Put Your Products In Front of Nearly 80%of All

Put Your Products In Front of Nearly 80% of
All Independent Garden Center Retailers in America
IGC EAST
August 4 - 6, 2015
IGC CHICAGO
Baltimore Convention Center
Secure Your Space Today at this
ALL-IMPORTANT Event
August 18- 20, 2015
Contact Lisa Bansavage, [email protected] (203) 682-1664
Navy Pier, Chicago
EXHIBITORS RAVE
The IGC Show is the best show for qualified leads.
The IGC Show is about booking orders and doing business. That’s
what makes it so uniquely special - it’s not just “show and tell,”
it is a business-building show.
The IGC Shows continue to be the premier events in our industry
- unparalleled venues for meeting new customers, reaffirming
current relationships, and bringing our products and message to
the right market.
Chuck Sierke, National Sales Manager, Deforche, Izegem, Belgium
Jill Bondi, Marketing Manager, Midwest Groundcovers, St. Charles, IL
IGC draws the most highly qualified group of buyers I’ve ever seen
at any industry show.
Amy Kimmich, President, Mariachi Imports, Philadelphia, PA
For new large customers, IGC is the best trade show I’ve attended
in 10-plus years. Our orders are bigger.
Bradley Johnson, CEO, Belden Plastics, St. Paul, MN
IGC is by far the best show of the year in sales and orders. It gets
the right people who do the purchasing.
John Sharp, National Accounts Manager, SeaMar Gloves, Seattle, WA
Bob Borta, Vice President, Design Toscano, Elk Grove Village, IL
We meet so many new, enthusiastic young buyers with viable
retail businesses at IGC.
Allen Coleman, President, Jeremiah Junction, Quakertown, PA
We are always pleased with the buyer turnout at the IGC Shows.
It is exciting to be a part of it.
Amy Blew, Vice President of Sales, Centeron Nursery, Bridgeton, NJ
The buyer traffic at IGC is the best among all industry shows.
Kevin Xu, CEO, Pacific Home & Garden, Hayward, CA
BUYERS WRITE ORDERS ON-SITE
We write large plant orders at the IGC Show. Last year, we placed
about 70 percent of our plant orders for the year at IGC.
Chuck Allen, Asst. Manager, Gethsemane Garden Center, Chicago
IGC is the one show I go to every year because it has everything I
want in one stop. I write a lot of orders.
Jan Meeuwsen, Manager, DeBruyn Seed Store, Zeeland, MI
I’ve got a big bag full of new products from the IGC Show that I’m
bringing to our garden center.
Mike Bader, Buyer, The Behnke Nurseries Co., Beltsville, MD
We always go to the IGC Show to write our product orders
for the new season.
Darlene Jones, Buyer, Hoerr Nursery, Peoria, IL
Our retail business has tripled since we started attending IGC.
It is our favorite show. It gets us inspired.
Peter Mayeux, Owner, All Seasons Nursery, Lafayette, LA
Everything at IGC is for us, the independent garden retailer; there
aren’t aisles and aisles of things that don’t apply to us. We write
orders every year.
Kathy Linton, Owner, The Home & Garden Center, Longview, TX
The IGC Show beats the PANTS off MANTS. It remains the most
comprehensive, exciting, all-around fun event we’ve ever
attended. We will be there through the years to come.
Katherine Hansen, Owner, Green Side Up, Staten Island, NY
I order a lot of merchandise at IGC. With 45 seasonal independent
garden centers, we don’t want to make a mistake. At IGC, we can
shop all the vendors.
Deb Delzeit, Retail Operations Manager, Kaw Valley Greenhouses,
Manhattan, KS
IGC gives us the jump on new products we wouldn’t normally
see at other industry shows. It gets us pumped up to start the
buying season.
Luann Stenzel, Greenhouse Manager, Menne Nursery & Garden
Artistry, Amherst, NY
TWO IGC SHOW EVENTS
DELIVER MORE BUYERS &
MORE SALES TO YOU
A significant majority of U.S. IGC retailers are located in the
Minnesota-Massachusetts-Maryland garden center belt.
In fact, 70 percent of the 100 largest garden centers in the
United States are located in this region. That’s why IGC
Chicago is such a success, nine years running. That’s also why
IGC East kicked off its inaugural year with a bang!
We’re taking YOUR SALES to the next level. Our
commitment is to provide you with ever greater sales
penetration of this essential market. It means many more
buyers in your booth and sales on your order books.
