Helping the Garden Industry Thrive
If you’ve been thinking about going to the Summer Mailorder Gardening Association conference in Minneapolis (July 15 – 17), pick up the phone and make your reservations now. Our block of rooms is reserved through today and because the hotel is filled with other conferences, any unsold rooms are likely to be snapped up quickly.
It promises to be an outstanding program. Among the speakers are: (Click on the headline for more…)
The National Hardware Show in Las Vegas is just a few weeks away, and I’m dusting off my walking shoes. With over 900 exhibitors in the Lawn, Garden and Outdoor Living category alone, it’s not a place for the faint-of-foot. I’ll be attending Tuesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 6. If you’d like to meet, please let me know. I’d love to sit down (!) and chat over a cup of coffee.
I just signed up for the Spring conference of the New England Mail Order Association (more commonly known as NEMOA), and I’m hoping to see you there. Attendees include a diverse group of direct marketers, including… (Click on the headline for more.)
The conference brochure for the Mailorder Gardening Association (MGA) Winter 2009 conference, January 5 to 7 in Baltimore, just arrived and it’s chock full of excellent reasons to attend: (Click on headline for more…)
Last year, Nursery Retailer and Garden Chic magazines launched the Independent Garden Center Show, devoted exclusively to garden center products and experts. It was a first-rate show with a large collection of unusual, high quality merchandise on display.
This year’s show runs from Tuesday, August 19 through Thursday, August 21 at the Chicago Navy Pier, and I’m looking forward to attending.
In addition to the exhibit hall, two full days of lectures are also offered. Many topics are specific to garden centers, but quite a few deal with trends, markets, organics, and other topics of equal interest to catalogers and online marketers.
Please let me know if you plan to attend the show. I’d love to meet!
