August 14-17, Houston, Texas
Nursery/Landscape Expo offers opportunities to learn about industry trends, hear about industry practices from your peers and from industry experts, experience the breadth and depth of the green industry under one roof, laugh with old friends and meet new ones, find the best deals from the best dealers in the Southwest, plan your next year with the right people at the right place.
Come join us at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas for this award-winning trade show!
For more information, visit www.nurserylandscapeexpo.org.
Expo is Bigger and Better
Nursery/Landscape Expo has been hard at work to create a bigger and better show than ever before. We’ve listened to your ideas and have been making the changes we’ve heard from our new and long-time exhibitors. This is what you can expect for Expo 2008:
- The Education Lounge is back with seven speakers and seven opportunities for your company to sponsor each event. This is one of our most popular events with many attendees making this a “must stop” in their schedule. Meet and listen to some of our industry’s top authors at the Author Signings and Book Discussions held in the Bookstore. Not only will you be able to buy the author’s book, but you can participate in a roundtable discussion with our top industry professionals.
- Get the opportunity to Laugh & Network with a Welcome Reception “TNLA goes … to the Moon!” and an Exhibitor Appreciation Breakfast.
- Engage your knowledge and learning opportunities Friday and Saturday for our free seminars: Grower Education and Spanish Education.
- Check out our new Learn at Lunch events happening Friday and Saturday, which will be located off the show floor and will have two keynote speakers along with a great, hot lunch. Tickets will be sold in advance. Visit www.nurserylandscapeexpo.org for more information.
| Exhibitor List | |
| Company Booth Number | Company Booth Number |
| A.M. Leonard 3317 Abbott/Ipco ABC Nursery ABT-Advanced Bridging Acosta Farms Activant Solutions Adams Wholesale Supply Advanced Water Gardens Ag Workers Mutual Auto Ins Agri Fast Agriland Farm Credit Svs Agri-Min Solutions AGSCI Alabama Wire Aldridge Nursery All Seasons Turf Grass Almond Tree Nursery Al’s Garden Art Alumacart Alvin Tree Farm Amaroo Boxes AMC Industries American Express American Nurseryman Pub American Plant Products & Svs. Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants/Aggrand Natural Organic Fertilizer Anamese Garden and Home Aqua Bella Designes Aquascape Arborbrace Staking Systems Arborguy Athens Stonecasting Athens Tree Farm Austin Tree Farm Avila’s Garden Art B & T Greenhouse Mfg. B.K. Swayze Back to Nature Bailey Bark Materials Ball Bamboo Source Bamboo Supply Co. Bare Spot Solutions Barnel USA Barry’s Nursery Landscape Supplies Belgard/Oldcastle Berger Peat Moss Berry Seeder Co. Best-1 Hummingbird Feeder Betrock Information Systems Beyond Paradise Big Bend Stone Big Dog Printing Co. Big John Tree Transplanter Mfg. Bill Biggadike & Assoc. Bill Moore & Co. Biosorb BL Christmas Trees Blue Leaf Promotional Products Bobbex Bobcat Co. Bold Spring Nursery Bordier’s Nursery Bowie IndustriesJustin Seed Bownds Wholesale Nursery Boyd & Boyd Nursery Braam Young Plants Bradfield Organics Bradshaw’s Nursery Branching Out Nursery Sales Branch-Smith Publishing Brass Baron Fountains & Statuary Brazos Citrus Nursery LLC Brazos Valley Tree Farm BSI Massaging Insoles Bubco Bulli9s Bromeliads Buster’s Tree Farm Butler Box & Stake Buttery Hardware Co. BWI Companies Casula Creek Tree Farm & Ranch Camilla The Little Flower Nursery Campania International Cangelosi Co. Capital Farm Credit Caretree Systems Caribbean Pottery Carl Pool Products Carolina Nurseries Cartner’s Blue Ridge Fraser Firs Casa Flora Cascade West Trees CC Tree Farms LLC Cedar Creek