IGC East is proud to announce its move to the
world-class Baltimore Convention Center August 4-6.
IGC Chicago returns to Navy Pier August 18-20. Two
shows give you much deeper market penetration, placing
your products and services within a short traveling distance
of nearly 80 percent of all garden center retailers in the
United States. In just six intensive selling days per year - via
IGC East and IGC Chicago - you will reach virtually every
buyer you want to see. Even western states and Canada
are well-represented. It would take an army of sales reps an
entire year to visit the same qualified buyers you will meet
face-to-face at the IGC Shows.
We’ll see you this summer in
Baltimore and Chicago!
Jeff & Cheryl Morey
Producers and Publishers
ABOUT THE IGC SHOW
Now in its ninth year, the IGC Show is America’s largest trade
show and conference for independent garden center owners,
managers and buyers. The three-day event showcases garden
center products and services at its two locations: the Baltimore
Convention Center and Navy Pier, Chicago. The IGC Retail
Conference, the industry’s premier conference program, provides
30-plus hours of educational sessions on-site, led by the industry’s
leading minds. The IGC Shows draw visitors from across the globe
with free high-profile keynotes - Martha Stewart headlined last year
- free concerts, myriad networking opportunities and more.
WHAT MAKES IGC YOUR BEST CHOICE?
•An Educational Program of the Highest Order.
IGC is proud to present the IGC Retail Conference,
the most comprehensive educational opportunity
available in the garden center market. Leading
industry experts speak on all aspects of the garden
center business. Your best assurance that the
IGC Shows attract a highly qualified audience is this
high-caliber program. It helps “pre-sell” attendees on
the value of the products they see in the exhibit hall.
• Show Producers with Insight & Credibility.
For nearly 60 years, IGC Magazine has proudly served
the garden center market with news, education and
insight. Nobody knows the business better than
publishers Jeff and Cheryl Morey. They are committed
to creating for you, the garden center supplier, an
unparalleled opportunity to reach your key customers
and prospects. IGC Magazine aggressively promotes
the IGC Shows right up to ribbon cutting.
•Super-Simple Shipping Between Shows.
When you participate in both IGC Shows, your
designated freight is automatically whisked from your
booth at IGC East so that it’s waiting for you in your
booth at IGC Chicago when you arrive - all without
lifting a finger! Simply sign up for the low-cost
IGC Show Caravan. Easy as pie!
• Two Prime Locations at the Heart of the Garden
Center Market: Baltimore and Chicago.
The IGC Show is held twice yearly, right smack dab
in the middle of the two greatest concentrations
of garden centers on earth. IGC East takes place at
the widely popular Baltimore Convention Center,
just steps from the city’s spectacular Inner Harbor
waterfront development. IGC Chicago convenes
at Chicago’s Navy Pier, in the heart of the city’s
downtown shopping, dining and entertainment
district. Both locations offer world-class hotels
at bargain rates, fine dining, endless shopping,
popular tourist attractions and a world of
entertainment. Most importantly, both IGC East and
IGC Chicago are located in close proximity to many
thousands of IGC retail buyers - exactly who you
need to see! Plus, no other venues offer exhibitors
such a sales-friendly environment: stunning
waterfront locations, easy work rules, high ceilings,
ample lighting and legions of qualified buyers
ready to buy - a wonderful, workable showcase for
your entire product line.
BUYERS WITH BIG BUDGETS
Here’s just a short sampling of the high-grossing retailers that send their buyers.
All 50 states are represented in attendance at the IGC Shows, plus 20 countries.
