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Frequently Asked Questions
About The Tour
Travel and Accommodations
Schedule
Helpful Tips
The Retail Road Show visits three-to-five sites each day. They include both retail garden centers and top local retailers. We spend about 1 to 1 ½ hours at each location.
The Mid-Atlantic is host to many award winning, top 100 garden centers. This affluent market sets trends in inventory selection, new product categories, operating systems and staff management. You will see large, multi-generation companies like Homestead Gardens and Waterloo Gardens, as well as smaller and newer operations like Gary’s Gardens.
During a challenging year, these innovators will give you and your management team the inspiration and excitement you need to stay focused and remain creative. ANLA Retail Roadshow attendees come from all over the country. About 80% of attendees are owners and managers of independent garden centers of all sizes, with growers and suppliers making up the other 20%. You will find many diversified businesses on the tour whose operations include landscape, growing and/or landscape distribution divisions. Most importantly, our attendees all share common business challenges, are decision makers in their companies, and bring a willingness to share their successes and failures with their peers.
The first night of the tour will be spent at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, and we’ll have a grounds tour of Camden Yards, Orioles Major League Baseball stadium, followed by orientation and an opening reception. The following day we will tour the Annapolis market and travel to the Philadelphia area, where we’ll spend the remaining three nights at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing. The total discounted group cost for the four-night hotel package is $625 (single/double) inclusive of taxes.
ANLA will be making your hotel reservations.
You will receive a housing and transportation form with details and confirmation upon registration. Payment for the hotel will not be charged until June 8th.
For those travelling in and out of Baltimore, at the conclusion of the tour, ANLA has arranged for a charter bus to shuttle attendees from the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia to BWI Airport and the Hyatt Regency Baltimore for $50/person. Arrival: This year, we have the unique opportunity to tour the grounds of Camden Yards, the Major League Baseball stadium for the Baltimore Orioles! Join Orioles head groundskeeper, Nicole Sherry, as she shares the daily trials and tribulations of field maintenance at a Major League Baseball stadium. In order to join us for this exciting event, please plan to arrive to the downtown Baltimore hotel by 2:00pm. This will allow you enough time to check-in before meeting in the lobby to depart at 2:30pm.
Schedule for Monday, June 15th
2:30pm Meet in lobby of Baltimore hotel
3:00pm Tour of Camden Yards with Nicole Sherry, head groundskeeper for the Baltimore Orioles 5:00pm Orientation at Baltimore hotel 6:00pm Opening Reception in downtown Baltimore Departure: Tour events will end late Thursday night. You are advised to make arrangements to depart no earlier than Friday morning, June 19. A charter bus arranged by ANLA will be available to shuttle attendees from the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia to BWI Airport and the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, allowing you to make flights departing BWI airport after 12 PM on Friday.
Please be aware you are responsible for your own travel arrangements to/from the tour.
Air Travel: The first night of the tour will be spent at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, near Baltimore Washington International (BWI) airport and the second two nights will be at Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing. There are three options for booking flights: We have negotiated a discounted parking rate for a limited number of cars at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, for attendees who will be driving to the tour and leaving their cars parked at the hotel in Baltimore. If driving, please email Ashley at agiuda@anla.org to reserve your parking spot. Please note that we do not allow cars to follow the buses during the tour.
You are responsible for booking your travel. Travel costs are not included in the registration fee. See “When and how do I get to the Retail Roadshow?” above for suggested arrival/departure dates and times.
ANLA will be making your hotel reservations. You will receive a housing and transportation form with details and confirmation upon registration. Payment for the hotel will not be charged until June 8th.
ANLA will provide a charter bus to shuttle attendees from the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia to BWI Airport and the Hyatt Regency Baltimore on Friday morning. The cost for this shuttle is $50/person, and will allow you to make flights no earlier than noon that Friday, June 19th. After submitting your tour registration form, you will be emailed with a confirmation letter and hotel and transportation reservations form, where you can reserve your spot on the shuttle.
You should arrive to the Hyatt Regency Baltimore by 2pm on Monday, June 15th. Upon arrival, check-in with the hotel and then head to the ANLA registration area to collect your registration materials. We will be meeting in the lobby at 2:30pm to depart for Camden Yards, where we will have an exclusive grounds tour of the Orioles ballpark with head groundskeeper, Nicole Sherry. This tour will be followed by the orientation session at the hotel at 5:00pm, and the evening opening reception.
You will tour three-to-five sites per day over the next three days. The buses generally depart around 7:30 am and return by 9:30 pm. The tour will end with a closing dinner on Thursday, June 18th allowing for departures any time on Friday the 19th. Those choosing to fly in and out of BWI airport in Baltimore can take a shuttle on the morning of Friday the 19th for $50/person, safely making flight times of no earlier than noon.
Opening reception will provide heavy hors d’oeuvres (enough to serve as dinner) as well as beverages.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided on all three days of the tour, with the exception of dinner on your own Wednesday, in historic, downtown Philadelphia.
Because you will be spending a great deal of time touring garden centers, we encourage you to wear comfortable clothes and be ready for any weather, rain or shine. Comfortable walking shoes are a must! As a rule of thumb, attire you would wear to a trade show or working with customers will always be appropriate.
The Mid-Atlantic in mid-June hits an average high of 85 during the day and 65 at night. You should pack a light sweater or jacket in case of a cool evening.
Don’t forget to bring a camera and plenty of business cards for networking.
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