PORTLAND, Ore. - The 2019 Farwest Show, Aug. 21-23, will conduct a retail focused series of free live mini-sessions at the Solution Center on the Oregon Convention Center show floor. The informative sessions, sponsored by GIE Media's Garden Center and Nursery Management magazines, take place each day during the show. Topics will cover issues pertinent to garden retail owners and employees.
Each 30-minute session will be delivered by the best of horticulture retail with themes that cover timely and trending topics, including photography for social media, human resource, plant related marketing, and more. In addition, the Solution Center will offer knowledge about up and coming plants for 2019 and the showcase for best retail products from the show floor with the Retailers’ Choice Awards.
Solution Center mini-sessions are free to attendees and located on the show floor at the end of aisle 10000. The series begins at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21 and runs the course of the show with the final talk at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23. The talks are designed to give attendees an educational reprieve from the show floor.
For complete details on events and daily schedules, visit the Farwest site here.
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