Plant-O-Rama: Schedule

2025 Schedule

Presented by Metro Hort Group

EVENTS

Plant-O-Rama: Exhibitors

PLANT-O-RAMA Exhibitors 2025

These nurseries, growers, tree care companies, and horticultural suppliers will have booths at the TRADE SHOW in the Palm House at Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

Trade Show Exhibitors
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(W) = Wholesale
(R) = Retail 

1. A.D.R. Bulbs Inc (W) - flower bulb growers and wholesalers
   
2. American Wholesale Nurseries, Inc. (W) - wholesale plant nursery
3. Arborpolitan (R) – garden care & arboriculture
4. Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. (W) - distinctive plants & products for 50 years
5. Barton Nurseries, Inc. (W) - quality landscape plants
6. Beds & Borders, Inc. (W) - offers a diverse variety of unusual annuals, artful combinations and perennials
7. Branching Out/Cornell (W) (R) - provides timely, reliable field reports with up-to-date recommendations to help you improve your woody ornamentals pest management program.
8. Capital Garden Products (W) - fibreglass garden planters, pots & water features
9. Chief Mountain Farms (W) - specializing in native & wetland plants
10. Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs (W) - distinctive wholesale bulbs & color mixes
11. Compostwerks LLC (W) (R) - assist ecologically minded growers, transitioning green industry professionals, municipalities, colleges, institutions and composting operations
12. Emma’s Garden (W) – wide variety of annuals, perennials, container plants
    
13. Glover Perennials (W) - specialty ground covers & perennials
14. Henry Leuthardt Nurseries (R) - espaliered and specialty fruit trees
15. Hicks Commercial Sales (W) - high quality woody plants, foliage, and landscape supplies
16. Izel Native Plants (W & R) - user-friendly website/broker for native plants
    
17. Kind Earth Growers (W) - native perennials for ecological restoration
18. Kurt Bluemel, Inc. (W) - grower and supplier of ornamental grasses, bamboo, perennials, ferns, sedges, rushes
19. Landcraft Environments Ltd. (W) - unusual annuals, tender perennials & exotic tropicals
20. New Growth Designs (W) - artificial flowers, plants, and trees for the design trade
21. New Moon Nursery, LLC (W) – Eastern native perennials and grass liners
22. North Creek Nurseries, Inc. (W) - landscape plugs & liners focusing on eastern U.S. Natives
23. NYC Tree Pit Services (W) (R) - care of street trees and beds
24. Organic Mechanics Soil Company, LLC (W) - premier organic potting soils & amendments
25. Pinelands Nursery & Supply (W) – native plants for restorations
26. Planter Resource Inc./Pottery King (R) - largest inventory of wholesale commercial planters and garden pottery in the tri-state area.
27. Pleasant Run Nursery, Inc. (W) - new & unusual containerized woody ornamentals
28. Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs (W) - 320+ Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs
29. Seibert & Rice (R) - handmade terra cotta planters and urns from Impruneta, Italy
30. The Tick Suit (R) - protection from ticks while you garden, walk in the woods, or hike
31. Tintori Castings (W) - architectural, custom fiberglass planters
32. Treadlight Farm (W) - certified organic flowers and plants grown in New York's Hudson Valley
33. United States Department of Agriculture - Spotted Lantern Fly and Asian Longhorned Beetle

These horticultural organizations, public gardens, parks, and design firms will have booths at the CAREER FAIR in the Steinhardt Conservatory at Brooklyn Botanic Garden 

