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CanWest educational program announced
July 23, 2013
By Canadian Garden Centre & Nursery
By Canadian Garden Centre & Nursery
July 23, 2013
By Canadian Garden Centre & Nursery
By Canadian Garden Centre & Nursery
July 23, 2013, Vancouver — The CanWest Hort Show has unveiled the official educational program for this year's show.
With 14 sessions ranging from a full day symposium to half-day clinics and 90-minute seminars, attendees can customize their schedules to achieve both business and professional development.
The Landscape Designers Symposium will feature a roster of five first class speakers covering a range of topics:
- Garden Designs by Jo Thompson
- Are Your Proposals Ruining Your Sales and Profits? with Jody Shilan
- Sustainable Design Solutions for Small Space Gardens with John Gillespie
- Vertical Gardens with Bruce Hunter
- Show Your Professionalism in Every Proposal with Joe Salemi
Other clinics and seminars on offer during the show include:
- Financial Management for Garden Centres: Maximizing Profits and Building Equity
- Optimizing Store Layout to Maximize Sales
- Outdoor Kitchen Trends
- Silent Selling Strategies to Increase Store Conversion Rates
- Architectural Plants
- Pruning Clinic with Cass Turnbull
- Soil Biology and Compost Tea Clinic
- Fall and Winter Container Arranging
- Rainwater Management in the Landscape
- Using Non-Pressure Sales and Customer Service Techniques to Grow Your Business
- It's a Hanging Basket!
- Maximizing Small Space Garden Design
- Landscape Contractors Clinic: How to Succeed and Thrive in Today's Market
The CanWest Hort Show runs Sept. 18 and 19 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver. For more information, visit www.canwesthortshow.com.
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