16th Annual Plant-O-Rama
Horticultural Trade Show & Symposium at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
PLANT-O-RAMA NEEDS YOU
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EVENT
Metro Hort Group & Brooklyn Botanic Garden announce the
16th Plant‐O‐Rama
A Trade Show and Symposium for Horticulture Professionals
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael A. Dirr
Author of the brand new book Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees & Shrubs,
the most comprehensive, best-illustrated, and most authoritative
reference to trees and shrubs for gardens and landscapes.
WHEN & WHERE
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Register ONLINE in advance for Michael Dirr's symposium at:
brownpapertickets.com/event/213565
Reserve a spot in either the morning or afternoon session.
Metro Hort Group members, NYC botanic gardens staff,
NYC Parks & Recreations employees $15; all others $55.
Registration at the door is NOT guaranteed and costs
an additional $5.
Calling All Exhibitors! REGISTER NOW.
• Palm House Exhibits Hall at Brooklyn Botanic Garden; 9:00am – 4:00pm
• Join 50 commercial and nonprofit exhibitors representing specialty nurseries,
wholesale growers, horticultural suppliers, greening organizations
and public gardens from NYC and the tri‐state region.
• Reach a targeted audience of 800-1000 urban horticulture professionals.
• Preview plants, products and horticultural services for 2012.
• Forge and renew business relationships and jumpstart sales.
FEATURED SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER:
Dr. Mike Dirr
The World According to Dirr: In Praise of Noble Trees and Shrubs
MIKE DIRR PRESENTATION DOWNLOADS:
Mike Dirr prepared the following 5 information-packed handouts to accompany his presentations at Plant-O-Rama. Download and/or print those of interest. In the interest of conserving paper not all of these handouts were photocopied and distributed at Plant-O-Rama.
In Praise of Noble Trees
Flowering and Evergreen Shrubs: An Alphabet Soup
Hydrangeas: Breeding, Selection, and Marketing
Crapemyrtle: Advances in Crapemyrtle Breeding
Viburnums for American Gardens
Guarantee your participation! Reserve Plant‐O‐Rama exhibit space NOW.
DEADLINE:
January 17th, 2012
space is first‐come, RESERVE EARLY!
CONTACTS:
Bob Hyland, Show Manager
tel: (518) 929‐0699
email: bobhyland50@gmail.com
Jeanne Rostaing, Coordinator
tel: (347) 633-3508
email: jrostaing@verizon.net
PLANT-O-RAMA EXHIBITORS - 2012 COMMERCIAL
Alive Structures; Brooklyn, NY
Anthropek Gardens; Croton on Hudson, NY
Atlantic Nurseries; Dix Hills, NY
Barton Nursery; Edison, NJ
Beds & Borders; Laurel, NY
Big Apple Edibles; Bronx, NY
Bissett Nursery Corp; Holtsville, NY
Campania International, Pennsburg, PA
Capital Garden Products; Oldwick, NJ
Cedar Hill Nursery; Mahwah, NJ
Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs; Bridgeport, CT
Country Gardens Nursery; Eastport, NY
Curb Allure; New York, NY
Donato Designs; Accord, NY
Dragonetti Brothers Landscaping, Nursery & Florist; Brooklyn, NY
Eco Earth Design; Midland Park, NJ
Fazio Traina Irrigation; Howard Beach, NY
The Garden Dept., Dix Hills, NY
Glover Perennials; Cutchogue, NY
Half Hollow Nursery; Dix Hills, NY
Henry Leuthardt Nurseries; East Moriches, NY
Hicks Nurseries Commercial Sales; Westbury, NY
Hudson Valley Seed Library; Accord, NY
Jerry Fritz's Linden Hill Gardens; Ottsville, PA
Kawasaki Greenhouses; East Moriches, NY
Kings County Nurseries; Brooklyn, NY
Landcraft Environments; Mattituck, NY
Lifesource Irrigation; New York, NY
Long Island Compost Corp; Westbury, NY
Monrovia Growers; Madison, NJ
North Creek Nurseries; Landenberg, PA
Otto Keil Florists/Emmas Garden Growers; Huntington, NY
Pennoyer Newman; New York, NY
The Plantage; Cutchogue, NY
Plant Connection; Riverhead, NY
Planter Resource; Middle Island, NY
Pleasant Run Nursery; Allentown, NJ
Prides Corner Farms; Lebanon, CT
Rarefind Nursery; Jackson, NJ
Scherer and Sons Water Gardens; Northport, NY
Seibert & Rice; Short Hills, NJ
The Care of Trees; Mt. Vernon, NY
Tri-State Flexi-Pave; Armonk, NY
AUTHORS
Magda Salvesen, Exploring Gardens and Green Spaces from Connecticut to the Delaware Valley
Michael A. Dirr, Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees & Shrubs
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
APLD - Association of Professional Landscape Designers
The Battery Conservancy
GreenBridge, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
GreenBridge/Million Trees NYC
Greenwood Gardens
Heritage Rose Foundation
The Horticultural Society of NY
Indoor Gardening Society of NY
Madison Square Park Conservancy
MAHTN - Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Therapy Network
The New York Botanical Garden
New York Restoration Project
NARGS - Manhattan Chapter of North American Rock Garden Society
Randall's Island Park
Stonecrop Gardens
Trees New York
USDA Asian Longhorned Beetle Program
Wave Hill
PLANT-O-RAMA SPONSORS
Town and Gardens, LTD., lead sponsor
Atlantic Nurseries, Inc.
Carl Schurz Park Tree Committee
Frank Bulfamante & Sons, Inc. Landscaping
The Horticultural Society of New York
Landcraft Environments, LTD.
Lifesource Irrigation, Inc.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
Rosedale Nurseries, Inc.
Semperflorens, Inc.
PLANT-O-RAMA NEEDS YOU
Join your friends and colleagues in making this the smoothest, most enjoyable Plant-O-Rama ever. Sign up now to volunteer. Here’s what we need:
- Monday, January 30th, 9-10am to 3pm:
Just a few more folks for setting up the Palm House exhibitor area. This job could involve moving furniture. - Tuesday, January 31st various hourly shifts throughout the day starting at 8am to 2pm:
A lot of people to help with ticket and membership sales in the BBG Visitors Center. - Tuesday, January 31st, 4pm-5:30pm:
Volunteers to dismantle the Palm House exhibitor area and help with general clean-up. Furniture moving may be required.
Please email Sabine Stezenbach with your availability and contact info at: sstezen@gmx.net
Date & Time
Date: Tuesday
January 31st, 2012