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The 44th Annual Southeastern Connecticut Home and Garden Show

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January 23, 2025

From: Southeastern Connecticut Home and Garden Show

2025 HOME AND GARDEN SHOW - Now the largest in new england

The Home and Garden Show is one of Jenks Productions’ best and longest running regional home shows. Each year the Home Show draws more and more visitors, last year’s show had over 20,000 in attendance. This increased Home and Garden expo crowd has enticed even more home show vendor participation. Our Home improvement and Garden show.

Come visit our 2025 Home and Garden Show expo, presented by Xfinity

Meet your next home improvement professional, learn something new about home renovations or garden design and landscaping care, enter contests and then head over to the Mohegan Sun Casinos and stay for some dining, shopping or fun nightlife. There’s plenty of convenient parking at the Earth Expo & Convention Center at Mohegan Sun. For your convenience, park in the WINTER LOT for easy access to the show.

The Garden and Home Show offers a diverse array of home and garden care products and services by local New England Businesses, from New London to Hartford, to national vendors, each presenting innovative and imaginative displays. Everything you need for your home, condo, apartment, lawn, garden and health needs will be at our incredible home improvement event!

HOME IMPROVEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND COMPANIES WILL INCLUDE:

Kitchen Design
Kitchen Cabinets & Islands
Home Decorators
Home Improvement Ideas
Interior Designers
Bathroom & Kitchen Remodels
Basement Remodeling Contractors
Landscape Design & Architecture Companies
Lawn Care Services
Home Improvement Stores
Home Repair
Home Additions
General Contractors
Home Builders
Home Improvement & Renovation Loans
Tree Removal
And Much more

As in the previous years, our home and garden show will feature home improvement companies from the local area but will also include representatives from national vendors. At Jenks Productions, we always want to provide a full complement of vendors to satisfy any service your home may require but we also make sure to provide a variety of offerings within each service. This ensures our visitors have everything they need to make the most educated decisions when selecting a home improvement professional.

GARDEN and Home speakers and lectures:

This year we have ramped up our speakers and lectures and will have hourly programing Saturday and Sunday. Topics range from roses, flowers, vegetables, and other plants, to Garden & Landscape design, pollinators and so much more.

GARDEN RELATED PROFESSIONALS AND COMPANIES WILL INCLUDE:

Landscape Designers
Landscape Design & Installation
Landscape Design & Architecture Companies
Lawn Care Services
Landscape Irrigation
Plants, Garden Tools & Supplies
Mowers & Power Equipment
Garden Tools & Cutlery
Iron & Stone Garden Sculptures
Birdhouses & Garden Centers
Organic Lawncare
Patio Umbrellas
Garden Swings
Outdoor Furniture
Pavers, Decks, Retaining Walls
Garden Windows & Patio Doors
Garden Statuary
Garden Decor
Pavers, Mulch & Stone
Tree Removal
Out Buildings
Plants & Flowers
And Much More

As you can see above, our home and garden show will feature gardening and lawn care vendors offering information, goods and services to beautify and care for your home’s “green” needs. If you already have your own home garden ideas or are looking for inspiration, these are the professionals you want to brainstorm with. Stop by each booth to see samples and demos from the experts. Learn more about gardening, garden design & construction, arranging flowers, watering plants, growing seasonal plants & vegetables, landscaping, lawn care and basically anything else you could imagine at a garden show.

Speaker Schedule:

Friday, February 14, 2025

05:30PM - 06:15PM: Growing Mountain Laurels in Connecticut

Mountain Laurel was named the state flower of Connecticut in 1907 and has continued to captivate residents ever since. Join Felicia Millett, Plant Diagnostician from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station,...

Location: Lecture Room 1

06:00PM - 06:45PM: Money Talk with Ironhawk Financial

Demystifying wealth and insurance planning, with focus on the importance of personalized solutions that provide complete financial protection for you and your business. A discussion that aims to empower you...

Location: Lecture Room 2

06:30PM - 07:30PM: Molds, Mushrooms and Mycorrhizae: Fungal Friends and Foes in Your Garden

Most people are familiar with the flora (plants) and fauna (animals) in their home garden. But how familiar are you with the fungi that are equally important contributors to the...

Location: Lecture Room 1

07:00PM - 07:45PM: Power up Garden Beauty, Power down Garden Maintenance

Get more bang for your buck, and less backbreaking maintenance, with these amazing perennials and flowering shrubs that provide much more color than commonly planted varieties. Plus, these underused beauties...

Location: Lecture Room 2

Saturday, February 15, 2025

10:30AM - 11:15AM: Backyard Small Fruit 101

Berries have high nutritional values and are full of health benefits. Since some of them generally don't require too much space and are low maintenance, you can enjoy fresh fruit...

Location: Lecture Room 1

11:00AM - 11:45AM: Gardening Simplified: Solutions for Time Pressed/Maturing Gardeners

Change happens. Job demands, kids, hectic schedules, aging bodies, and changing interests have led to gardens that are not in balance with our lifestyle. This inspiring lecture provides easy-to-follow right-sizing...

