2007 Summer Field Day

Tuesday  August 14,  2007
 

Plan now to attend the 40th Annual Summer Field Day
an outdoor green industry trade show
presented by the Nursery Growers of Lake County, Ohio.

Make new contacts, visit with old friends, exchange ideas, see new plants and products, 
learn about cutting-edge research, place Fall orders, take advantage of equipment demonstrations, 
find what secrets Holden and Lake County, Ohio have to offer........
these are all reasons to attend this year's 40th Annual Summer Field Day!

Over 150 exhibitors and 650 attendees participated in the 2006 Field Day. Equipment demos, nursery/garden tours and special guests promise to make this Field Day the best ever. Visit vendors, view their product lines and watch live equipment demonstrations plus many other activities. Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Exhibit booths are still available. [ Exhibitor information and contract : Exhibit map and Booth Assignments ]

Also available for touring is the Butterfly Garden display in bloom, outdoor garden railroad exhibit, prairie garden display - over 3500 acres of horticultural collections. Catch up with Industry Research with Holden's professionals and OSU personnel. Special tours of specimen trees and research plantings as well as equipment demonstrations will be offered. A New Products Showcase will be featured.
Pre-Registration by August 1, 2007 is suggested.

Plan to also attend the NGLCO Summer Dinner and Casino Night on Monday Evening August 13, 2007. Exhibitors, attendees, Association members and guests are invited to an evening of fun. Join us for casino gambling and Texas Hold'em with great prizes and local celebrity dealers (nursery personalities and political invitees). For more information, contact Karen Hinton at the NGLCO office (440) 241-7969. 
Pre-Registration is available before July 27, 2007.

Area nursery tours will be offered on Wednesday, August 15th sponsored by NGLCO and the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association. Contact the ONLA at 1-800-825-5062 for more information. Sign-up by July 30, 2007 to insure a place on the tour bus!

ONLA Certified Nursery Technician/Landscape/Garden Center/Grower certification program testing will be available. Register through the ONLA at 1-800-825-5062.   

Hosted by The Holden Arboretum
9500 Sperry Road
Kirtland OH  44094

Covering 3,500 acres, The Holden Arboretum is one of the largest living museums in the country. Gardens and collections comprise about 600 acres while diverse natural areas and ecologically sensitive habitats make up the remainder.

Summer 2007 features the Holden Express, a 6,000 square foot garden railroad exhibit which is Northeast Ohio's first public, outdoor garden railroad! Explore a landscape of six G-gauge model trains incorporating reproductions of area landmark bridges and barns with most structures made of natural materials (pinecones, birch bark, twigs) and hundreds of plants.

Visitor Information:
Lake County Visitors Bureau
35300 Vine Street., Suite A
Eastlake, Ohio 44095
1-800-368-5253 (LAKE)
www.lakevisit.com

Host Hotel Information:
Comfort Inn & Suites
7701 Reynolds Rd ( SR 306)
Mentor, Ohio 44060
440-951-7333
Fax: 440-951-3961
comforting27@ahiemail.com

Field Day 2007 Brochure

Complete Field Day information
and map as well as
a list of area attractions
and additional hotel accommodations

Future Site of the NGLCO Summer Field Days
2008 - Herman Losely & Son Nursery

Past Summer Field Days
2000   2001   2002  2003   2004   2005   2006

Nursery Growers of Lake County  ^  440.241.7969  ^  Fax: 440.259.3364  ^  info@nglco.com

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