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The EcoTarium has long run a camp site with hundreds of forested acres where kids could more firsthand learn about the outdoors. But the Worcester natural history museum found in more recent years it wasn't easy to get kids out there, and the EcoTarium moved away from longer cabin stays to day trips. Now the EcoTarium has sold the property, finding it could replicate much of the educational components at its Worcester site. "It was a tough decision because it was a beautiful piece of land... but it didn't make sense for us to have it anymore," EcoTarium President and CEO Lucy Hale said. "It w...

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ: CENT, CENTA), a Walnut Creek, California-based market leader in the Garden and Pet industries, is to acquire Green Garden Products, previously known as Plantation Products, for $532m from private equity firm Freeman Spogli & Co and other shareholders. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of fiscal 2021, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval. The addition of Green Garden’s brands will expand the Central portfolio into an adjacent category and strengthen the company’s relationship with major retailers. L...

Green Garden Products to Be Acquired by Central Garden & Pet News provided by Share this article Share this article NORTON, Mass., Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Garden Products, a leading supplier of branded consumable gardening products, announced today that it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ: CENT, CENTA) ("Central"), a market leader in the Garden and Pet industries, for $532 million.  The transaction is expected to close in the first calendar quarter of 2021, subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approval. The transaction...