In addition to fact-filled, entertainment-packed stage presentations and educational seminars, we have hundreds of home improvement exhibits, over 7,000 square feet of feature gardens and flowers showcasing the latest trends in plants and garden accessories, on-site gardening seminars, cooking demonstrations from area chefs, vendors with Green products/services and much more!
Click below for details on show features:
SHOW HEADLINERS
Ahmed Hassan:
www.ahmadandahmed.com
Celebrity Landscaper and TV Host with his presentation, "For the Love of
Landscaping"
Saturday, February 27 at 1:00 and 4:00 / Sunday, February 28 at 12:00 and 3:00
(followed by 1 hour of photos/autographs)
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” - Confucius
One of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most sought-after landscape designers, Ahmed Hassan has spent over 20 years mastering the business of landscaping and home improvement. His forte is residential design, where he leans heavily on his experience and knowledge of plant identification and soils, as well as irrigation and maintenance.
Ahmed Hassan has a unique quality – he has the privilege of sharing his Life’s Work with thousands of TV viewers. On screen, Ahmed shares his valuable expertise as host on three DIY Network series: Yard Crashers (now in its 4th season), Blog Cabin, and the newly developed Turf Wars (currently in production of the 1st season). Off screen, Ahmed runs Ahmad Hassan Landscaping Services, a complete landscape design and installation company offering seasonal maintenance, improvements and garden consultation services.
The one thing Ahmed loves as much as landscaping, if not more, is roller-skating. “Spiritually speaking, landscaping allows me to create and connect with the earth while roller skating frees me and allows me to fly (or rather roll). Most folks enjoy dancing, I just prefer to do it on wheels."
Ahmed, which means Praiseworthy One, was born into a family of independent thinking entrepreneurs who laid out a clear path for how to reach his destiny: choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.
As a young boy, Ahmed lived in rural areas of California, working alongside his father and other role models who used their hands to earn their living. He entered the world of gardening at the age of 15, primarily focusing on landscaping maintenance.
In 1992, Ahmed started his first gardening and maintenance business, Hassan Gardening.
Ahmed is a licensed landscape contractor and considers himself a “career student”. In 2010, expect to see more of Ahmed in the classroom: teaching classes at local colleges and learning centers, Guest Speaker at home and garden shows throughout the country and facilitating community garden projects with students of all ages. He firmly believes in giving as a way of receiving, and willingly offers his consultation services to other gardeners and landscapers
His clients are everyday people who enjoy warm and inviting spaces. Ahmed feels the key to his success is that gardening is his first love, and he’s remained true to his first love throughout the years. Ahmed currently lives in Northern California with his wife and three children.
Steven Katkowsky:
Contractor, Speaker, Author, Remodeling Guru
www.stevenkatkowsky.com
click here to watch Steven on YouTube!
Friday, February 26 at 2:00 & 4:00
Saturday, February 27 at 2:00 & 5:00
Sunday, February 28 at 1:00 & 4:00
 Turning the bathroom and kitchen that everyone has into the bathroom and kitchen that everyone wants.
Steven Katkowsky, TV and radio personality, is one of the most popular speakers at home and garden shows. He is also a regular on ABC TV. At the HBA Akron Home & Flower Show, he’ll present two seminars each day.
“Going in Style” - Fri. 2:00, Sat. 2:00 and Sun. 1:00
Find out how to turn that small, outdated, 5x8 bathroom into the dream bathroom you never thought you could have. Steven will show you how to add up to 3 times the storage space, and create the illusion of size, without moving a single wall. And, for you baby boomers, he'll create your ideal bathroom too. Steven says that nearly every house in the United States has a standard five by eight foot bathroom. Steven will show how---without moving any walls---people can increase useable wall space by 40 percent, triple medicine cabinet space, triple useable storage in the same size vanity cabinet and get 15 percent more counter space. “It’s the same five by eight bathroom, but when you’re done, it almost seems like walking into someone’s living room”, says Steven. “People always say it fixes everything they didn’t like about their bathroom”.