Career Fair Exhibitors
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1. The Bronx is Blooming - a Bronx-based nonprofit dedicated to environmental stewardship, community building, and youth leadership development
2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden - an urban botanic garden that connects people to the world of plants, fostering delight and curiosity while inspiring an appreciation and sense of stewardship of the environment
3. Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation - the non‐profit organization that plans, builds, maintains, and operates Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85‐acre sustainable waterfront park stretching 1.3 miles along Brooklyn’s East River shoreline
4. Change Food for Good - a New York City-based nonprofit organization dedicated to making sustainable agricultural technology more accessible to areas affected by food insecurity
5. Chelsea Garden Center - houseplants, perennials, annuals, garden supplies & more
6. Domino Park Conservancy - a world class 6-acre park located along the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn, NY
7. Green Cross – arborists who formulate and implement highly effective and environmentally conscientious custom tree and shrub care programs
8. Halsted Welles Associates - NYC Landscape Design-Build-Maintenance firm specializing in rooftops, terraces, and townhouse gardens
9. Little Island – a public park where all New Yorkers and visitors can experience nature and art in a unique urban oasis on the Hudson River
   
10. New York Botanical Garden New York Botanical Garden - A museum of plants, a center for learning, and a plant science leader in the Bronx.
11. New York Green Roofs - sustainable & eco-friendly solutions for landscape on structure
12. The North Brooklyn Parks Alliance – a district-wide parks conservancy working to ensure an equitable & vibrant public realm in Greenpoint & Williamsburg
13. Our Temenos - a woman owned and operated landscaping company, specializing in holistic design, native plant installation and chemical free maintenance
14. Perfect Earth Project - promoting nature-based, toxic-free land care practices for the health of people, their pets, and the planet
15. Plantus NYC - a full service landscape contractor company
16. Riverside Park Conservancy – working to restore, maintain, and improve Riverside Park in partnership with the City of New York for the enjoyment and benefit of all New Yorkers
17. Town & Gardens, LTD. - designs innovative New York City landscapes, stylish and comfortable amenity spaces and builds beautiful, site appropriate gardens
18. Wave Hill - public Garden in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River, with flower gardens, alpine house, greenhouses, and cultural center

Plant-O-Rama: Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers Needed!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! It takes a village of volunteers to run Plant-O-Rama. Join our team!
Volunteer Coordinator: Serena Candiani Scandiani@centralparknyc.org

MONDAY, JANUARY 30: EVENT SET-UP
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, various locations
10:00am–2:00pm – 6 people needed.
Set up Trade Show in Palm House, Jobs Fair in Conservatory, Check-In area in Rotunda (Tables for Will-Call/Check-in, MHG Info desk, Ticket Sales, etc.) Help set up Visitor Center Atrium for Breakout Sessions.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31:
Exhibitor Load-in and Set-up -- BBG Loading Dock and Palm House
One Shift: 7:15am-8:45am - 2-3 people
Need 2-3 people for Exhibitor load-in & set-up at BBG Loading Dock. Help vendors unload and find their tables in the Palm House.

Breakout Session Monitors -- BBG Visitor Center Atrium
10:00-11:15 - 1 person
11:15-12:45 - 1 person
12:45-2:45 - 1 person
Assist speakers and AV crew before and during Breakout sessions. Replenish water and other supplies for speakers and crew. Act as a runner if needed.

Trade Show Monitors -- BBG Palm House
8:30-10:15 - 2 people
10:15-11:45 - 1 person
11:45-1:15 - 1 person
1:15-2:45 - 1 person
2:45-4:15 - 1 person
Assist vendors as needed. Shift 1: Help vendors find their booths and set up, find name tags, access WiFi, etc. Answer questions about schedule, lunches, parking, etc. Help vendors find their lunches. Help vendors exit at appropriate time.

Jobs Fair Monitors -- BBG Steinhardt Conservatory
9:15-10:45 - 1-2 people
10:45-12:15 - 1 person
11:30-1:00 - 1 person
Help exhibitors find their table and name tags and set up their booths. Assist exhibitors as needed during event. Answer questions.

Closing Party Assistants – BBG Palm House
2:45-3:15 - 1-2 people
Help caterers, DJ and vendors with crowd control and directions.

Event Take-Down -- BBG Palm House
4:10pm-4:45pm - 4-5 people
Help break down tables and booths after event. Fold tablecloths, stack poles and signs.