Member Benefits:

         GCA currently offers its members:

• Specialty tours at various times of the year (Summer Tour - Holiday Tour)
• Peer networking
• Member assistance through a toll free phone number and email
• Bimonthly electronic newsletter "The Retailer"
• Weekly E-News
• Surveys specific to the industry
• Regional educational conferences focusing on industry specific issues
• Dedicated professional association staff
• Affordable dues schedule for all sizes of garden centers
• State of the art interactive Web site
• Free listing of your garden center through the GCA web site
• A Free Listing on Lawn and Garden Search ($300 value) – one of the nation’s largest online directories of home and garden businesses.
• Discounted Pricing for all of GCA’s tours and events.  This also includes saving money on your buying trips to America’s Mart in Atlanta (free room night - $200 value) and Dallas ($200 voucher for Home and Gift Show).
• Exclusive Opportunities to set you apart from your competitor down the street - including GCA’s Exclusive Plant Program, Trees for Troops, and many others.
• Best Management Practices – provides the most current operating tools and BMP’s to help better operate your garden center through peer networking and member information.