2011 PGTA Annual Meeting
Denver Indoor Gardening Expo
Welcome to the first PGTA Annual Meeting held in conjunction with the Indoor GardeningExpo. After listening to our members and manufacturers, PGTA has combined our efforts with the exhibit show production by the popular publishing company, Maximum Yield. By hosting your 14th Annual PGTA Meeting alongside the IGE, PGTA attendees will be given special "members only" access and privileges in the exhibit hall including exclusive face-to-face trade show time with over 220 exhibitors.
Denver, Colorado offers the perfect venue and location for members of the progressive gardening trade industry to unite, network, learn and share the growth, the obstacles and the unique opportunities that are before the industry.
The PGTA invites both members and non-members to participate in two days of timely seminars on important industry issues and an exclusive half-day preview of the Indoor Gardening Expo. This unique opportunity to have undivided facetime with over 200 exhibitors is reserved for PGTA meeting participants only.
Click here or on the brochure above to download the complete PGTA conference brochure in the Adobe PDF format. A downloadable PGTA 2011 Registration Form is available by clicking here or on the image at right. Online registration is closed, please register at the show.
Silver Meeting Sponsors
Bronze Meeting Sponsors
Featured Speakers
Albe Zakes
Global Vice-President of Media
TerraCycle, Inc.
Albe Zakes is the 27-year old Global VP of Media at TerraCycle, Inc., the world's leading "upcycling" company, which converts waste materials into eco-friendly, affordable products. Albe started at TerraCycle as an intern in the PR department, after being told he did not have enough experience for a full-time position! After two months he was offered a full-time position and never looked back.
He helped TerraCycle battle Scotts Miracle-Gro, by running the "Sued by Scotts" Campaign in 2007, which received national media attention. Under Albe's management, the PR department has secured almost 200 media placements in the last 3 years that have generated well over 900 million impressions. This year he secured coverage for TerraCycle on "Oprah" and "Good Morning, America" on the same day, Earth Day!
In addition to managing the company's public relations activities, Albe organized TerraCycle's yearly Graffiti Jam and helps run the summer internship program which hosts over 20 college students every summer and several during the school year as well. Albe's speaking platforms have included Harvard, Harvard Business School, Wharton School of Business, Denver University, the American Horticultural Society Annual Conference, as well as countless "green" and business conferences.
Albe will specifically address the challenges of selling hydroponic and earth-friendly products for local markets in the unique environment retailers face for our industry.
Jeff Lowenfels
Author, Columnist, Radio Host
Back by popular request, Jeff Lowenfels is an expert in communicating with the gardening markets. His weekly gardening column has run more than 30 years without interruption, in addition to his regular radio program in Anchorage, Alaska. Jeff's book, Teaming with Microbes, is a national revelation of the newest organic growing concepts and how organic soils and growing methods improve our gardens and the environment.
This program will amaze and energize you in ways you didn't know were possible. The organic products market is projected to increase at an unprecedented rate through 2011. Come hear how you can be part of this world-wide revolution. Learn what progressive gardening retailers need to know about selling organic products to the more than 80 million gardening households across the United States.
In addition to our two Featured Speakers, scheduled presentations featuring Harley Smith of Hydrodynamics International, Sylvia Bernstein of The Aquaponic Source, Bill Rittenberg of Rittenberg, Samuel & Phillips, Dave Van Sickle of Diverse Voltage Systems, Mike Anderson and Jerry Catherine of EYE Lighting, and others will explore the following timely topics:
Lighting Technology: LED's as Plant Growth Boosters
Lighting Technology: What's New in Ballast Technology
Basic Electrical: Getting Started Right
Basic Electrical: How to Avoid Burning Down the Barn
Basic Electrical: UL & Other Electrical Device Certification
Legal Issues: Fact vs. Fiction on State's Rights & Other Key Issues
Selling Organics: Selling More By Explaining It Better Part 1 & Part 2
Selling Organics: Secrets to Selling Aquaponics
Selling Nutrients: Understanding Nutrients & Supplements: Part 1
& Part 2
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity in Colorado. Sponsorship opportunities and booth space are now available. Call Maximum Yield at 250-729-2677, or go to www.indoorgardenexpo.com for more details about exhibiting. For seminar sponsorship and program information, contact the PGTA at 703-392-5890.
