14th Annual Plant-O-Rama

Horticultural Trade Show & Symposium at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

EVENT
    Metro Hort Group & Brooklyn Botanic Garden present the
    14TH ANNUAL PLANT-O-RAMA
    A Trade Show and Symposium for Horticulture Professionals

WHEN & WHERE
    Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
    9:00am – 4:00pm (Doors open at 8:00am)
    at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

DETAILS
    FREE to 2010 Metro Hort Members; memberships available at the door.
    NO PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED.
    SYMPOSIUM SEATING LIMITED; FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY!
    BRING YOUR OWN BAGS FOR TAKE-HOME MATERIALS.

2010 EXHIBITORS:
Anthropek Containers & Gardens, Atlantic Nurseries, Beds & Borders, Bill Kolvek Perennials, Bissett Nursery Corp, Black Meadow Orchids, Brooklyn Greenroof, Capital Garden Products, Cedar Hill Nursery, ColorBlends Wholesale Flower Bulbs, Donato Design, Duracraft, Inc., Eco Earth Design, Glover Perennials, Henry Leuthardt Nurseries, Hicks Nurseries Commercial Sales, Landcraft Environments, Liberty Sunset Garden Center, Long Island Compost Corp, Monrovia, Otto Keil Florists, Pennoyer Newman, Peony’s Envy, Plant Connection, Plant Health Care, Pleasant Run Nursery, Prides Corner Farms, RareFind Nursery, S.Scherer & Sons Water Gardens, Seibert & Rice, The Care of Trees, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Friends of the High Line, Gold Medal Plants, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Greenwood Gardens,The Horticultural Society of NY, Manhattan Chapter, North American Rock Garden Society, New York Botanical Garden, New York Restoration Project, NOFA Organic Land Care, Queens Botanical Garden, Stonecrop Gardens, Trees New York, USDA-Asian Longhorned Beetle Program, Wave Hill

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
    8:00am   Registration & Refreshments Open
    9:00am   Welcome
    9:15am   Tributes to Dave Murbach & Hank Schannen
    9:30am   Lynden B. Miller, How Plants Soften and Civilize Urban Landscapes
    11:00am  Ed Snodgrass, Green Roof Design and Maintenance
    12 Noon  Garden Writers Region 1 Connect Meeting
    1:15pm   Margaret Roach, Nonstop Plants: A Garden for 365 Days
    2:15pm   2010 Plant Forum
    3:15pm   Raffle Prize Drawing
    4:00pm   Show closes

    9:00am - 4:00pm PALM HOUSE EXHIBITS HALL
    8:00am-4:00pm NURSERY & SEED CATALOG DISPLAY; GARDEN BOOK SALE

2010 SPONSORS:
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., Bissett Nursery Corporation, Frank Bulfamante & Sons, Inc., Landcraft Environments, Ltd., Semperflorens, Inc., Prides Corner Farms, Inc., Rosedale Nurseries, Inc., The Horticultural Society of New York, Town and Gardens, Ltd.

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS
    For travel directions to Brooklyn Botanic Garden, visit www.bbg.org

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Bob Hyland, Plant-O-Rama Coordinator
    518-851-9731 (office)
    518-929-0699 (mobile)
    Email: info@loomiscreek.com

 

Date & Time

Date: Tuesday
January 26th, 2010