By Meta L. Levin
What can you expect from iLandscape in
2022? After a year of going virtual, ILCA’s favorite event is back baby! — and in a very big way. Yes, the Gnomes are back. The raffles are back, so is the woodcarver. Don’t forget the EXHIBITORS! But mostly, the people will be back for iLandscape 2022: One Fiesta —All United • Todos Unidos. “We are committed to bringing everyone back together,” says Dave Warning, iLandscape Experience Committee chair. The annual Illinois and Wisconsin landscape show is scheduled for February 2-4, 2022 and will be returning to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL. As the One Fiesta name implies, this year’s iLandscape will have a Latino theme, with lots of color, games, music and food, Warning says. “This culture is an important part of our industry.” ILCA Executive Director Scott Grams is excited about the coming event. “I love the theme and the creative energy that went into planning it,” he says. “2022 is supposed to feel like a party and coming together.” There will be three days of education sessions, covering 16
a wide variety of topics, including Spanish language offerings, an irrigation workshop and a student career day. Many will offer continuing education credits for landscape architects and certified arborists. “The education is going to be top notch,” says Grams. The Latino and Americano subcommittee will be digging deeper into the theme with a four-part cultural series, “Uniting Latino and American Culture in the Workplace,” scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. It is free with trade show admission. Put together by a committee composed of Latino and American landscape professionals, this program will be presented in Spanish, but will be followed at a later date by an English language version, says Grams. It falls neatly into the iLandscape 2022 show theme, One Fiesta. “It’s all about bringing the cultures together. This is such a nice piece that clicks in with the theme, recognizing the culture strengths of everyone.” The vendors are happy to be back, as well. “We are excited about how many vendors are coming back. Both rooms are filled,” says Warning.
The Landscape Contractor January 2022
