Ron Newble – Proven Winners Certification and Update!

Bring all your employees and get them Proven Winner Certified.  You’ll learn all about the Proven Winner varieties, their culture, suggested uses, and so much more information you can pass along to your customers.


Mike Heger – My Favorite Perennial Combos!

Whether you are involved with landscaping or garden center customers, don’t miss Mike Heger of Ambergate Gardens.  He has a wealth of experience and will recommend beautiful perennial planting combinations for you and your customers to use.


Amy Bergeron -- The Big H’s!

Amy Bergeron is the hosta breeder for Walters Gardens.  Join her for all things hosta as well as hemerocallis (daylilies).  Join her to see the newest, nicest, or best varieties.


Don Hanson – Smiling Sod!

Join Don Hanson for his recommendations on how to handle, care for, lay, or in other words, do everything with sod for best results for your customers and your bottom line.


Steve Risan – How To Create and Promote A Successful Business! and Creating a Destination Garden Center!

Anyone who has a horticultural business should come to hear Steve Risan of Tonkadale Garden Center on Monday, Jan. 30th.  He will give you lots of great ideas on how to promote and increase your business, and how to track your promotion results.  On Tuesday, he will give ideas for displays, the Fairy Gardens, and the set ups they use.


Ben Kubischta – Granted Tree Sales!

Some of the North Dakota Tree Grant Program is now handled through the Department of Transportation.  Ben will come to talk about the program and how to apply for grant funding.  Don’t miss this seminar if you work with any communities on their tree planting programs especially with EAB on the horizon.


Patrick McGuiness – Customer Service – Cultivate With Care!

We all know how very important good customer service is to our businesses.  Come to hear Patrick as he gives suggestions on how to give your customers a WOW experience so they tell all their friends about you and help keep you in business.  


Irv Geffre – Harvest a Bumper Crop of Rain!

A nice rain can lead to hundreds of gallons of water runoff from the typical homeowner roof.  Join Irv and learn how to install a water harvesting, retention, and re-use system that you can install for your customers.


Jayne Roberts - Perfect Perennials for Imperfect Places!

Jayne Roberts of Walters Gardens will look at great perennials for difficult locations.  Hot sun, cool shade, fences, little corners as well as Jayne’s favorite plants will all be covered.
 

McRae Anderson – Greener Walls-Greener Profits!

McRae Anderson is an expert on how to build living walls.  Learn how to create and build a living or green wall for your customers as this new trend for indoor green space moves across the US and into our region.


Rich Lahren – Raised Profits With Raised Patios!

Last year at Hardscape America, Rich did a seminar on building raised patios using pavers and segmental retaining wall systems.  In January, he brings the seminar to our Convention so come to learn how to build raised patios correctly and profitably.


Carolyn Jones – Plants You Need in 2012 & Plant Combos!

Join Carolyn Jones of BFG as she recommends the bedding plants you should carry in 2012 for your customers.  She will also show some great hanging basket and container combination ideas for you to put together for your customers.


John Trombley – Leadership Development Needs at all Levels!

This will be a great start to the Convention as a joint session between the NDNGA and the NDUCFA.


Panel Discussion – Green Products & Trends In Landscaping

This will be another joint session between NDNGA and NDUCFA to explore how we can work together more closely.  Please put on your thinking caps and come with ideas of projects and programs in which the two groups can work together to better the industry in our region.