Presentation Topics, 2009

Greening Your Garden While Protecting the Planet

This presentation is based Joe’s popular and latest book, The Green Gardener’s Guide; simple significant actions to protect and preserve our planet. Gardeners enjoy a connection with the earth unlike anyone else. Ironically as we create and maintain beautiful gardens and landscapes, many unknowingly are doing so in a way that is harmful to our environment. In his highly popular presentation, Joe Lamp'l will entertain and stimulate your thinking in new ways as he shares seven significant concepts we all can do right now to make our gardens and community 'greener' while protecting the planet too".

The Coolest Garden Gear & Gadgets for the New Year (a.k.a. The Best of the Must-haves for 2009)

Now in it’s 6th year, this is a favorite topic wherever Joe speaks.  If you’re looking for a dynamic, interactive and fresh presentation to entertain and impress your audience, this is it! Joe Lamp’l and The joe gardener team travel the country and spend countless hours seeking out the coolest, most unique, and best of the new garden gear and gadgets each year.  The products that merit further review are then tested thoroughly by veteran gardeners from Joe’s team.  The 10 products that make the cut are deemed “The Best of the “Must haves”.  Those products are showcased in Joe’s presentation and featured on joegardener.com, as well as in National television, magazines, videos and newspaper articles.  The best part for any audience is that Joe gives everything away to audience members throughout the presentation.

Providing objective, unbiased information to the gardening public is a core value of The joe gardener Company, and this is a great and unique platform to demonstrate that.  

Fresh from the Garden; Everything you need to Know to Grow Your Own

Eating local and growing your own fresh food is the hottest topic in gardening today. Home gardeners are rediscovering or learning for the first time just how fun, healthy and delicious it is to grown your own. Joe Lamp'l, host of the popular DIY Network television series Fresh from the Garden, shares his secrets to successfully starting and growing your own vegetable and herb garden with tips and information that will assure success and simplify the process.

The Five Biggest Mistakes we Make in our Gardens and Landscapes and how to fix them

Many of the biggest problems in the landscape and garden are avoidable. In fact, in many cases, we’re the one’s causing them. Find out what we're commonly doing around the country that we should never do and how to make it right instead! Joe Lamp’l takes it “over the fence” as he addresses these topics and more from his popular book; Over the Fence with joe gardener®. This presentation was created to inform your audience on how to create beautiful and functional landscapes and gardens and how to avoid the most common mistakes.

Secrets Behind Creating That Perfect TV Garden

You’ve watched the home gardening shows hundreds of times.  You’ve envied the beautiful beds of lush foliage and bright flowers and perfect rows of exceptional produce.  You’ve lusted after soil loose enough to plunge your arm into.  Now it’s time to learn the tricks of the trade straight from Joe Lamp’l, host of Fresh From the Garden on DIY Network and Garden Smart on PBS.  Let Joe share the best-kept secrets from his own television garden and the best tips he’s learned from the pros around the country.  In less than one hour, Joe can help you create an extraordinary garden that will likely be your best ever!

Creating a Garden to Weather Any Storm

This presentation was inspired by the incredibly healthy garden Joe Lamp’l created and maintained on the set of The Fresh from the Garden television series for over three years--in spite of many difficult environmental challenges! In this unique and informative presentation, Joe shares his secrets about creating a garden that will stand up to all the unpredictable variables in Mother Nature’s bag of tricks.  Joe will explain how best to prepare any garden or landscape to perform no matter how wet, dry, sunny or shady it may be.  He’ll also share his methods of dealing with critters of all shapes and sizes.  Learn the tricks of proactive gardening - from soil testing and preparation to fertilization and watering, as well as pest and disease control, all in a more eco-friendly way.