Along with his new dream bathroom seminar, Steven will also present:
"The Reincarnitchen of your Small 9X10 Kitchen." - Fri. 4:00, Sat. 5:00 and Sun. 4:00
Creating the illusion of size and adding up to 3 times the storage space in your small 9X10 kitchen. In this show Steven will also offer some cool design tips and affordable green ideas.
Steven also literally wrote the book on how not to get ripped off when hiring a contractor: "Danger, Construction Zone: Your Guided Tour to a Successful Remodeling Project." In his book Steven teaches, among other things, how to avoid the greatest pitfalls of a remodeling project, and what to ask a contractor when he or she comes to your house for the first time.
For over thirty years now, Steven has been the owner of Steven’s Incredible Kitchen Machine, designing and remodeling kitchens and bathrooms in the San Francisco Bay area of California.
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COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS
Friday, February 26 - 7:00 pm
Chef Adam Boone, Ken Stewart’s “Seared Sea Scallops with a Shiitake Mushroom & Thyme Risotto and Truffle Oil
Saturday, February 27 - 6:00 pm
EcoVillage Experience! presents "The Healthy Local Food Scene." Learn how to cut your grocery as well as medical bills in half as local "foodies" take you from growing to preserving to preparing healthy local foods right in your own backyard or out in the community garden.
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PRESENTERS: GARDENING SEMINARS
Petitti Garden Centers
Friday, February 26
12:00-12:45 pm
Terry Lawley, “Deer Proof Your Garden”
3:00-3:45 pm
Roger Bolger, “Feeding Frenzy: Attracting Feathered Friends”
Saturday, February 27
12:00-12:45 pm P
A.J. Petitti, “Great Garden Discoveries for 2010”
3:00-3:45 pm
Noelle Akin, “Hardy Plants for Hard to Grow Places”
Sunday, February 28
2:00-2:45 pm
Terry Lawley, “Deer Proof Your Garden”
FEATURE GARDENS CREATED BY:
UPPER LEVEL
Brothers Grimm Landscape & Design
6408 S. Main St.
Clinton, OH 44216
(330) 882-4639
www.brosgrimm.com
Klein's Lawn & Landscaping Inc.
1173 W. Maple
Hartville, OH 44632
(330) 877-0458
www.kleinslandscaping.com
JRS Lawn & Landscape
4343 Wadsworth Rd.
Norton, OH 44203
(330) 745.6772
www.weknowlawns.com
ENTRY
LEVEL
Petitti Garden Center
311 West Ave.
Tallmadge, OH 44278
(330) 633-2394
www.petittigardencenter.com
Hoffman's Garden Center
1021 E. Caston Rd.
Uniontown, OH 44685
(330) 896-9811
www.hoffmansgardencenter.com
ULTIMATE BACKYARD GARDENS/PARTNERS
Outback Landscaping LLC
www.outback-landscaping.com
Foraker Landscaping
www.forakerlandscaping.com Brothers Grimm Landscape & Design
www.brosgrimm.com
Davey Tree
www.davey.com
Freedom Building
www.freedombuildinginc.com
GardenSmith Landscape Design
www.gardensmithllc.com
Job Rite Pools & Spas
www.jobritepools.com
Metker's
www.metkers.com
Mock Property Services Inc.
www.mockpond.com
Naragon Irrigation
naragoncompanies.com
RB Stout
rbstoutinc.com
Rise-n-Shine Yard Sign
www.risenshine.com
Set In Stone
TLC Catering
Dimitroff's Furniture & Design
www.dimitroffsfurnishings.com
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SPECIAL SHOW FEATURES:
 The EcoVillage Experience with tips and trends on passive house construction and interiors, alternative transportation, solar and wind power, energy savings, recycling, fresh local foods, and community and rain gardens.
Friday Family Day: Family and children’s activities planned all day! Kids 17 and under admitted FREE. Radio Disney on-site with craft activities sponsored by AT&T Yellow Pages, photos with local mascot and costumed characters, Akron Zoo meet and greet with animals, vendor scavenger hunt and ZOBAPAGO on stage at 6:00 pm.
 Based in Akron, Ohio, ZOBAPAGO embodies dynamic entertainment and educational material that relate to topics of a child’s everyday life, with a focus on science, health and hygiene.
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