McDonald Garden Center
McNamara Florist
Metropolitan Plant &
Flower Exchange
Milaeger’s
Miller’s ACE Hardware
Moana Nursery
Molbak’s
Morris County Farms
Mulhall’s
Natorp’s
Nick’s Garden Center
Nielsen’s Native Nursery
Northwest Hardware
Oakland Nurseries
Pasquesi Home & Gardens
Patuxent Nursery
Paulino Gardens
Pesche’s Garden Center
Phillip’s Interior Plants
Plow & Hearth
Prairie Gardens
Ray Wiegand’s Nursery
Roger’s Gardens
Russell’s Garden Center
Russell’s Tree & Shrub Farm
Sid’s Greenhouses
Sloat Garden Center
Sousa’s Landscape
Sporty’s Preferred Living
Sprout Home
Star Nursery
Stein Gardens & Gifts
Sullivan Hardware & Garden
SummerWinds Nurseries
Sunnyside Gardens
Swansons Nursery
Terra Greenhouses
Terrain
TLC Florist & Greenhouses
Valley View Farms
Village Green Nurseries
Wallace’s Garden Center
Wannemakers
White Flower Farm
Whole Foods Market
Young’s Nurseries
Zamzows
Master Nursery’s BIG MOVE BringS
EVEN MORE BUYERS to IGC EAST
Master Nursery Garden
Centers, a cooperative
of more than 550 of the
nation’s top independent
garden centers, has selected
IGC East for its Master Nursery
Eastern Regional Member
Meeting home. Master
Nursery’s management and
board of directors decided
to discontinue the Master
Nursery Conclave at the
PANTS Show in Philadelphia.
Previously, that event
included the group’s Eastern
Regional Member Meeting,
which will now convene
at the IGC East Show in
Baltimore. That means even
more buyers for you!
What Attendees Buy: The Full Range of Products
Statuary/Fountains, Pots & Supplies
Landscape Design, Installation, or
Maintenance Supplies
Weed or Insect Control
Furniture/Outdoor Living
Water Gardening Plants & Supplies
Edging/Trellis/Stakes
Seeds & Bulbs
Plants - Outdoor
Plants - Indoor
47%
Giftware
51%
Greenhouse/Greenhouse Supplies
43%
Media/Mulches/Fertilizer
Christmas & Holiday/Accessories
52%
Clothing/Hats
Organics/Naturals
Percentage of buyers who bought in these categories.
NOTE: This is not the entire scope of categories represented
at the IGC Shows, just some of the biggest.
Home Decor
Flowerama
Flowerland
Frank Otte Garden Centers
Frattallone’s ACE Hardware
Gardener’s Supply Company
Gertens
Gethsemane Garden Center
Glover Nursery
Goebbert’s Farm
Grass Pad Warehouse
Green Acres Nursery
Green Thumb Nursery
Green View Companies
Greenland Garden Centre
Gro-Rite Greenhouse & GC
Gurnee Garden Center
Hartville Hardware
Hawks Nursery
Hicks Nurseries
Hillermann Nursery & Florist
Holdridge Nursery & Florist
Hole’s Greenhouses & Gardens
Homestead Gardens
Jackson’s Home & Garden
James Saunoris & Sons
Jared’s Nursery and GC
Johannsen’s Greenhouses
Johnson’s Garden Centers
Kaw Valley Greenhouses
Lehigh Valley Home & Garden
Lehman’s
Louisiana Nursery
Lurvey Garden Center
Mahoney’s Garden Centers
Malmborg’s
Martin Viette Nurseries
Bird Houses, Feeders, Seed, Etc.
Adams Fairacre Farms
Adams Nurseries
Allied Nursery
Alsip Home & Nursery
American Plant
Anderson’s Home & Garden
Ann & Hope
Armstrong Garden Centers
Bachman’s
Beaty Feed & Hardware Co.
Behnke Nurseries
Berns Garden Center
Big G ACE
Blue Grass
Blueville Nursery
Bob’s Garden Center
Bordine’s
The Bruce Company of WI
Calloway’s Nursery
Centre Jardin Hamel
Chalet
Clover’s Garden Center
Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens
Countryside Garden Center
DeHaven Home & Garden Shplc
Donzell’s/Gale’s Garden Centers
Dubai Garden Centre
Dundee Nursery & Landscaping
Earl May Seed & Nursery
Echter’s
Eden Gardens
Emigh ACE Hardware
English Gardens
Fairview Gardens
Farm & Home Supply
Feeney’s
36%
56%
44%
56%
67%
35%
58%
44%
45%
56%
62%
72%
53%
PUT YOUR PRODUCTS IN FRONT OF
NEARLY 80% OF ALL INDEPENDENT
GARDEN CENTER RETAILERS IN AMERICA
•IGC delivers a high-quality audience
of 100% pure independent garden
center buyers. Every person coming
down the aisle is a prospective
customer for you.
landscapers, no lawn services. Just
thousands of garden centers.
•IGC is a juried event. Only companies
that are screened and approved as
IGC 2015: WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
• IGC attracts the biggest buyers
- via special programs to ensure
attendance by the nation’s very
largest garden centers. More than
80% of the 100 largest garden
centers in America were in
attendance in 2014.
