7:30 – 8:30

Registration          Visit the Trade Fair

8:30 – 8:45

Board Introductions and  Announcements   

John Heaton ,  
GCS President

8:45-10:15

Lessons From Mom & Pop That Businesses Forgot

Jon Schallert,
The Schallert Group

10:15-11:00

Coffee Break         Visit the Trade Fair

11:00-11:45

Garden Center Profile

Sue Murdock Goeberts
South Barrington, IL

11:45 – 1:00 

Lunch & Trade Fair

1:00 – 2:30

7 Critical Steps to Reinventing Mom & Pop Lessons

Jon Schallert

2:30-3:00

Coffee Break         Visit the Trade Show

3:00- 4:15 

Getting the Business Edge

Garden Center Panel

4:15 - 4:45

Coffee Break         Visit the Trade Fair

4:45 – 5:30

Tricks of the Trade

Jim Piala,  GCS

5:30 - 7:00

Happy Hour in the Trade Fair

7:00 – 8:30

44th Annual GCS Banquet   Business Meeting

John Heaton,GCS

8:00 – 10

AUCTION

Jim Piala,  GCS

10:05

Let’s Make a Deal

Jim Piala GCS

45th Annual Garden Center Symposium
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009

7:30 - 8:25

Registration          Visit The Trade Fair

8:25 -8:30

Board Introductions and Announcements

8:30 – 10:00

Power of Productivity

Aaron Davis,
The Thomas Group

10:00 –10:45

(45) Coffee Break  Visit the Trade Fair  (Check out time)

10:45 - 11:45

Look What They’ve Done to my Annuals!
What’s an Osteospermum ? 
What Happened to Marigolds and Petunias?

Dr. Al Armitage,
Univ Of GA

11:45 -1:15

Trade Fair

12:15 – 1:15

Lunch

1:15 –2:15

I Love Perennials But How Many Heucheras Can One Stand ?

Dr. Al Armitage

2:15 – 2:30

Ad Awards, LadyBug Award, Silent Auction Winners

Dick Lesko, GCS

2:30-4:00

Dealing With People You Wish You Never Laid Eyes On Again

Aaron Davis

4:00

Homeward Bound