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Last chance to enroll in Garden Center University Class of 2014

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Second semester will focus on management challenges

| June 15, 2012

Garden Center University is now enrolling for the Class of 2014. The second semester of GCU Class of 2014 is meeting July 12 through 14 in Columbus, just before the OFA show.

The three-day meeting includes a “Business-on-Board” bus tour of five top garden center sand two days of class time covering a range of management challenges from calculating your cost of space to planning your own traffic flow, managing margins and identifying your own personal style of leadership.

Garden Center University is in its 10th year with over 170 graduates, and gives owners and managers essential management skills together with the best network in the industry. Applicants can still join the Class of 2012, but after this semester, the class will be closed until 2014. For full details and featured graduates, visit the Garden Center University website.

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