Jonathan Green is the leading supplier of grass seed, fertilizer and organic lawn and garden products to professional customers, like sod growers and independent retailers, such as garden centers and hardware stores.  Jonathan Green is a family business with a turfgrass research farm in Oregon and distribution through out the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Mid-Western United States. Jonathan Green specializes in family and pet friendly lawn and garden products which will grow the “New American Lawn and Landscape” and are in harmony with the green world our founder, Jonathan Green, cared about.

Learn more about Jonathan Green at the NJ Plants Trade Show & Conference on January 25 – 26, 2011 at the NJ Convention Center, Edison, NJ.

RareFind Nursery is a retail / mail-order / wholesale nursery that offers unusual hardy plants, rhododendrons, azaleas, native perennials, trees, shrubs, dogwoods,magnolias, conifers, Japanese maples, variegated plants, shade plants and deer-resistant plants!

This is RareFind Nurseries first time exhibiting at NJ Plants.  To learn more about them visit www. rarefindnursery.com.  RareFind Nursery is located in Jackson, NJ.

Hoffman Equipment of Piscataway, NJ will be one of the equipment at NJ Plants when it opens in its new home at the NJ Convention Center in Edison on January 25, 2011.

JCB and Doosan Construction Equipment are some of the products that will be highlighted by Hoffman at the event.  They also carry of full line of construction equipment including CASE, Daewoo, Manitex Boom trucks, etc…  Hoffman Equipment is a full service authorized dealer of heavy lifting and construction equipment offering a full range of new and used equipment for sale and lease, technical service, and spare parts.

Plant pros who work dawn to dusk most of the year often find it hard to network. The exhibition presented by MAC Events of Spring Lake is

Pleasant Run Nursery, Allentown, NJ

designed to pack opportunities to find valuable business allies into two short days at one convenient location.

Landscape contractors and designers will have a chance to preview the spring inventories of almost two dozen wholesale nurseries, many with useful specialties. Pinelands Nursery from Columbus focuses on native plants and stream stabilization supplies; Pleasant Run Nursery in Allentown specializes in new plant introductions and unusual woody ornamentals and Dean’s Evergreens in Monroeville has an expansive catalog of broad-leaf shrubs and conifers.

Although commercial horticulture leads the state’s agricultural sector, the show’s regional reach stretches beyond just New Jersey. The Perennial Farm, with locations in six Northeast states, has a huge inventory and a “Custom Grow” program to give designers exactly what they want.

Registration to attend NJ Plants will be available online on November 1, 2011. To be notified when you can sign up to exhibit click here.

Rick Darke is an internationally known author, photographer, horticulturist and consultant focused on regional landscape design, planning, conservation,  and enhancement. He will be speaking at NJ Plants on Tuesday at 11am.

Rick’s Background – Blending art, ecology, and cultural geography, Darke is dedicated to the design and stewardship of the livable landscape. He has studied and photographed North American plants in their habitats for over 30 years, and this work is reflected in his articles and books including The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest , which has received the American Horticultural Society’s Book Award, the Garden Writers Association Golden Globe Award for book photography, and the National Arbor Day Foundation’s Certificate of Merit. A broadly knowledgeable horticulturist, Darke has traveled extensively in both hemispheres, exploring diverse ecologies and cultural landscapes in search of ideas to enrich the global garden. He is an internationally recognized authority on the use of grasses in designed and managed landscapes and his book, The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes is the world’s most complete individual reference on this topic.

Rick holds a BS in Plant Science from the University of Delaware and was plant curator of Longwood Gardens from 1986-1997.

His latest book, The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition (2009 Timber Press) promotes the classic concept of wild gardening in modern ecological context and illustrates its relevance for today’s gardeners and landscape stewards.  To learn more about Rick and view some of his photography visit http://www.rickdarke.com/.

Why Exhibit at NJ Plants?
In just 2 days you’ll meet face-to-face with decision makers that are actively involved in the green industry from throughout the NJ/NY Metropolitan region. NJ Plants is the only event in the region that focuses on bringing all facets of the industry together in one place. Top quality companies and first class seminars & classes set the event apart from any other in the region.

Trade Show Highlights:
NJ Plants is the place that professionals in the industry will come to see, touch, learn & purchase the best available green industry products & services. It’s where your company has the opportunity to come face-to-face with pre-qualified decision makers searching for ways to improve their businesses.

Conference Highlights:
Full educational program & CEU’s courses for attendees conducted by the NJ Nursery & Landscape Association and Rutgers Continuing Education and much more…

For more information, call 1-800-332-3976.