Bord Bia Amenity Horticulture Quality Awards & GCAI Spring Seminar
Gala Presentation Dinner Thursday 17th February 2011
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Opportunities and Challenges – with John Stanley
On 17th February 2011 Bord Bia will present the Garden Centre Quality Awards, Nursery Quality Awards and Landscape Quality Awards for 2010/11 during a Gala Dinner at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin 9.
The Bord Bia Amenity Quality Awards presentation is a acknowledgement and celebration of horticulture industry’s dedication to quality and best practice, and presents a perfect opportunity to network and catch up with friends and colleagues across all the sectors. The event is open to all horticultural businesses to attend. Almost one hundred businesses across the three sectors will receive Bord Bia Quality awards, following rigorous audits and assessments by an independent auditor during 2010. A suite of special awards will also be presented and there are sure to be some surprises and excitement on the night when the winners are revealed.
To coincide with the event Bord Bia is sponsoring the Garden Centre Association of Ireland’s, Spring Seminar at the same venue from 9.00am until 4.30pm that day. Opportunities and Challenges, withJohn Stanley will include a presentation of the latest Garden Market, Behaviour and Attitudes survey, carried out by Amarach Research on behalf of Bord Bia. This seminar is relevant to everyone in the amenity horticulture industry, is targeted at all sectors, and will challenge and excite all who attend. “If you are stuck in the middle with no real business direction your business will probably fail.” So says John Stanley, one of the leading horticultural consultants in the world today. Listed as one of the world’s top 10 speakers, John Stanley has picked up both the WA Entrepreneur of the Year and WA Small Business Champion in Education and Training for 2009.
In an intensive, day long training event John will guide delegates through the fast changing economy & consumers to whom we are currently selling. These consumers have become more focused on plants, but want the retailers to provide more solutions and ideas and the grower to become part of a new partnership. John’s workshop will at times be controversial and challenging. The ideas presented may not sit comfortably but are part of the change process every business is facing as we move into a new decade and a new economic reality. The good news is people want to buy plants that are locally grown and sold by local trusted retailers. Are you ready for the challenge?
For ease of booking and administration, Bord Bia are facilitating booking for both the Seminar and the Awards – it couldn’t be easier, just fill in one form and send one payment for everything.
Each Garden Centre, Nursery and Landscape Quality programme participant is allocated one complementary ticket to the Gala Awards Presentation Dinner, while combining the two events has resulted in extremely attractive ticket rates as follows: Seminar only - €100 (GCAI memb./ Q prog. participants €75), Gala Awards Presentation Dinner only - €75 ,Seminar & Awards Dinner - €150
Further information and event booking contact Jenny Abbott on 01 6142286 or jenny.abbott@bordbia.ie
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