The author, a business consultant who began his career working with nurseries and garden centers, brings perspectives from other markets to help garden centers compete with the other lifestyle choices their customers face when spending their leisure dollars. He offers advice on selecting a location, obtaining financing, hiring, making the sales, creating displays and signs, doing business on the Web, and adding a coffee shop in a garden center. B&w photos are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)