•IGC is a national event, not regional
like many other industry shows.
You will meet qualified prospects
from all over the country.
•IGC is a highly focused event,
exclusively targeting buyers from
every U.S. and Canadian independent
garden center. No gardeners, no
There is no more efficient means of reaching your target audience of
QUALIFIED garden center retail buyers than IGC East & IGC Chicago.
Each event targets ultra-high-density U.S. garden center markets.
selling appropriate merchandise may
exhibit. This assures attendees that
they won’t have to wade through
exhibits displaying things they don’t
sell, like light bulbs and lawn mowers.
•IGC’s world-class IGC Retail
Conference puts your prospects
in a highly receptive mood to buy.
•IGC is brought to you by
IGC Magazine, the nation’s best-read
industry magazine for nearly 60 years.
•IGC is actively supported by the
leading industry trade associations
and buying groups.
YOU’LL MEET KEY DECISION MAKERS
At IGC 2015, the professional evaluating
your line, product or service is the one
who signs the order. That’s because IGC
is specifically targeted to owners and
managers who have the responsibility
and resources to buy. They are the ones
whose decisions direct their businesses and the commitment of their funds.
Attendees by Title:
100% Pure Retail Buyers!
Attendees by Annual Sales:
63% Sell $1 Million+ Per Year
$500k-999k
16%
$200k-499k
9%
$1 million-2.9 million
28%
Less than $200k
12%
$5 million
or more
24%
$3 million-4.9 million
11%
Sales/Marketing
9%
Buyer
12%
Merchandising
3%
Manager
19%
Other
7%
Owner/Pres/CEO
41%
VP/General Manager
9%
MAKE SURE YOU’RE ON THE 'IT' LIST
Any vendor serious about selling to garden centers is at the IGC Show. These are
just a fraction of the companies that have exhibited. You can’t afford to miss it.
Ace Hardware
ACHLA Designs
AgraQuest, Inc.
Airmax, Inc.
Alfresco Home, LLC
Algoflash America, Inc.
Allsop Home & Garden
American Beauties Native Plants
American Express OPEN
American Made
Amturf Enterprises, LLC
Anamese Garden & Home
ANC Technology
Ancient Graffiti
AnewGreen, Inc.
Aquascape, Inc.
Arboria
Arborjet
Arcadia Garden Products
Arett Sales
Arrow Plastic Manufacturing
Artscapes
Athena’s Garden
Athens Stonecasting
Atlantic Water Gardens
Auraco, Inc.
Aussie Naturals
Austram, Inc.
Avery Imports
Ayers Supply, Inc.
AZ Patio Heaters
B and B Bedding, Inc.
Bachmann Industries
Backyard Safari Company
Badger Garden Gloves
Baicor
Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
Ball Horticultural Company
Bamboo Accents
Barebones Living
Bartlett Bench & Wire
Basket Buddys, LLC
Batson’s Foliage Group, Inc.
Bayer Advanced
Bayview Flowers
Be Metal Be
Belden Plastics
Bernecker’s Nursery
BFG Supply Co.
Big Time Products, LLC
BioSafe Systems
Bird-B-Gone, Inc.
Bizon Nursery
BLB Foliage
Blossom Bucket, Inc.
Bobbex, Inc.
Bonide Products
Border Concepts
Boreal
Botanico, Inc.
Bountiful Farms
Bradfield Organics
Braun Horticulture, Inc.
Burley Clay Products
Burpee Garden Products
burton + BURTON
Byer of Maine
Cactus Canyon Ceramics
Calico Cottage, Inc.
California Umbrella, Inc.
Campania International
Capital Forest
CarGo Apron
Carruth Studio
Carson Home Accents
Cartanna Garden Products
Castart Studios, Ltd.
Centerton Nursery, Inc.
Central Florida Ferns
Ceramica De Espana
Certified Roses
Charlie Cook Associates
Chicago Tribune
Cinco Plastics
Classic Baluster
Clesen Wholesale, Inc.
Cole’s Wild Bird Products
Collier Metal Specialties, Ltd.
Continental Art Center
Cottage Gardens, Inc., The
CounterPoint
Couronne Company
Coyne’s & Company
Danner Manufacturing, Inc.
