New Jersey's 51st Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco, center, stopped by our booth during the 8th Annual New Jersey Flower and Garden Show in Edison. The New Jersey Flower Show attracts over 25,000 flower and garden enthusiasts annually, highlighting fabulous display gardens, a Standard Flower Show presented by the Garden Club of New Jersey, the Garden Marketplace, top-quality seminars and so much more! Pictured from left to right is: Tim Hionis, Governor DiFrancesco and Gerry Hionis.

On February 9, 2010 we were invited to attend the 95th NJ State Agriculture Convention in East Brunswick. Major issues in New Jersey agriculture were discussed. Pictured from left to right are: Pete Hionis, Spiro Hionis, New Jersey Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Al Murray, Gerry Hionis and Tim Hionis.

New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott, center, stopped by our booth on Saturday, January 30 during the 16th Annual Home and Landscape Show at National Guard Armory in Morristown. Pictured from left to right is: Gerry Hionis, Bart Scott and Tim Hionis.

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher, center, stopped by our booth to say hello at the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association's (NJNLA) Annual Trade Show and Conference. The show was held January 13-14, 2010 at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset. It provides our industry with the premier, private marketplace for finding "Jersey Grown" plants and nursery stock, landscape and garden items, heavy and light duty equipment, tools, and hundreds of other allied industry products. Founded in 1915, the NJNLA is a non-profit trade organization representing landscape professionals, landscape designers and retail garden centers as well as wholesale production nurseries. Pictured from left to right is: Tim Hionis, Secretary Fisher and Gerry Hionis.

Troy Josuha, director, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field office, stopped by our booth to discuss the new “Census of Horticulture” at the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association's (NJNLA) Annual Trade Show and Conference. Taken once every 10 years, this census provides detailed information on horticultural production and sales across the United States. The results of the census are used by industry, government, acedemia and others, aiding in the development of sound programs and policies, research, and market analysis and business planning. The show was held January 13-14, 2010 at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset. It provides our industry with the premier, private marketplace for finding "Jersey Grown" plants and nursery stock, landscape and garden items, heavy and light duty equipment, tools, and hundreds of other allied industry products. Founded in 1915, the NJNLA is a non-profit trade organization representing landscape professionals, landscape designers and retail garden centers as well as wholesale production nurseries. Pictured from left to right is: Gerry Hionis, Troy Josuha and Tim Hionis.

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher on June 10 stopped by our Garden Center, to see how our greenhouse water recycling system works and to see how the early poinsettia planting was going. Sitting on the bench in front is Spiro Hionis and Angie Hionis. In the back row from left to right are: Gerry Hionis, Tim Hionis, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher, Pete Hionis and Spiro Hionis