Garden center owner among 2014 Great American Gardeners award recipients

The American Horticultural Society (AHS) recently announced  the Society’s 2014 Great American Gardeners Awards. Individuals, organizations, and companies that receive these awards represent the best in American gardening and horticulture. Each has contributed significantly to fields such as plant research, garden communication, landscape design, youth gardening, floral design, and teaching.

Dale L. Bachman, CEO of Bachman's garden centers in Minneapolis, Minn., was among the recipients, and received the Paul Ecke Jr. Commerical Award.

AHS wrote this about Bachman on its website with the announcement: Dale L. Bachman is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Bachman's, a Twin-Cities/St. Cloud, Minnesota, chain of floral, gift, home, and garden centers. Founded in 1885, Bachman's is now in its fifth generation as a family-run business. Dale, who started with the company in 1972, has led its growth in an ever-changing marketplace by opening several new garden centers in the Minneapolis metropolitan region, adding services, and diversifying product lines. He assisted in creating a wholesale nursery division, instituting indoor and outdoor landscaping services, and establishing greenhouses and a 600-plus-acre growing range for producing much of what is sold at Bachman's retail stores.

For more, visit the AHS website.