Dave Wilson Nursery
David Austin Roses Limited
David’s Concrete Innovations
Deer Defeat, LLC
Deforche Construct NV
DekoRRa Products, LLC
Delaware Quarries
Desert Steel
Design Toscano
DeWitt Company
Dillman Farm, Inc.
Dillon Group, The
Donahue’s Greenhouse
Dorothy Biddle Service
Dr. Earth, Inc.
Dr. Grimme’s Better Ways, LLC
Duarte Trees & Vines
Dummen Group
Dunecraft, Inc.
Dutchman Tree Farms, LLC
Dyna-Gro Nutrition Solutions
Earth Accents, LLC
EarthBox
Earthcare Greenhouses
EarthMinded, LLC
Earthway Products, Inc.
Eason Horticultural Resources
Eastern Shore Nursery
Easy Garden Box
Easy Gardener Products, Inc.
Easy Gro Hydro
EasyPro Pond Products
Eaton Farms
Echo Valley
ECi Rock Solid
Eckert’s Greenhouse
EcoForms
Ecological Laboratories, Inc.
EcoScraps
Elizabeth Keith Designs
Endless Summer First Editions
Envelor, Inc.
Environmental Factor, The
EPIC - Deer Scram
Epicor Software
Eschbach Accente USA
Eshraghi Nursery
Espoma Company
EZ Vane, Inc.
Fabriscape, Inc.
Fairdale Nursery
Fall Creek Farm and Nursery
Fancy Home Products
Fast 2 Grow
Fathom It Distributing
Featherock / U.S. Pumice
Featherock, Inc.
Fermob USA
Fisher Farms, LLC
Flexrake Corporation
Flip Flop Flowerpot
Flora USA, Inc.
Florida Tropicals Direct
Floridus Design Images
Florisin, LLC
Forest Hill Manufacturing
Forked Up Art
FoxFarm Soil & Fertilizer Co.
Foxgloves, LLC
Francis Metal Works
Franklin Electric / Little Giant
Freedom Tree Farms, LLC
Gaim Engineering, Inc.
Garden Age Supply
Garden Center Solutions
Garden Centers of America
Garden Girl USA
Garden Of No Weeden, LLC
Garden Tower Project, LLC
Garden Works
Gardena
Gardenaway
Gardener’s Hollow Leg, The
Gardener’s Supply Company
GardenRite Products, Ltd.
Gardenstone (Taicang)
Gardner Pie Company
GeoPot
Georgetown Home and Garden
Gerson Company, The
Gizaun Art
Gold Crest Distributing
Gold Hill Sales, Inc.
Good Directions, Inc.
Good Earth Organics
Good Ideas, Inc.
Green Heron Tools
Green Leaf Nursery, Inc.
Greendale Nursery, Inc.
Griffin Greenhouse Supplies
Grosfillex USA
Grow Tech, Inc.
GrowBox by The Garden Patch
Growe Industries
Growermate
Growstone
GrowTech Solutions, LLC
GrowTech, Inc.
GSKY
Habersham Candle Co.
Hale and Hines Nursery
Hammock Enterprises
Hanauer’s Tree Farms, LLP
Handy Camel, LLC, The
Hanes Geo Components
Hanken Imports
Hart Seed
Hart-T-Tree Farm
Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery
Headwind Consumer Products
Heather Farms Nursery
Henri Studio by Stonecasters
Hestra Gloves, LLC
HGTV HOME Plant Collection
Hi-Line Gift, Ltd.
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Hill’s Imports, Inc.
Hines Growers, LLC
Hoffie Nursery, Inc.
Holmes Farm
Holt Nurseries
Home & Garden Showplace
Home Bazaar
Hort Couture
Hortech, Inc.
Howard Johnson’s Enterprises
Hudler Tree Farm, LLC
Hudson Valley Seed Library
Hydrofarm Horticultural Products
Hydrologic Purification Systems
I Must Garden
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Imperial Nurseries
Imports Decor, Inc.
Imports Exclusive
Imports Unlimited
In The Breeze
Infinity Lawn and Garden
Ingleside Plantation Nurseries
Innova Hearth & Home, Inc.
Integrated Store Systems
InvisiClimb, Inc.
Irish Eyes Garden Seeds
Iron Decor and More
Iseli Nursery
J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
J.C. Bakker & Sons, Ltd.
J.R. Peters, Inc.
Jackson Pottery
Jenlis, Inc.
Jeremiah Junction, Inc.
