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 August 6-7, 2024 | Rosemont, Illinois

Save the Date!

Garden Center Adventure:
A Virtual Tour of Garden Centers in 3 Countries

Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m. Eastern

Take a virtual vacation with us as The Garden Center Show leads you on a tour of four independent garden centers in far-off places. We’ll talk with garden center owners in Northern Italy, Canada, Florida and Texas about what makes them special and how they serve their customers, and we’ll do a video tour of their storefronts and operations.

This webinar will be hosted by Heath Watson, formerly of Garden Centers of America and The Garden Center Show’s resident expert and tour guide for the in-person-and-on-the-bus Garden Center Tour taking place Monday, August 7, 2023, the day before the opening of The Garden Center Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

After the four video tours are shown, the tour guides for each portion of the tour will join Heath and the audience for live Q&A and discussion of the centers they visited.

Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m. Eastern 

Registration is FREE for independent garden center owners, employees and their suppliers.

Your Tour Guides

Heath Watson

This webinar will be hosted by Heath Watson, formerly of Garden Centers of America and The Garden Center Show’s resident expert and tour guide for the in-person-and-on-the-bus Garden Center Tour taking place Monday, August 7, 2023, the day before the opening of The Garden Center Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He'll also be exploring Seeds in Dunedin, FL

Michael Fiore

Michael Fiore is a fourth-generation nurseryman taking over the reins at Smith's Gardentown, a legacy family business in Wichita Falls, Texas, and is one the more influential voices in the plant social media spheres. We're sure to learn a lot from Michael as he takes us on a personal tour of Smith's Gardentown in Wichita Falls, TX.

Elisabetta Marini

Elisabetta brings some Italian flavor to the team at Hill Management Group. Born and raised in Italy, in a city not far from Venice, she's a content marketing specialist. When not exploring the world, you can find her exploring her neighborhood and merchants closer to home. Join her on a tour of one of Viridea Garden Centers' locations.

Jason Robinson

Jason Robinson of Hill Management Group is eager to get out from behind the desk and away from his marketing and web design duties to explore his local garden centers in the Toronto, Canada area