Exhibitor Information For The 2010 Garden & Patio Shows.

This is the 2010 Garden & Patio Show information. The 2011 information will be available soon.

Garden & Patio Show Application/Exhibitor Packet
MNLA Membership Application

Show Dates:

Gulf Coast Garden & Patio Show
February 26-28, 2010
MS Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS

Hattiesburg Garden & Patio Show
March 12-14, 2010
Lake Terrace Convention Center, Hattiesburg, MS

Jackson Garden & Patio Show
March 19-21, 2010
MS Trade Mart, Jackson, MS

Electricity, Water, Additional Items:

All booths are provided with 1. One 6 Foot Table, 2. One Chair and 3. One ID Sign. All other items are to be purchased separately through the show specific display company. Please download the exhibit packet for the show that you are exhibiting in and return to the appropriate display company. DO NOT SEND TO MNLA.

Exhibitor Move In, Move Out, Show Schedules: ALL 3 SHOWS

When you arrive at the show, please come immediately to the MNLA booth to pick up your exhibitor package, along with your booth(s) assignment and name badges. We ask that you do this before you start to move any material into the building. All exhibitors must check in with MNLA by 3:00 PM on Thursday, Set Up Day.

MOVE IN: Thursday 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
SHOW: Friday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SHOW: Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SHOW: Sunday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
MOVE OUT: Sunday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Exhibit Regulations:

Please read all information

All exhibits must be completely set up before 8:30 AM, Friday. Exhibitors will not be allowed to pack up or move any material out of the building before the show closes at 4:00 PM on Sunday. All material must be removed from the building on Sunday. Any material not removed from the building will incur a removal fee. Please do not leave the facility until your trucks are loaded and all material has been removed from the building.
PLEASE be respectful of other exhibitors when parked in the loading dock area. Limit time to less than one hour. Unload products onto the show room floor, and then set up your booth. Please do not block loading area with vehicles while you are setting up booth display racks.
All exhibitors, exhibitor's employees and booth workers must wear name badges during show hours and when entering the facility at any time on show days. Security guards will be at the doors and will be checking for badges. We will have a company on-site Thursday only if you require additional badges. Each additional badge will require a $5.00 fee.
Twenty-Four hour security will be provided from the beginning of the show to the end of the show. These security guards will be enforcing all Exhibit Regulations and Terms & Conditions. Please be respectful, as they are there for your protection.
Exhibitors are NOT ALLOWED to bring food or drinks into any of the facilities. This is not a MNLA rule, this is a facility rule. The facility will take food and drinks away from any exhibitor at the door IF THEY SEE IT.
During Show Hours exhibitors CANNOT use large dollies or equipment to bring additional product into the building. If you need to bring a large dolly or equipment into the building during show hours, please contact the Show Manager for an escort 601-919-8111. Exhibitors CANNOT block aisles at any time. All exhibitors must keep all product inside the 10X10 area. The FIRE MARSHALL will not allow any product to overlap into aisles.
Exhibitors must have customers come to "Shopper's Holding Area" to check in plants or other items. In order to maintain security for those products, each shopper must sign their own items into the area. Exhibitors can accompany the shopper, but cannot check the items in for them. If you need to use a large cart to help get a shopper's items to the "Shopper's Holding Area" please ask for an escort. The safety of our shoppers must be of utmost importance! Give us a call from your cell at 601-919-8111 and someone will meet you at your booth.
The Mississippi State Tax Commission requires that tax money collected at this show (7%), must be turned in to the MNLA booth, in envelopes provided, at the end of the show. As of January 1, 2009, the Mississippi State Tax Commission is now requiring the promoter (MNLA) to collect all tax money. Checks or Money Orders ONLY – NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED. Check & Money Orders are to be made out to MNLA. All monies collected by MNLA will, in turn, be turned over to the Mississippi State Tax Commission. All exhibitors are required to turn in an envelope for taxes, even if you do not sell a product. You may contact the Mississippi State Tax Commission Office of Audit and Compliance at 601-923-7305.
For Hattiesburg Exhibitors Only: During Move In and Move Out, exhibitors CANNOT drive on the grass, under any circumstances. A $500.00 fine will incur for each instance.

Host Hotel:

Gulf Coast Garden & Patio Show
Hattiesburg Garden & Patio Show
Jackson Garden & Patio Show

Coupon:

Print Coupon
The Garden and Patio Show will place ads in the media and with $5.00 coupons off any purchase (made from an exhibitor at the show) of $50.00 or more. In signing the Terms & Conditions you, the Garden and Patio Show Exhibitor, agreed to honor these coupons (one per customer, per exhibitor). The Exhibitor will collect the coupons and after the show closes, will place these coupons in a drawing for a $300.00 credit to booth space in the upcoming year. This credit is nontransferable and void after one year. Exhibitors can print off coupons to distribute to customers before the show; write or stamp your business name on the back, this will direct customers to your booth at the show.

Directions:

MS Coast Coliseum & Convention Center – Biloxi, MS
2350 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, MS 39531
www.mscoastcoliseum.com

Facility is located right on the beach in Biloxi, off Highway 90.
From I-10 East: Take Exit 46A to 110 South. Turn west on Highway 90.
From I-10 West: Take Exit 34A to 49 South. Turn east on Highway 90.

MS Trade Mart - Jackson, MS
1207 Mississippi Street, Jackson, MS
www.mdac.state.ms.us

From I-55: Exit onto High Street (Exit 96B), take a left at the 2nd light. The Coliseum will be directly ahead; the Trade Mart will be the building on the left.
From I-20: Exit onto I-55 North. Less than one mile, you will exit onto High Street (Exit 96B). Take a left at the 2nd light. The Coliseum will be directly ahead; the Trade Mart will be the building on the left.
From I-49 South: Exit I-20 West. Less than one mile, you will exit onto I-55 North. Exit onto High Street (Exit 96B), take a left at the 2nd light. The Coliseum will be directly ahead; the Trade Mart will be the building on the left.

Lake Terrace Convention Center – Hattiesburg, MS
One Convention Center Plaza, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
www.laketerrace.com

From I-59 South: Take Exit 67A. At bottom of ramp turn right. Left at first light.
From I-59 North: Take Exit 67A. Merge onto Hwy 49 S. Left at first light.
From Hwy 49 S: Take Hwy 49 N to Hattiesburg. Turn right at traffic light just before the intersection of I-59 & Hwy 49.
From Hwy 49 N: Take Hwy 40 S to Hattiesburg. Take a left at the first traffic light past the intersection of I-59 & Hwy 49.
From Hwy 98 E or W: Take Hwy 98 to I-59. Take I-59 N to exit 67A. Once on Hwy 49 S, take a left at first traffic light.