Jeremie Corp
JFI Enterprises
JJ Potts
Joan Baker Designs
John Henry Company
Jolly Farmer
Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens
Jonathan Green
JRM Chemical, Inc.
Jumping Cracker Beans, LLC
Juniper Organics Limited
Jwalt
K&M Nursery
Kaemingk
Kankakee Nursery Co.
Kara’s Creations
Kate Lally Ceramics
Kay Berry, Inc.
Keepsake Plants
Kelkay, LLC
Kennicott Brothers Company
Kenroy Home
Kettle Moraine Woodworking
KG Farms
Kinsman Company
Kitras Art Glass
Knox Fertilizer Company, Inc.
Kogut Nursery
Krafts Factory, The
Kraft Gardens, Inc.
Kube Pak
Kurt Lee Products, Inc.
L.E. Cooke Co.
La Crosse Technology
Lady Bug Natural Brand
Laguna Water Gardening
Lake County Nursery
Lake Valley Seed
Lakeland Mills
Lambert Peat Moss
Land and Sea
Laurel Springs Nursery
Lazy Hill Farm Designs
Le Primitif Galleries
Leanin’ Tree
Lebanon Seaboard Corporation
Lechuza USA
Leeder Group
Leo Gentry Wholesale Nursery
Li and Fung (Trading), Ltd.
Lifegard Aquatics
Lincoln Nurseries, Inc.
Lion Ribbon
Liquid Art, LLC
Liquid Fence Company
Little House in the Garden
Little Valley Wholesale, Inc.
Livingston Seed
LOC Software
Loma Vista Nursery
Lone Star Group, The
Long Nursery Products, Inc.
Lotus International, Inc.
LTL Home Products
Luminosities, Inc.
Luster Leaf
Luurtsema Sales, Inc.
M&M Plant Sales
Magid Glove & Safety Mfg. Co.
Magnet Works
Magnolia Casual
Magnolia Company, The
Maharani
Main Line Pottery
Maine Bucket Co.
Malibu Compost
Maple Ridge Supply
Marchioro USA, Inc.
Mariachi Imports
Mariani Nurseries
Mariner Business Solutions
Marshall Home and Garden
Massarelli’s
Master Gardner Company, The
Master Nursery Garden Centers
Mastertag
Mayne/New England Arbors
MayRich
McCann Brothers
McCutcheon Apple Products, Inc.
McKay Nursery
Melissa & Doug
Michigan Peat Company
Michigan West Shore Nursery
Micky’s Minis
Mid-Atlantic Pottery
Midwest Wire Works
Mighty ‘Mato
Molecat
Monrovia Growers
Moss and Stone Gardens
Mountain West, LLC
Napa Home & Garden, Inc.
Napco
NatraTurf
Natura Products, Inc.
Natural Alternative
Natural Industries, Inc.
Nature Creations
Nature Innovations
Nature’s Footprint, Inc.
Naylor’s Custom Metal Cutting
Nelson Plant Food
Netherland Bulb Company
Nexus Corporation
Noble Worm Organics
North Country Wind Bells, Inc.
Northern Dome
Northern Family Farms
Northland Farms
Northscaping
Novelty Manufacturing Co.
Oak Street Wholesale
Ohio Mulch Supply, Inc.
Oldcastle Lawn & Garden
Olde Victorian Garden Shadows
Optimara Group
Oregon Pride Nurseries
Organic Control, Inc. / Orcon
Organic Laboratories, Inc.
Organic Plant Health
Organic Plant Magic
Organics Rx
Orlandi Statuary
Out of the Blue
Outdoor Essentials
Pacific Decor
Pacific Home & Garden, Inc.
Pacific Rim Brackets, Ltd.
Page Seed Company
Painted Sky Designs
Pane in the Grass
PDSI
Peace of Mind Nursery, Inc.
Perennial Farm, The
Permaloc
Pine Tree Farms, Inc.
Pink, Inc.
Plant Nanny Company, The
Plantaflor USA, Inc.
Pleasant Cove
POS Solutions + Plus, LLC
Pottery Express
Pottery Market, The
Pottery Paradise
Pottery Patch, The
Power Planter, Inc.
Premier Pottery Products
Premier Tech Horticulture
Proven Winners
Provence Garden Decor
Purple Cow Organics, LLC
Q&Z Nursery, Inc.
