Four Receive Rising Retail Stars Award

Washington, D.C.?EUR??,,????'??+The American Nursery & Landscape Association, through its retail division, the National Garden Center Organization, presented Rising Retail Star awards at its management clinic to Richard and Debbie Weber of Springhouse Gardens, Ky. (had 20% sales increase in 2003 and doubled contractor sales in the last 12 months); Steve Wilson of Wilson?EUR??,,????'???s Greenhouse, Saskatoon, Canada (annual sales of $677,000, despite only 164 days a year of temperatures above freezing); and Jeff Bailey of America?EUR??,,????'???s Best Flowers, Wis., who manages Ed & Carol Knapton?EUR??,,????'???s Garden Center (credited for significant sales growth).