Events

Water Garden Weekend and Grand Opening Celebration 

When:

May 16, 2009 - May 17, 2009

Where:

Aqualand - St. Charles

Category:

Seminar

Description

May 16th 9:00am to 5:00pm
May 17th 10:00am to 4:00pm

Featuring:

• Pond Fish Sale
• Aquatic Plant Sale
• Seminars on rainwater harvesting, fish, plants, pond building and much more
• Events for the kids
• Hourly drawings for free products for you pond
• Warehouse & Clearance sale
• Rooftop tours of the largest sloped green roof building in North America
• Beautiful display gardens
• Food

Seminar Schedule:

Saturday May 16th

9:30 to 10:30	Aquatic Plant ABC's w/Steve Stroupe
10:00 to 12:00	Pondless Waterfall Building Hands-On Demonstration
10:30 to 11:30	Container Water Gardening
11:00 to 12:00	Rainwater Harvesting
12:30 to 1:30	Pond Fish Care
2:00 to 3:00	AquaBasin & Decorative Water Feature Installation
2:00 to 3:30	Wildlife Education Program w/Milton Rieback
3:30 to 4:30	Cooking with Aquatic Plants w/Steve Stroupe

Sunday May 17th

10:30 to 11:30	Aquatic Plants ABC's w/Steve Stroupe
11:00 to 12:00	Pond Fish Care
11:00 to 1:00	Pondless Waterfall Building Hands-On Demonstration
11:00 to 12:00	AquaBasin & Decorative Water Feature Installation
12:30 to 1:30	Rainwater Harvesting
1:30 to 2:30	Container Water Gardening
2:00 to 3:00	Cooking with Aquatic Plants w/Steve Stroupe
2:00 to 3:30	Wildlife Education Program w/Milton Rieback

 

About our Guest Speakers:

Milton Rieback was born and raised in South Africa, where, as a youth, he discovered a love for animals. As a game ranger, safari field guide and herpetologist, he has worked for world-renowned parks and game preserves. Milton moved to the United States in 2000. He is currently the director of education at Safari West Wildlife Preserve, an African wildlife park nestled in Northern California's wine country. He based the characters in this book on many animals that he has worked with throughout his life.

Steve Stroupe has been actively involved in the US water garden industry since 1987. He owned and operated Davis Creek Nursery, a wholesale aquatic plant nursery and distribution company for 12 years. He's written extensively for various industry periodicals in the past, co-authored three books on the care and cultivation of aquatic plants, and developed several aquatic plant containers, as well as new commercial growing methods for aquatic plants. He administrates a FaceBook page for the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society, and has his own industry blog where he uses satire, irreverence, and caustic humor to address industry concerns. Steve also functions as a de facto industry satirist, iconoclast, and critic.