2022 Great Lakes Trade Expo: In-person – January 24-26, 2022

2022 Great Lakes Trade Expo: In-person – January 24-26, 2022

The health and safety of our attendees and exhibitors is a priority. MNLA will follow required state, local, and venue requirements at the time of the event to reduce the risk of contracting/spreading COVID-19.

The 100-year-old Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association is proud to present the 2022 Great Lakes Trade Exposition (GLTE)! Being held in-person January 24-26, 2022 at the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI, the GLTE is the Green Industry’s oldest, largest, and most respected show of its kind in Michigan. With extensive education, networking, and opportunities to grow your career and your business – Register NOW to attend the 2022 Great Lakes Trade Exposition!

Registration is now open at www.GLTE.org for the 2022 GLTE that features:

  • The in-person Green Industry Trade Show is BACK!

    • The region’s oldest and largest Green Industry Trade Show has everything you need to take your business to the next level. With over 300 booths, we feature firms exhibiting all types of nursery and landscape materials, equipment, and products—trees, shrubs, perennials, bedding plants, decorative materials, mulch, hardscape materials, irrigation products, outdoor furnishings, turfgrass and arboricultural products, trucks, trailers, and grounds maintenance and landscape equipment, to name a few –– and industry business solutions featuring the newest in technology for your Green Industry business.

  • The Green Industry Education Conference – three days of unparalleled seminars designed for all levels of experience and segment-specific tracks featuring:

    • Recertification Credits/Continuing Education Units/Hours Available – for all of your industry accreditations – from Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, and National organizations.
    • Monday – a full day of classes in 5 different educational tracks
    • Tuesday – classes in 5 different educational tracks
    • Wednesday – classes in 6 different educational tracks

  • Networking and fun with over 3,000 Green Industry Professionals at these events included in your Registration:

  • Monday –
    • MNLA’s Green Industry Leadership and Awards Lunch – Enjoy lunch and celebrate our great, Green Industry as we honor our leadership, the milestones of our members, and hear the 2022 outlook on the Green industry by the Nation’s leading market trends expert, Dr. Charlie Hall.
    • Welcome Reception
  • Tuesday –
    • Cash Raffles
    • Professional Women in Horticulture Networking
    • Young Professionals CONNECT!
    • Mobile Truck Simulator
    • SEMNLA Reception & Annual Meeting
    • 100th Anniversary Party – Everyone is invited to attend our 100th Anniversary Party as we celebrate a century of service to Michigan’s Green Industry! Enjoy a live band, 2 drink tickets, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar at the Lansing Center.
  • Wednesday –
    • Cash Raffles
    • Mobile Truck Simulator
    • Green Industry Research Auction
    • Ice Cream Social

  • Certification Central:

    • Have you been considering taking the Certified Green Industry Professional exam? If you are an MNLA member and are pre-registered to attend the GLTE, you are invited to take the CGIP Core Exam and one Specialty Exam during the GLTE for FREE! Applications must be submitted by January 14, 2022, and can be found online under the Learn tab at www.MNLA.org.
    • Need to take your MDARD Pesticide Applicator Certification Exam? We are a training and testing location for the MDARD Pesticide Applicator Certification Private and Commercial Core Exams (Pre-registration ONLY, no walk-ins! Visit www.GLTE.org for this additional registration).