Jamie Durie, world-renowned environmentalist and landscape architect, brings his "Outdoor Room" concept from his native Australia to the United States in HGTV's "The Outdoor Room." The new weekly prime time series has earned very high ratings. Jamie, known for his visionary design aesthetic, travels the world in search of inspiration for lackluster backyards. Armed with intriguing shapes, colors and textures from his journeys, he helps homeowners create the ultimate outdoor oasis. Jamie is undoubtedly one of Australia's most recognizable talents, having hosted many of Australia's top-rated programs including Backyard Blitz, The Block, Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice and Skating on Thin Ice. However, it was in his role as host of the television series Backyard Blitz where he first captured and inspired the imagination of the Australian public, making gardening "hip" again. The successful garden makeover show received six consecutive Logie Awards for Most Popular Lifestyle Program.


WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday, August 18
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

It’s a Jungle Out There and You Have to Be an Animal to Survive!
Corey Bordine, Industry Personality, Bordine Nursery

Back by popular demand, Corey Bordine will share his unique insight on business in a new safari-format keynote presentation. Blessed with being in South Africa four times in the past three years, Corey will communicate his knowledge of our industry from the perspective of different wild animals he has watched and experienced. We all live in the “circle of life” with our businesses and our interactions with other people. Come see Corey as he uses “The W.A.C.” humor and real experiences to educate, inspire and provoke thought about doing business in 2010 and beyond. It is a Jungle out there and you have to be an animal to survive - which animal will you be? Come find out.
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Corey Bordine, President of Bordine Nursery, graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Marketing and then went on to receive his M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota with an emphasis on Operations Management. Corey has served on the ANLA Management Clinic committee, including as Chairperson. He has also served on the ANLA Retail Division Board as both a Board Member and as its President. Corey has volunteered his time on numerous committees and taskforces within the ANLA structure. He is one of the third-generation owners of Bordine Nursery. He and his brother Calvin run the day-to-day operations of the company, while his father, Bruce, is still involved on the top-line decisions. Bordine Nursery has four retail sites in Southeast Michigan, two with growing operations. Corey’s company is truly a "retail-grower." Bordine Nursery grows all of its annuals and perennials and many of its roses, trees and shrubs. It is best known for quality, selection and its knowledgeable "Purple People."

Wednesday, August 18
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

2010 Dick Morey Nursery Retailer of the Year Award Presentation
Find out who will be recognized with the industry’s most prestigious honor during this special presentation of the 2010 Dick Morey Nursery Retailer of the Year Award. Each year, the award is presented to an IGC demonstrating leadership and innovation in the tradition of Dick Morey, the founder of Nursery Retailer and the father of Nursery Retailer Publisher and IGC Show Founder Jeff Morey.
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FEATURED 2010 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Wednesday, August 18
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

The Fastest-Growing Trend in Gardening - Food
Josh Viertel is the president of Slow Food USA, a national non-profit organization that focuses on creating a world in which all people can eat food that is good for them, good for the people who grow and sell it and good for the planet. Josh’s passion is to create a social movement around food and farming that rebuilds local communities. For garden center retailers to take full advantage of the food trend, they need to understand how all the different pieces are fitting together to make being a foodie more than a fad. Consumers are learning about nutrition and food from places as varied as schools and restaurant menus. These big issue discussions can lead to new garden center customers if garden centers are stocking what this new consumer wants. If garden centers don’t fully explore how to maximize this trend, they run the risk of missing an opportunity.
Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA
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CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Thursday, August 19
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m

Why Michael Moore is Dead Wrong About Capitalism
Howard Bloom, Author and Visionary Thinker
Visionary thinker Howard Bloom has been called one of the most brilliant minds of the 21st century. Howard calls his field "mass behavior" and explains that his area of study includes everything from the mass behavior of quarks to the mass behavior of human beings. Michael Moore has a hit movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” in which he portrays capitalism as evil. Is he right? Does capitalism milk the poor to pump money into the pockets of the rich? Is capitalism the cause of the Great Crash of 2008-2009? Is what you do for a living a part of a criminal enterprise? The answer is no! And Howard, the author of “The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism,” is one of the few people on the planet who can tell you why. If you own a garden center, or are employed in one, you must hear Howard’s inspiring call to action!
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Howard Bloom is a visionary thinker who has been called one of the most brilliant minds of the 21st century. Howard calls his field "mass behavior." He is a visiting scholar at New York University, founding member of the Epic of Evolution Society and a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Psychological Society. He is also the founder of three nascent fields of scientific study: paleopsychology, mass behavior and omnology. During the 1970s and 80s, Howard was a highly regarded media consultant, publicist and career strategist, employed by many of the most famous, and famously successful, rock stars of the era, including Michael Jackson, Prince, Bette Midler, John Mellencamp, Bob Marley, David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Queen, AC/DC, Kiss, Aerosmith, Genesis, Phil Collins, Styx, Supertramp, REO Speedwagon and ZZ Top. Howard has appeared on Good Morning America, Today show, CBS Morning News and Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM radio talk show.