Mid-Am Daily Educational Demonstrations
Be among the first to discover the latest and most innovative green-industry products and services for the coming growing season. Stop by the demonstration area every day of the show to see specially selected products and services in action.
Participating 2009 Daily Educational Demonstrations
| WEDNESDAY, January 14 | ||
| 11:00 a.m. | Illinois Brick Company #233 |
ColorLock, an innovative technology, is comprised of finer sands, cement, and increased color density that achieves a smoother, more vibrant surface that will not fade. Demonstration will show traditional pavers compared to pavers with ColorLock, as well as its benefits and features. |
| Noon | Power Equipment Company #273 | Four-wheel drive power wheelbarrow will be demonstrated, showing how to change different attachments. How the Muck-Truck climbs over obstacles that would stop a standard wheelbarrow also will be shown. |
| THURSDAY, January 15 | ||
| 11:00 a.m. | Aquascape, Inc. #1401 |
The demonstration will use an illustrated back board that shows how the RainXChange System captures rain water for reuse. The products used for installation of this system will be exhibited and discussed during the demo. |
| Noon | Clesen Wholesale #908 |
Winter container pot design: learn from the experts on how to design your own winter container pots and grow your profits during the winter season. Design expert Nancy Clifton (Program Specialist at the Chicago Botanic Garden) will demonstrate the ease of designing multiple container pots using decorative winter items such as greens, branches, and berries. Along with design elements, Tim Clesen will be on hand to discuss the advantages of making and selling container pots, a hot trend in the current Landscape and Garden Center markets. |
| FRIDAY, January 16 | ||
| 11:00 a.m. | Silver Creek Stoneworks #445 | How to install a Silver Creek Patio with Silver Creek landscape tiles. Silver Creek landscape tiles are cast in hundreds of unique molds, yet their uniformity eliminates all the installation difficulties of natural stone. In this case, the old adage "Seeing is believing." is true. |