England Tour?

What started as a whim in 1993 became an institution in the North American independent garden center channel. Since that first tour we have taken almost 700 people (including 3 from Singapore!) representing over 350 companies to the land where garden retailing is always inspiring and dynamic.

After 16 amazing years of running our tour of England's great Garden Centers and the Glee Show we are taking a break from this event in 2009 to develop other tours and programs (see below). Many thanks to everyone who traveled with us, trusted our advice, sponsored us or helped us to make these tours so memorable and informative.

Thanks for the support, learning, friendship and FUN!

If you are interested in touring England's Garden Centers or the inspiring Glee Show in our absence we recommend you follow these two links:

www.intgardencentre.org/en/satzung.php to learn about the International Garden Centre Association's 2009 congress which is to be held in England in conjunction with Glee. You will see that our very own Tom Courtright from Orchard Nursery and Florist in Lafayette California is the current IGCA President.

www.gleebirmingham.com to learn what the spectacular 2009 Glee Show has in store for you.

On The Horizon...

For 2009 we have lots of ideas to help companies in the retail garden and outdoor living industry face what promise to be "Different Times".

By combining our years of experience and information with web technology, we are creating up-to-date sales motivation and 'Retail-Detail' programs, enabling retailers to defend and improve their current profitability, while maintaining happy loyal customers.

We will also be continuing to deliver Convention and Education presentations, as well as the ground-breaking Garden Center University and of course our one-on-one consultation work with independent garden centers all across North America.

We also fully support two essential ANLA events; The Management Clinic (Feb 6 - 9th 2009), and The Retail Road Show (Mid Atlantic Region June 2009) - see you there (www.anla.org)!

In "Different Times" we believe that training, motivation and networking are even more important! Watch this space for more details soon... ..

Thanks for your support over the years; now let us help you focus on 2009!

Ian and Lisa Baldwin

PO Box 1146, Elk Grove CA 95759
Ph 916-682-1069
Fx 916-682-4889
e-mail ianbaldwin@comcast.net