Held September 12th at the Garner Pavilion located behind the Science Museum of Virginia, the forth Virginia GoGreen Garden Festival (and more …) is viewed as a huge success. Clear skies and the hint of fall encouraged consumers to think ‘green’ – participate in activities that challenged them to ‘keep Virginia Green and Growing’, become champions for the environment.

Sponsored by the Virginia Green Industry Council (VGIC), the event from a Trade perspective provided the opportunity to market individual Industry sectors to consumers; and General public, educational activities that inspire consumers to GoGreen – invest in living green.

Using a theme of Grown/Made in VA, media releases targeted the consumer markets of turf/lawn, kids GoGreen, ‘women in the Green Industry’, green lifestyle; and landscape/garden specifically highlighting the state of Virginia’s newly implemented Beautiful Gardens®, www.beautifulgardens.org , plant introduction program.

The membership of VGIC extends sincere thanks to all who attend, donate, participate, joint sponsor and/or volunteer to enable the 2009 Festival. While the Festival is VGIC’s interactive GoGreen event, the Council also provides the opportunity to market Industry activities through their web sites - Industry www.virginiagreen.org  and consumer, www.virginiagardening.com  .