A growing and increasingly active green industry has created many new marketing opportunities for its members in recent years. The number of professional associations and other organizations that offer conference and trade show events has increased, and these promotional events seem to fill up every month of the year. January 2005 will be an especially busy month, and will include events of interest to turfgrass producers, nurseries, specifiers, landscape professionals, turf managers, wholesale buyers, and other professionals in the southern half of the U.S. A few are:

North Carolina Green & Growin’ Show, Greensboro, NC, Jan. 12-15.

Turfgrass Council of NC Annual Conference & Show, Winston-Salem, NC, Jan. 17-20

Sportsturf Managers Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 17-19

Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition (TPIE), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Jan. 20-22

The Gulf States Horticultural Expo, Mobile, AL, Jan. 21-22

Wintergreen, Athens, GA, Jan. 26-28