Location: Lecture Room 2

11:30AM - 12:30PM: Selection and Care of Houseplants

Growing living plants in apartments, condominiums, single family resistance, offices and public areas can provide a pleasant indoor environment, purify air, and improve health. This talk will take you the...

Location: Lecture Room 1

12:00PM - 12:45PM: Clever Design Tips for Everblooming, Low Maintenance Gardens

This inspiring lecture will surprise you with creative, easy-to-implement strategies for extending the blooms of popular plants for weeks! Also showcased are time-saving design tips including distinctive plant combinations that...

Location: Lecture Room 2

01:00PM - 02:00PM: Selecting Sustainable Roses

Selecting Sustainable Roses delves into the core of sustainability, explains the different grades and types of roses, their growth habits and how to select the best varieties for your garden....

Location: Lecture Room 1

01:30PM - 02:30PM: Grow the Easy Way with No Dig Gardening sponsored by Velcro Brand

No Dig Gardening is an easy way to grow healthy, productive vegetables and flowers that is better for your soil and easier for you. No more tilling, turning or digging...

Location: Lecture Room 2

02:15PM - 03:00PM: The Future of Housing

THE FUTURE NOW. A new way to build, sheltered and protected by EARTH and NATURE. Homes made from RECYCLED Plastic from the ocean. Homes that will last for more than 300...

Location: Booth H4H

03:15PM - 04:15PM: Companion Planting

Discover the secrets to thriving gardens with our engaging Companion Planting lecture! Learn how to pair plants for increased yields, natural pest control, and a balanced ecosystem, whether you're gardening...

Location: Lecture Room 1

03:45PM - 04:30PM: Herb Gardening Made Easy

So many times, we try to complicate things when we gardenbut we dont have to do that with herbs. They are among the simplest and most undemanding of plants and...

Location: Lecture Room 2

04:30PM - 05:30PM: Intro to Composting

A discussion on the basics of composting and how it benefits the home garden. What is compost How do you compost All these questions and more will be answered.

Location: Lecture Room 1

05:00PM - 06:00PM: Foraging Your Own Backyard

Getting started with foraging is as easy as walking out your door and noticing the plants all around you. Learn to safely identify and forage some of the most common...

Location: Lecture Room 2

05:45PM - 06:45PM: Saving Seeds

Discusses the basics of saving seeds, including how to successfully save seeds from common vegetable varieties.

Location: Lecture Room 1

06:15PM - 07:15PM: How to Kill a Houseplant

The title says it all.

Location: Lecture Room 2

07:00PM - 07:45PM: Gourmet Mushrooms, Edible Flowers

A discussion about Microgreens for small farms, homesteaders, and hobbyists; Mushrooms: the missing link on your farm and Edible Flowers for Chefs and Growers.

Location: Lecture Room 1

Sunday, February 16, 2025

11:00AM - 12:00PM: Beekeeping

The basics and essentials of bees and beekeeping.

Location: Lecture Room 1

11:30AM - 12:30PM: Success with Hydrangeas

No garden is complete without this queen of American shrubs. From 18-inch, container-sized, reblooming beauties to 8-foot explosions of multicolored zing, there is a hydrangea for every garden. Through slides...

Location: Lecture Room 2

12:15PM - 01:00PM: The Benefits of Insulation

A discussion about the benefits of insulation for home energy efficiency and their proprietary Premium Injection Foam.

Location: Lecture Room 1

12:45PM - 01:30PM: Growing a Healing Herbal Garden

Each of us has the power to create and tend to our own herbal garden to support us on our individual healing journeys. Learn how to plan, grow and harvest...

Location: Lecture Room 2

01:15PM - 02:00PM: Native Plant Power

There are many advantages that native plants can provide in your garden. Come learn about how they can support pollinators and wildlife, work with the natural conditions of the soil...

Location: Lecture Room 1

01:45PM - 02:30PM: Container Gardening Indoors and Out

Growing plants in pots indoors offers year-round greenery while outdoor container gardening is perfect for those with a sunny porch, deck, or patio. Both types of gardening can produce greater...

Location: Lecture Room 2

02:15PM - 03:15PM: Gourmet Mushrooms, Edible Flowers

A discussion about Microgreens for small farms, homesteaders, and hobbyists; Mushrooms: the missing link on your farm and Edible Flowers for Chefs and Growers.

Location: Lecture Room 1

02:45PM - 03:30PM: Herb Gardening Made Easy

So many times, we try to complicate things when we gardenbut we dont have to do that with herbs. They are among the simplest and most undemanding of plants and...

Location: Lecture Room 2

03:30PM - 04:30PM: Planning Your Garden

Discussion what goes into planning your garden upwards of 3 years in advance.

Location: Lecture Room 1

03:45PM - 04:45PM: Improving Soil Health in the Home Garden

Often taken for granted, soil is the foundation of productive and sustainable plant growth. Creating fertile and healthy soil is not difficult when you know the basics. Having the soil...

Location: Lecture Room 2

Date: February 14-16, 2025

Time:

Friday: 5pm to 9pm
Saturday: 10am to 8pm
Sunday: 10am to 5pm

Location: Earth Expo and Convention Center at Mohegan Sun - 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville, CT 06382

Cost: $15 Adults, $10 Seniors, 12 and under FREE

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