A Webinar with Pleasant View Gardens
You Talk. We Listen.
Join Pleasant View for a live online "open house" featuring founder Henry Huntington as he takes you on a tour of Pleasant View's innovative new programs, including:
- Revolutionary 128 liners
- Split 128s (64-count liners)
- The Edible Collection
- The Fragrant Collection
- A Sizzling Southerners Collection
- A Savvy Succulents Collection
The webinar also features guest speakers Val Rollins—Sales & Operations Manager, and Jessica Boldt—Research & Development Manager. Hosted by Chris Beytes.
See the archived webinar HERE.
 
Missed the 2011 California Spring Trials? Or want to relive them?
Join "Bobbleheads" Chris Beytes and Ellen Wells as they capture the highlights of Spring Trials in our two-part webinar series. They'll boil down six days, 1,000 miles, 18 stops and nearly 50 companies into the best-of-the-best introductions, trends and ideas. Both webinars will include new products and services, displays and other interesting tidbits that make Spring Trials one of the most educational events of the horticulture season. These FREE webinars are sponsored by Sakata Ornamentals.
Part I: New Varieties: A-J
Part I will cover new varieties alphabetically in seed and vegetative varieties, annuals, perennials and woodies.
See the archived webinar HERE.
Part II: New Varieties: K-Z*
In Part II, Chris and Ellen will wrap up the rest of the alphabet.
See the archived webinar HERE.
Sponsored by Sakata Ornamentals.
*Exact letters covered in each webinar are subject to change.
Are You Really Ready For Spring?
Join Green Profit columnist Judy Sharpton of Growing Places Marketing for “Are You Really Ready for Spring?,” a webinar that will help you and your entire staff be sure you are completely ready for spring. Judy will present checklists and strategies to guide you not only through the hectic warm-up to “opening day,” but also through your operation’s more troublesome areas once the season kicks off. This is a can’t miss!
Moderated by Editor-at-Large Ellen Wells
See the archived webinar HERE.
30 Minutes to Social Media Mastery
A two-part webinar series
Join social media expert and garden blogger Jean Ann Van Krevelen for this special two-part series, sponsored by Proven Winners. She'll be going over the important tips and tricks to help your garden center attract and retain more customers through social media strategies. Just click the links below to sign up (be sure to register for both sessions!)
PART I: Getting Started
- craft your message
- find your audience
- map out a daily strategy
- enlist the support of influencers in promotion
- make your content perform double duty
See the archived webinar HERE.
PART II: Tools for Making it Work - Tuesday, February 22nd 1 PM EST
- Create a dashboard of revelant information
- Use time-saving tools for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
- Automate brand visibility tracking
- Monitor real-time conversations across multiple platforms
See the archived webinar HERE.
 What Consumers Want From Their Veggie Gardens
It has officially been declared "the Year of the Vegetable" and that begs for special promotion at retail. The vegetable and herb market has been exploding—and the customer for this category is changing.
Spend some time with Bill Calkins as he shares Ball's most recent market research on consumer vegetable and herb use in gardens and containers. Bill, Ball's manager for Independent Garden Center Business, will share consumer insights and talk about how to translate these into success at the retail level. Sponsored by Ball Horticultural Company.
Hosted by Chris Beytes.
See the archived webinar HERE.
The Vegetative Highlights 
Our Spring Trial Tour will highlight some of the important vegetative (from cutting) introductions. We'll cover the big categories like calibrachoa and verbena, component plants, and even perennials and woodies where appropriate.
See the archived webinar HERE.
Cool Marketing Ideas
The final installment of our tour will focus on sales and marketing ideas. We'll cover brands, marketing programs, POP, containers, interesting ideas, compelling displays ... Anything that will help you sell more stuff. And we'll cover anything else we couldn't squeeze into the first two presentations!
See the archived webinar HERE.
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