Click here or on the brochure above to download the complete PGTA 14th Annual Meeting brochure in the Adobe PDF format. Online registration is closed, please register at the meeting.
Charlie Watson Memorial Party
Please join us Friday evening, April 1st, 2011 to honor and celebrate the life of PGTA Vice-President and founder of The Grow Store, Charlie Watson, at the Denver Convention Center. Charlie was a shining star in our industry and was passionate about working with kids and schools to further hydroponic educational efforts through the PGTA Educational Grant program Hooked on Hydroponics, and the newly created Professional Hydroponics Education Council (PHEC).
The party will serve as a fundraiser to raise money so that the PGTA can continue Charlie's important PGTA educational initiatives. A unique silent auction is also planned that will feature vintage hydroponic, chemical, and soilless gardening books, periodicals, and products.
Please plan to join us for a joyful look back at Charlie's life and a night of musical celebration with one of Colorado's most well-known blues bands, the Delta Sonics. There are many ways to show your support, please email charliewatsonmemorial@pgta.org for more information.
Exhibitors at the Maximum Yield Colorado Indoor Garden Expo include (linked exhibitors are PGTA Member Companies):
3-D Organic Solutions: Booths 545, 548
Aeroflo Elicent: Booth 733
AIBC International LED Grow Lights: Booths 735, 737
Age Old Organics: Booth 347
AgraQuest (Serenade Garden): Booth 615
American Clay Works & Supply: Booth 247
American Hydroponics: Booths 414, 416
Atami T-Nou: Booths 433, 435, 532, 534
Atmosphere: Booths 345, 444
Aurora Innovations: Booths 124, 126
Beneficial Biologics: Booth 415
Biobizz: Booths 145, 146, 147, 148, 244, 246
Biodiversity Products, Inc.: Booth 447
Biofloral: Booths 521, 523
Bloomington Wholesale Garden Supply: Booths 633, 635, 732, 734
Botanicare: Booths 133, 134, 232, 234
CamoPots International: Booth 338
Can-Filters: Booths 221, 223, 224, 225, 320, 322
Ceyhinz Link International | RIOCOCO: Booth 746
Clearwater Organics: Booth 645
Conscious Earthworks: Booth 211
Custom Automated Products / R & M Supply, Inc.: Booths 609, 611, 708, 710
Cutting Edge Solutions, LLC: Booths 321, 420
D.L. Wholesale: Booths 130, 132
Danner Manufacturing, Inc. : Booth 517
Dewco Pumps & Equipment, Inc.: Booth 251
Douglas Speed & Associates: Booth 339
Dutch Master: Booths 621, 623, 720, 722
Dyna-Gro Nutrient Solutions: Booth 204
Easy Grow: Booth 524
Eco Growing Systems: Booth 546
Everything Green Hydroponics: Booths 314, 316
Excel Air Systems: Booth 215
Excel Garden Products: Booth 711
EYE Hortilux Lighting: Booths 100, 102, 104
EZ-Clone Enterprises, Inc.: Booths 439, 538
Family Organics Franchise: Booth 504
Florida Garden Supplies, Inc.: Booths 515, 518, 614
Future Harvest: Booths 616, 617, 620
Gavita Holland: Booths 451, 550
General Hydroponics: Booths 533, 535, 536, 537, 632, 634
Geo Planter: Booth 334
Global Garden Friends: Booth 514
Green Hands of Aloha: Booth 340
Green Planet Wholesale: Booths 239, 241, 242, 243
Greenstar Plant Products: Booths 503, 505, 506, 507