QMT Windchimes
Quarto Publishing Group USA
Quince Creek
R.W. Rogers Company, Inc.
Rainforest Flora
Randolph Rose Collection
Red Carpet Studios, Ltd.
Red Rooster AG Products
Reliant Ribbon
Renee’s Garden
Repellex USA, Inc.
Repose by My Spirit Garden
Retail Computer Group, LLC
Rhino Seed & Turf Supply
Rinehart Sculptures
River North
River Root Gardens
Riverbend Nursery
Robert Allen Home & Garden
Rochester Concrete Products
Rodale, Inc.
Rome Industries, Inc.
Roo Gardening Apron
Rosebay Nursery
Rosso’s International
Rough Brothers, Inc.
Rubber Resources
Rustic Natural Cedar Furniture
Safari, Ltd.
SallyeAnder Soaps
Sawyer Nursery
Saxon, Inc.
Scheurich USA, Inc.
Schubert Nursery, Inc.
Scoot Products
Scotts Miracle-Gro
Second Nature Design, Ltd.
Sester Farms
Severt’s Tree Farm
ShelterWorks, Ltd.
Sheridan Nurseries
Smart Pots
Soil Mender Products
SPI Home & Garden
Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
Spring Valley USA
St. Gabriel Organics
Star Imports
Steel Heart, Ltd.
Sterling International, Inc.
Steven M. Lewers & Associates
Stewart’s Greenhouse, Inc.
Stone Bunny, The
Strong Marketing/Seedballz
Studebaker Nurseries, Inc.
Sturgill Tree Farms
Sturon Nursery
Suntory
Sustane Natural Fertilizer, Inc.
Syndicate Home and Garden
Tap My Trees, LLC
Taylor Company
TDI Brands
Tenax Corporation
Tennessee Valley Nursery, Inc.
Terra Nova Nurseries
Terrapin Trading
Teufel Holly Farms
Tidal Creek Growers
Tidwell Nurseries, Inc.
Timber Bay Home & Garden
Timber Press/Storey Publishing
Tip-Top Bio-Control
To Soil Less
Toro
Town & Country Gloves
Tranquility Concepts
Trans-Ocean Import Co.
Transflora
Trendspot, Inc.
Trio Designs Group
Trunk Mat Co., Inc.
Tubtrugs
Tula Hats
Turbo Tiller, LLC
Tusco Products
Twixwood Nursery
Ultimate Gardening, LLC
UMA Enterprises, Inc.
Uncommon USA
Unibest International, LLC
Unique Arts, LLC
United Nursery
United Pet Group / TetraPond
Universal Consumer Products
Universal Forest Products
Upcycle Products, Inc.
Upper Deck, Ltd.
Urban Earth Hydroponic Kits
V-G Supply Company, Inc.
VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)
Van Bloem Gardens
Van Essen Nursery
Veggie Cage, LLC
Veradek, Inc.
Vertex International
Very Cool Stuff
Viatek Consumer Products Group
Victory 8 Garden
Viducci’s Garden
Virginia Candle Company
Vivid Arts, Ltd.
Viz Glass, Inc.
VNT Pottery
VRE Systems
Vyn Flowers
W. Altee Burpee & Co.
W.C. Redmon Company
Walker Nursery Co.
Wallaroo Hat Company
Walters Seed Company
Weeks Roses
West of the Wind Designs
Western Tag & Label
Wheelzbarrow
Whimsies
Whirligig World
Whitehall Products
Wholesale Fairy Gardens
Wilco Distributors, Inc.
Willoway Nurseries, Inc.
Wolf Garten Tools
Woodstock Chimes
Woodstock Percussion, Inc.
Woodstream Corporation
Words and Watercolors
World’s Coolest Rain Gauge
Yalian Canada
Zenith Innovation
Zenport
Zip-It Tree Tie Co
MASSIVE, MULTI-FACETED MARKETING PUSH BACKED BY
$1 MILLION COMMITMENT
The IGC Shows are raising their marketing budget
to nearly $1 million to saturate the market with
display ads, email messages, banner ads and
direct mail pieces to reach every IGC buyer in the
United States and Canada again and again ...
right up to both show times. And there’s more:
17,401,282
Total amount of purchases IGC attendees
collectively made right at the show.
82,733,229
$
Total amount of purchases IGC attendees collectively
plan to make from exhibitors post-show.
of the industry’s leading magazines. Plus
in-depth editorial coverage in select issues.
