Seminar Descriptions

NEW! Creating Opportunity with Sustainable Landscapes Seminar - Starts January 2010
Aquascape is taking its show on the road this winter with the dynamic duo of Ed Beaulieu, Chief Sustainability Officer, and Greg Wittstock, “The Pond Guy™”. In our 20-cities in 3-countries tour, we are spreading the message about the “green” sustainability movement, in a seminar tour titled “The Green Community Movement.”From contractors to landscape architects, city engineers to conservationists, we are inviting all those who want to be involved, to be included in capitalizing on the “green” movement that’s sweeping our planet. From water conservation to storm water management, LED lighting to xeriscaping, if it’s happening outdoors and it’s conservation-oriented, we will be presenting it.This seminar tour is designed to launch our international Green Community Movement, which is intended to encourage and reward communities who adopt sustainable practices. This highly interactive, multi-media event will explore actual projects that have been constructed, while giving you information needed to tackle both residential and commercial projects that are currently being designed in your area. Join us and other like-minded participants across North America this winter for the launch of the Green Community Movement!  For more information on the Green Community Movement, click here.  The price for this seminar is $149 or $224 if you stay for the following day's "Selling, Marketing and Promoting Water Features and Your Business" seminar by The Pond Guy himself (days must be consecutive to get the discounted price).  View the seminar flyer. For a complete  schedule, please visit our Seminars Page.   Note: Greg Wittstock will only be participating in this seminar on the following dates:  01/11/10, 01/13/10, 02/08/10, 02/23/10, 03/03/10, 03/05/10, 03/09/10 and 03/15/10.

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- Video #1 - Introduction to the seminars/dates
- Video #2 - see what is going on with Ed's and Greg's seminars on the road!
- Video #3 - see why you can't miss out on Ed Beaulieu's seminar on Sustainable Landscapes!

NEW! Selling, Marketing and Promoting Water Features and Your Business - Featuring the Pond Guy

Our first goal has always been our customer’s success. Along these lines we’ve created a real world seminar chronicling the cutting edge techniques and processes we used to have our best year ever with our construction division. Now more than ever you have to be refining your pitch, tightening your processes and implementing new techniques to survive and even thrive in this tough economy. If your business sells residential landscape projects to consumers whether it is waterscapes, hardscapes, softscapes or landscape lighting, you will gain actionable items to implement immediately to help you get new business from past customers while attracting new customers in the process.  The price for this seminar is $149 or $224 if you combine it with the "Creating Opportunity with Sustainable Landscapes" seminar with Ed Beaulieu the day prior (days must be consecutive in order to get discounted price).
- Discover how to market your products and services for the highest yield return for your marketing dollar.
- Learn a simple process to track your marketing investment and determine its cost effectiveness.
- Find out our sales process, how it’s changed over the years and how we dramatically changed it in 2009 to produce our highest -   sales year ever.
- See what motivates today’s consumer to invest in upgrading their property and how to position your business to capitalize on the latest consumer trends.
- Hear new ways to promote your business, discover hot new markets and close higher margin sales.
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For a complete  schedule, please visit our Seminars Page.

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RainXchange™ System
The earth is known as the Blue Planet for a reason, it’s no surprise that water is a dominant part of our everyday lives. The world's current challenge is to have enough to water to supply the increasing demands on water while maintaining the planets water quality. The Aquascape RainXchange™ System is a revolutionary design that combines a recirculating decorative water feature with a sub-surface rainwater harvest storage system. Learn how the system can clean, filter, and store water in a beautiful water feature that integrates easily into existing landscape. The RainXchange™ System offers companies, as well as consumers the opportunity to do their part to address some of the challenges associated with drought and the increasing problem of excessive urban run-off.

For a complete  schedule, please visit our Seminars Page.

How to Sell $1 Million in Ponds
No one knows more about the water feature business than The Pond Guy™, Greg Wittstock, founder and CEO of Aquascape, Inc. So why not take his advice and learn how you can build a million dollars in water features in one year? Everyone wants a pond; they just don't know it yet! So what are you doing to capitalize on the water garden market? Find out how establish a practical program with the potential to generate a million dollars worth of water features in just 12 months! We'll answer the following questions in this seminar: - What kinds of water features should I focus on selling? - Can I handle that much business? - How do I get started with water gardening?

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Advanced Build-A-Pond Day
At an Advanced Build-A-Pond seminar, you can expect to get a hands-on, eyeball-to-eyeball, roll-up-your sleeves, do-it-yourself learning session from top installers. This session is designed specifically for the installer who already has several water garden installations under his or her belt, and who'll benefit from experiencing an installation that features a few twists and turns not covered in the regular sessions. The Advanced Build-A-Pond Day seminar starts with a pre-excavated pond so you can concentrate on more advanced techniques such as machine-set rock placement, wetland filtration, skimming wet-wells, large and/or multiple waterfall construction and much more. Each Advanced Build-A-Pond Day is unique in its own right, so be sure to take advantage of every one.

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EZ Profits with Water Features
Please join us in exploring the untapped potential of adding water feature installation to your business. This free seminar demonstrates how easy and profitable water feature installation can be and how it can be a valuable addition to your existing business. Water features are the fastest growing trend in landscaping. As the leader in the water gardening industry, Aquascape has been installing water features and manufacturing water garden filtration products since 1995. We have proven sales and installation techniques that can help you tap into this highly profitable market. ($25 no show charge)

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Pondless® Waterfalls
New contractors and smaller crews will benefit most from this seminar, but businesses looking to expand their profit horizons will also love this seminar. Pondless® Waterfalls are perfect for the customer who is new to water features or has limited outdoor living space such as a townhome, courtyard, or city lot. A Pondless® Waterfall is also perfect for customers who already have a beautiful water garden and are looking for more options. Pondless® Waterfall installations are profitable and can be completed in one day, so why not learn how to incorporate them into your repertoire? Learn everything about Pondless® Waterfalls, including design and building, crew efficiency, selling Pondless® Waterfalls, and marketing your work.

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Small Water Features
In this construction-based course, we will cover the steps to installing an AquaBasin™ water feature and show how simple the process can be. The instructor will guide customers, step-by-step, through the installation process for various decorative products using the AquaBasin™. Upon completion, attendees will have thorough hands-on working knowledge of the AquaBasin™ system and many of the application choices available from our decorative product line. Most importantly, you will understand how to build small water features beautifully and efficiently. In addition, you'll learn how to target customers for this product.

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Standard Build-A-Pond Day
In this construction-based course, we will cover the 20 steps to building an Aquascape pond and demonstrate how simple the process can be. The instructor will guide customers step-by-step through the time-proven Aquascape method of pond building. The hands-on seminar focuses on the general design, sales, marketing, trouble shooting, and time-saving tips that our construction crew has perfected over the years. Upon completion, customers will have a good working knowledge of the Aquascape system and the function of its main components. Most importantly, they will understand how to build ponds beautifully, efficiently, and naturally.

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Succeeding and Prospering with Water Features
When you stop learning, you stop earning. You've invested your time and energy in your business and that alone puts you way ahead of your competitors. This course provides you with proven methods to sell and install more ponds more efficiently. If you can learn the tools-of-the-trade to prevent one pond from leaking, this course will have paid for itself. This 5-hour seminar explores the profitability of water feature installation, pond construction, trouble-shooting, pond maintenance, sales, and marketing.

For a complete schedule, please visit our Seminars Page.