Save The Date: Perennial Plant Symposium
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Perennial Plant Symposium and Trade Show will take place Aug. 5-11, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. The weeklong symposium includes lectures, workshops, tours and a trade show. This event is dedicated to education and networking for the perennial industry. Attendees include growers, retailers, wholesalers, designers, contractors, educators, garden writers and other professionals in the perennial industry.
To kick off the event, optional tours and workshops will be taking place on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, attendees will get the chance to tour Columbus, visiting German Village and Victorian Village Garden as well as Eastern Ohio Garden Center. Monday’s tours include Perennials in Public Spaces and Landscape Design Garden Tour.
For attendees in the retail program, some workshops include Gardening Pathways for Profits and Profit-Pop’ing, Keeping Perennials in Top Notch Selling Condition and How Combo Containers Can Enhance Your Profits, all taking place on Tuesday.
A professional tour of nurseries and garden centers will take place on Wednesday. Attendees will visit Chadwick Arboretum and Inniswood Botanic Garden. More optional tours will be offered the final two days.
More retail workshops will be offered on Thursday, including How To Make Your Garden Center Unique, Creating Loyalty To Your Garden Center and Using Creativity and Humor to Market Your Garden Center. Besides the retail programs, attendees can participate in the design and grower programs.
For more information, contact the Perennial Plant Association at [email protected] or (614) 771-8431.
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