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personal invitations to the shows.
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Center, CT
Kaitlyn Larson, Larson’s Garden
TRACKS !
ALL NEW RETAIL
today.
Register for classes
2873 Saber Drive
Clearwater, FL 33759
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
trade press to ensure maximum media
coverage of all important aspects of the
IGC Shows.
IGC Chicago
Henry Hutcheson
Family Business
Eddie Money
IGC Chicago
IGC East
Peter Shankman
Social Media
Don Felder
IGC East
I G C S H O W I S S U E 2 0 14
East
IGC Chicago & East IGC
Willie Degel
Corey Bordine
Customer Service
Retail Experience
Martha Stewart, IGC Chicago
FREE KEYNOTE
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REGISTER TODAY &
ERE
31 - $5K TRIP TO ANYWH
REGISTER BY MAY
CONFERENCE!
+ SAVE $200 ON FULL
AUTOMATIC ENTRY
Aug. 19-21, Navy Pier
F ROM T HE PRODUCERS OF T HE IGC SHOW
badges mailed in advance will make
attendance hassle-free for the thousands of
qualified buyers expected to attend each
IGC Show.
PRSRT STD
US POSTAGE PAID
MAILED FROM
ZIP CODE 54303
PERMIT 460
•Online registration and admission
Percent of exhibitors who rated the quality and
quantity of IGC buyers good to excellent.
97%
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
garden center buyers to register and make
their travel plans to IGC East and
IGC Chicago.
94%
58 YEARS, DEDICATED TO INDEPENDENT RETAILER SUCCESS
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Clearwater, FL 33759
•Pre-show telemarketing will remind
O F F I C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N
Industry First!
Martha’s Star Keynote
Shines at IGC Chicago
“Independents Bring So Many
g”
Good Things to Gardenin
•More than 250,000 emails, direct mail
pieces and complimentary admission
tickets will be sent to the estimated 25,000
independent garden center retailers in the
United States and Canada. Broad reach!
Amount the average attendee plans to spend
buying from exhibitors they meet at IGC.
$
• Full-page spreads will run in every issue
•Press releases will be sent regularly to the
43,770
$
Plus! IGC East’s Grand Debut
All the Details Inside
Aug. 5-7, Gaylord National
AS AN EXHIBITOR, YOU WILL RECEIVE:
• 100 square feet of exhibit space on the • Your company’s profile and link at
main show floor per 10’x10’ purchased.
• One 8-foot-high draped backwall,
two 3-foot-high draped side rails.
• Booth ID sign with your company
name and booth number.
• First 1,000 pounds of drayage FREE.
Each additional pound is at heavily
subsidized low rates.
• Free 1x use of the post-show
registration postal mailing list.
• Three booth personnel passes for your
staff per 10’x10’ booth purchased.
IGC’s website.
• Your company’s profile in the
printed Official IGC Show Directory &
Buyers Guide. Trumpet what you sell to
IGC’s thousands of attendees.
• Exclusive access to sponsorship
opportunities for maximum exposure/
visibility.
• Opportunity to advertise in the
Official IGC Show Directory &
Buyers Guide.
• 24-hour exhibit hall security.
Percent of exhibitors who rated
IGC overall good to excellent.
99%
Percent of attendees who rated
IGC overall good to excellent.
Reserve Your Space Today.
Contact Lisa Bansavage, [email protected] (203) 682-1664
Make a Commitment
to Increased Sales Now
The bottom line ... is your bottom line. In just six
days, you will present your products and services to
more qualified buyers than you could reach in a year
through any other means. Right now is the time to
sign up for IGC East and IGC Chicago 2015.
•An attendee base that buys exactly what you sell.
•State-of-the-art convention centers in the heart of
the “Garden Center Belt.”
•An educational conference without parallel.
•A substantial fine-tuned promotional campaign.
•Produced by the industry’s leading magazine.
•Managed by a veteran event management team.
•Exhibitor perks that make sense.
IGC Exhibit Hall Hours
IGC East: Tues., Aug. 4: 12 - 6 pm, Wed., Aug. 5: 10 am - 6 pm, Thurs., Aug. 6: 10 am - 3 pm
IGC Chicago: Tues., Aug. 18: 12 - 6 pm, Wed., Aug. 19: 10 am - 6 pm, Thurs., Aug. 20: 10 am - 3 pm