Farms Cedar Valley Nurseries CenArk Growers/James Nursery Central Garden & Pet Certified Roses Chamblee’s Rose Nursery Charlie Cook Assoc. Cheek Garden Products/Lambert Peat Moss Cherokee Mfg. Cherry Lake Tree Farm Chickity Doo Doo Christmas D_cor Cinco Plastics Clarity Connect Clear Zone Nursery | Cleary Chemical Corp. 1323 Clem Enterprises Coastal Packaging Co. Collier Metal Specialties, Ltd./ COL-MET Color Spot Nurseries Color Star Growers Compact Power Conroe Greenhouses Container Grown Nursery Corbin’s Baled Pine Straw Corbitt Mfg. Cornelius Bulb Co. dba Frylink Cornerstone Crop Insurance Agency, LLC Costa Farms Cravo Equip. Ltd. Creation Colors Wholesale Nursery Creekside Nursery Creekside Nursery (Morrison, Tenn.) CriderAmericas Crystal Pond Professional Cub Cadet Commercial Custom Time Tracker Cycle Stop Valves D & B Tree Co. Dakota Tree Transplanter Dallas Bag & Burlap Co. Darby Greenhouses & Farms Dave Wilson Nursery D’Barro Pottery Deep Fork Tree Farm Dekorra Products LLC Delco Cleaning Systems DeWitt Co. Dickson Brothers Dig Corp. Dimplex North America Ditch Witch Dealers of Texas Dixequip Don Marjama Nursery Co. Dosmatic U.S.A. Doug Young Nursery Drafix Software/PRO Landscape Dupont Nursery Dutchman Tree Spade/DPM Dyna-Gro Nutrition Solutions Dynapac USA Eason Horticultural Res East Jordan Plastics East of Eden Easy Pro Pond Products El Modeno Gardens Ellepot/Blackmore Ellis Products, Mitchell Ellison’s Greenhouses Elway Industries Emerald Coast Growers Enchanted Trees of Texas ENSYSTEX II Enviro Protection Ind. Co. Environmental Design Estes EuroAmerican Propagatrs Evans Nursery Ewing Irrigation Products Exaco Trading Exmark/WPI Fabriscape Fanno Saw Works Fanntum Products Far South Wholesale Nursery Faron Green Nursery Ferris Industries Ferry-Morse Seed Co. ferti-lome People/V.P.G. Finn Corp. First National Merchant Solutions Flamingo Gardens Fleet One Floral Plant Growers Flora-Lines Florida Pine Straw Supply Co Flowerwood Nrusery Forest Hill Nursery Farm Four Seasons Tree Farm FX Luminaire G & C Nursery Garden Accents Garden Expo Wholesale Garden-Ville Gaston’s Nursery Gateway Farms LLC Genesis Growers, LLC George Johnson Nursery George Peters Wholesale Pottery Gerald Foret Wholesales Nursery Glen Flora Farms Glenn Walters Nursery Glueck Tree Farm GM Fleet & Comm. Gold Coast Trees Golden Roots Trees, L.L.C. Grasshopper Co. Great Western Bag Co. Green Growers Magazine Green King Green Light Co. Green Touch Ind. Green Valley Growers Greenforest Nursery Greenleaf Nursery Co. |
Schedule of Events
Thursday, August 14
7 a.m. – 12 p.m. Education Conference—On-site registration—George R. Brown Convention Center
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Education Conference—George R. Brown Convention Center
Advance Registration: $155/member, $195/nonmember (fee includes Expo badge)
Topics include Running Your Business, Plant Material, Outdoor Living, Leaning Green, Pest Management and Irrigation Best Practices
4:30 – 8:30 p.m. Outdoor Product Showcase—Houston Area
Barbecue Dinner with RSVP—Free Admission with Badge
Friday, August 15
7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Nursery/Landscape Expo Registration Hours—George R. Brown Convention Center
8 – 9:30 a.m. Growing, Train-the-Trainer and Hispanic Employee Education—George R. Brown Convention Center
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Nursery/Landscape Expo Exhibit Hours—George R. Brown Convention Center
12 – 1:30 p.m. Learn at Lunch—George R. Brown Convention Center
6 – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception—TNLA Goes … to the Moon!—Hilton Americas-Houston
Opening night reception. Free Admission—Badge required.
6:30 – 8 p.m. Certification Reception—Hilton Americas-Houston
Reception honoring all active TCNPs, TMCNPs, TCLPs and CLTs. Invitation only!