Grodan: Booths 525, 622
Growonix: Booths 453, 552
Growstone, LLC: Booth 434
Gualala Robotics (Light Rail): Booths 309, 311
H & M Heat Exchange: Booth 438
High Caliper Growing (Smart Pots): Booth 229
Homegrown Hydroponics: Booth 441
Horti-Control, Inc.: Booths 112, 114
Horti-grow Supply: Booth 128
House & Garden Van de Zwaan: Booths 303, 305, 402, 404
Hum Company: Booth 344
Humboldt Nutrients: Booths 421, 423, 520, 522
Humboldt Wholesale: Booths 323, 403, 405, 409, 411, 422
Hydro For Hunger: Booth 745
Hydro Innovations: Booths 539, 541, 542, 543, 638, 640
Hydro International: Booth 120
Hydro Logic Purification Systems: Booths 508, 510
Hydro-Organics (Earth Juice): Booth 713
Hydrodynamics International: Booths 121, 123, 220, 222
Hydrofarm, Inc.: Booths 701, 703, 705, 707, 709
Hydrotek: Booths 639, 641, 738, 740
Hygrozyme: Booth 715
Jardin Du Futur: Booth 502
Keirton Manufacturing: Booths 217, 219
Lighthouse Hydro: Booths 138, 351, 450
Lumatek Digital Ballast: Booths 139, 141, 238, 240
Maverick Sun: Booths 127, 129
Maximum Yield Magazine: Booths 115, 117, 214, 216
Microbrewed Fertilizer, LLC: Booth 235
Milwaukee Instruments: Booth 516
Mondi Products, Ltd.: Booth 717
Myron L Company: Booth 744
National Garden Wholesale: Booths 203, 205, 206, 207, 209, 212, 302, 304, 308
Natural Industries: Booth 644
Nature Technologies: Booth 105
Nickel City Wholesale Garden Supply: Booths 603, 605, 702, 704
North West Trellis: Booths 106, 108
NPK Industries: Booth 739
Nutriculture, Ltd.: Booths 233, 236, 332
O.D.'s Distributions: Booth 540
Oracle Garden Supply: Booth 237
Orca Grow Film: Booth 310
Ostberg Americas, Inc.: Booths 341, 440
Ozone Environmental Technologies: Booth 519
Plant Revolution, Inc.: Booth 417
Polar Ray: Booth 136
Precision Installation Products: Booth 110
Progress Earth: Booth 750
Progressive Gardening Trade Association (PGTA): Booth 747
Qualiplast: Booths 554, 650
Reforestation Technologies International: Booth 116
Royal Gold, LLC: Booth 410
Scent Relief: Booths 714, 716
Sean's 1000 Watt: Booth 723
Secret Jardin: Booths 109, 111, 208, 210
Sero-Systems: Booth 743
Soil Health Solutions, LLC & Organic Bountea: Booth 408
Solis-Tek: Booth #647
Steady Gro: Booth 134
Suncourt: Booths 445, 544
Sun Gro Horticulture: Booth 227
Sun Land Garden Products: Booths 326, 328
Sunmaster Grow Lamps & Ballasts: Booth 230
SunPulse Lamps: Booths 103, 202
Sunshine Systems: Booths 333, 432
Sure Growth Distributing, Inc.: Booth 335
Technaflora Plant Products: Booths 226, 228
Terra Hydro Company: Booth 140
The Other Tomato: Booth 446
Thermoflo Technologies, Inc.: Booth 719
Thrive Controlled Gardening: Booth 350
TrimPro: Booths 315, 317
True Liberty Bags: Booth 245
Ventilation Systems: Booth 346
Vermicrop Organics: Booths 527, 530, 531, 626, 628
Click here for an interactive floor plan of the show showing exactly where your must see exhibitors are located.
The general public is welcome in the Exhibit Hall on Sunday, April 3rd between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM.
For more information, please visit The Indoor Gardening Trade Show website at http://www.indoorgardenexpo.com.