You'll be able to find GPS Tracking, Buy Work Trucks, Improve Your Contracts, Find Financings and Better Insurance, Design Your website, Develop Landscape Business Plans, Buy into a Franchise, Outfit Your Crew and see what's new on the horizon . . .

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Send your team and essential crew to 11 or more seminars and
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These Seminars Are Designed to Assist the Efforts of the Landscape Business Owner

 
Open Panel: Dealing with the Drought Featuring Adam Carr, The Irvine Company, Krista Guerrero, Metropolitan Water District and Doug Callison of RainBird
Join Adam Carr, Krista Guerrero and Doug Callison in this Free Open Panel Discussion about the western drought. Best Practices, Restrictions and Incentives, and the Tools available to lessen the impact of landscape water use throughout the region will all be discussed at the Open Panel: Dealing with the Drought on November 16th at 12:00PM.

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Bloom your Business with Native Plants: How Design Trends and Drought are Driving Customers by AnnMarie Benz
Ann-Marie Benz is the Horticulture Programs Manager for CNPS. She has spent a decade and a half serving landscapes and watersheds with non-profits in California and Arizona. She holds a deep passion for plants and landscapes, having served as the Executive Director of ReScape California (formerly Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening Coalition), a nonprofit educating the large-scale landscape industry throughout Northern California on planning, constructing, and maintaining sustainable landscape. She is presenting the seminar Bloom your Business with Native Plants: How Design Trends and Drought are Driving Customers on November 16th at 10:00AM.

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Expand Your Hardscape Business by Frank Gandora
As a business owner dedicated solely to segmental hardscape construction, Frank brings over 30 years of experience to this venue. From installing pavers for one of North America's pioneer contractors, to working in Architectural Sales for some of North America's top paver manufacturers, specifying over a million square feet of pavers, finally starting his own company almost 25 years ago. He is currently on the board involving the ICPI/NCMA merger. He often volunteers his time with ICPI in committees and HNA events. He is the past Chair for both the ICPI Construction Committee and Government Relations Committees. Join his seminar Expand Your Hardscape Business on November 17th at 10:00AM.

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Make Your Contracts Better by Milene Apanian
The current economic climate requires that contractors be proactive in evaluating and protecting against risk. As a partner at Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman, Milene Apanian assists contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, sureties and owners prevent and resolve disputes on all types of public and private construction projects. She counsels clients throughout the construction process, starting with contract drafting and review and is presenting the seminar Make Your Contracts Better on November 17th at 12:PM.

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Getting Paid! Increasing Profits on Projects by Milene Apanian
This workshop will focus on explaining and simplifying California collection remedies such as Mechanic's Liens and Stop Payment Notices. Designed for contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers, the discussion will teach you how to efficiently collect payment on construction projects, increase your profits, and avoid common mistakes and legal technicalities used to defeat collection efforts. You will hear about legal technicalities that make Mechanic's Liens and Stop Payment Notices unenforceable and how to avoid them. Participants will interact during the presentation and be allowed to ask questions related to real collection issues. Getting Paid! Increasing Profits on Projects on November 17th at 1:30PM.


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Pre-Register Today!
Make your plans now to attend the two-day Landscape Expo - Anaheim Educational Conference and Trade Show. Earn CEUs from NALP, PGMS, LA CES, ISA, IA, APLD, DPR, and QWEL, enjoy the exhibit hall, participate in open panel discussions, workshops, and demonstrations and be sure to attend the after Exhibit Reception at the Sheraton Park next to the convention center!
We'll See You There!