. The Revolutionary 100 is open to all local garden centers, large and small.

“East Coast Garden Center is honored to be recognized as a top 100 Revolutionary Garden Center once again. Finding new and alternative ways to educate, excite and expand our product base and all that we have to offer has been our main focus this past year,” says Karen Fox, manager.

Garden center owners and managers across the United States fill out an extensive online questionnaire covering topics such as customer and community service, management philosophy, marketing, use of technology, purchasing and profitability.

The Cordrey family has formed multiple divisions over the years and continues to grow in its local mission. It started with RSC Landscaping Ltd. in 1990 and soon grew to include East Coast Garden Center along with the Growing Department, The Cordrey Center, and most recently Cordrey Charities Inc. The property which houses these divisions includes 16 acres, and 70 greenhouse and display gardens.

“The garden centers that made this year’s list are an exceptional group of forward-thinking, independent retailers who understand that their customers constantly evolve. The Revolutionary 100 strive to provide what customers need to succeed in the gardening lifestyle,” says Today’s Garden Center Group Editor Carol Miller. “We are proud to call them revolutionary.”

The 2015 Revolutionary 100 Awards program is run by the garden retail trade magazine Today’s Garden Center and is sponsored by AmericanHort, the national association for the garden industry.

More information on the Revolutionary 100, including the complete listing, can be found in the January 2015 issue of Today’s Garden Center magazine and at TodaysGardenCenter.com.