Saturday, August 16
7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Nursery/Landscape Expo Registration Hours—George R. Brown Convention Center
8 – 9:30 a.m. Growing and Hispanic Employee Education—George R. Brown Convention Center
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Nursery/Landscape Expo Exhibit Hours—George R. Brown Convention Center
12 – 1:30 p.m. Learn at Lunch—George R. Brown Convention Center
Sunday, August 17
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Nursery/Landscape Expo Registration and Exhibit Hours—George R. Brown Convention Center
Education Conference
Thursday, August 14, George R. Brown Convention Center
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Irrigator CEU
- Track I: Smart Technologies for Irrigation Management
- Track II: Prediction and Estimating Land Water Use and Understanding Pumps
8:30 – 9:15 Ideas for Action-Networking Breakfast
(Continental Breakfast Included in Registration)
9:15 – 10 a.m. Sanity Sustained: Balancing Work and Family Life
Dr. Susan Fletcher, Smart Zone Solutions
10 – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Conferences
- Running Your Business: Working in the Smart Zone
Dr. Susan Fletcher, Smart Zone Solutions - Plant Material: New Plants
Heidi Sheesley, TreeSearch Farms - Outdoor Living: Outdoor Living Trends: What’s Hot and What’s Not for 2009
Susan McCoy, Garden Media Group - Leaning Green: Green Terminology
Astrid Volder, Texas AgriLife Research - Pest Management: Stomping Fire Ants
Paul Nester, Texas AgriLife Extension
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Conferences
Running Your Business: Slow Down or Ramp Up?
Charlie Hall, Texas A&M University
Plant Material: Texas Superstars
Jerry Parsons, Texas AgriLife Extension
Outdoor Living: Outdoor Kitchens
Scott Campbell, Milestone Distributors
Leaning Green: Death by Hardscape
Johnette Taylor, Roundtree Landscaping
Pest Management: Top 10 Uninvited Pests
Bart Drees, Texas AgriLife Extension
12 – 1 p.m. Lunch Break
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Work Smart, Have Fun and Make Money
Phil Sorentino, Humor Consultants
1 – 5 p.m. Irrigator CEU
- Track I: Smart Technologies for Irrigation Management
- Track II: Predicting and Estimating Land Water Use and Understanding Pumps
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Conferences
Running Your Business: Focusing Your Business Strategy in Tough Times
Charlie Hall, Texas A&M University
Plant Material: Myths and Mysteries of Drought-Tolerant Plants
Dennis Swartzell, Mountain States Wholesale Nursery
Outdoor Living: Creating Outdoor Rooms
Devin Christison, GLS Enterprise of Texas
Leaning Green: Going Green with Earthkind
Don Wilkerson, Texas AgriLife Extension
Pest Management: Growing Healthy Trees in Texas Landscapes
Dave Appel, Texas AgriLife Extension
2:45 – 3 p.m. Break
3 – 4 p.m. Conferences
Running Your Business: Managing Change
Phil Sorentino, Humor Consultants
Plant Material: Wonderful World of Ornamental Grasses
Dave Dagen, Emerald Coast Growers
Outdoor Living: Shedding Light on Your Landscape Creations
Gerry De La Vega, TerraDek Lighting
Leaning Green: Keeping It Green: Top 10 Landscape Mistakes
Doug Welsh, Texas AgriLife Extension
Pest Management: Turf Troubles
Jim McAfee, Texas AgriLife Extension
4 – 5 p.m. Update on Laws and Regs
Jim Quintanilla, Texas Dept. of Agriculture
Outdoor Product Showcase
Rain or shine, the Nursery/Landscape Expo will have hands on demonstrations of the newest outdoor products. Shuttle bus transportation provided.
Industry professionals attending the Outdoor Product Showcase will receive a complimentary barbecue dinner. All you need is your Expo badge (you’ll have it if you preregister for Expo), or you can sign in onsite at the showcase.
Here are just some of the products you will see at the Outdoor Product Showcase:
Mowers of all sizes, hydroseeding units, tractors, trucks, skid steer loaders, utility vehicles, irrigation equipment, tree spades, bark/leaf blowers, trimmers, chain saws, trenchers, track loaders, brush cutters, functional outdoor living products and much more.
