Category Archives: Events

Mailorder Gardening Associaiton Conference Preview

November 10, 2008 – 4:15 am

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…)

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See You at the Independent Garden Center Show?

August 8, 2008 – 4:15 am

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!

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See You At The MGA Conference?

July 4, 2008 – 4:15 am

The summer conference of the Mailorder Gardening Association is just around the corner (July 15-18 in Colorado Springs), and I’m especially excited about the program. For starters, we’ll enjoy a return visit by Kip Creel of Standpoint Marketing Research. At the January conference, Kip dazzled us with an amazingly insightful presentation on marketing gardening products to younger buyers.

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