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Port Elgin Ontario Canada

Well another Niagara Convention has come to a close...and what a year we have had.

Pam, Sally, Brad, Erin and I would like to thank all of you for making this one of the best conventions we have ever had. There is no better group out there then Giant Pumpkin Growers!

Good luck to all during the 2008 growing season, and we will see you again next March!

Lisa

3/9/2008 3:56:41 PM

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Thanks Lisa, and everyone for putting together a great seminar weekend. I'm a bit overwhelmed, but it was a really great weekend, had a great time meeting fellow growers, and the training sessions were great. Only recommendation I would make is to put Dr. Linderman at an earlier time frame than right after lunch. It was very hard to concentrate on a very filling lunch. All very good by the way!

Thanks for a great weekend!

Christine

3/9/2008 4:28:27 PM

Ontario

Lisa, Pam, Sally, Brad, Erin,

Thank You for a great weekend. You guys are quite an "A" team.
We all appreciate your efforts very much for such a successful seminar.

Thanks again!

Warmest regards, Frank

3/9/2008 6:46:48 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Well I had a great time too..........Lisa great, great, great, is all I can say. Thank heaven for Port Elgin and the Pumpkinfest staff.

Everything ran smoothly and as Dave wanted fairly seamlessly. There were so many helpers this year that things ran great for the record throng of growers during a record breaking snow fall too.

Dr. Linderman was very informative, I spent a couple of hours over the course of the weekend talking with him and was still left with a few thousand more questions for him.

If you want to growem big Niagara Falls was the place to learn.

Russ

3/9/2008 8:28:46 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

So whats the date for niagra for next yr.

3/9/2008 8:50:30 PM

Buffalo, new York, USA

Thanks to your whole team for a most memorable and worthwile weekend!

3/9/2008 8:52:57 PM

Massillon, Ohio

In my opinion, this was the best year at Niagra (of the ones I have attended). It wasnt just the snow storm making it my favorite either LOL. (that was awesome).

Everyone's hard work is to thank. Everything was so organized and well thought out.

THANKS A MILLION :)

3/9/2008 9:17:39 PM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

Thanks Pumpkinfest crew for putting on yet another great seminar. This one was the best I have attended yet.

I also spent a couple hours with Dr Linderman over the weekend and he was fantastic. Very informative and down to earth (excuse the pun). I hope he is able to come again.

This is the best way for anyone at any level to learn about this great hobby.

Great Time…Great friends

3/9/2008 9:18:14 PM

Ohio

I gotta agree, great time! There was so many growers there that there was no way you could meet them all in 2 days, there was still alot of growers that I wanted to talk to but just never got the chance! But there is next year!

Thanks Lisa,Pam, Sally, Brad, and Erin!!

3/9/2008 10:08:57 PM

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Yes I agree Brooks, there was not enough time in the weekend to get talk to all the growers and meet everyone. I had an awesome time and still digesting all of the good stuff I have learned. I am sure it will take me a few days to get thru all of it. Again, thanks to everyone who had a hand in putting together the seminar, and to Lisa, Pam, Sally, Brad and Erin, awesome job!!!!

3/9/2008 10:55:47 PM

Cheshire,Ma

What a great time. So many people put in a lot of time to make it work..... Thank you!

3/10/2008 11:50:38 AM

Dummer Twp - Ontario

Great job Pumpkinfest crew and GPC for putting on such a great event. I'm a little maxed out on pumpkin talk but should recover in a day or two. Met many awesome people/growers who generously gave up info and seeds and the info gained at the seminars was top notch stuff and will help me get a new Personal best this year I think.
Thanks again, Kirk Chenier

3/10/2008 1:20:13 PM

Greene County, Pa.

it was unbelievable.. i met so many nice people. I know i learned alot from them hope i taught someone something also.Great job to all who participated. ill bee there again next year!!BuddyG

3/10/2008 1:53:28 PM

Minnesota

Yah, it was a great weekend, someone emailed me this fishing game, I posted it on other non pumpkin related and all kinds of people played it, great game.

3/10/2008 2:48:25 PM

Santa Rosa California

thanks to all such an great time


nick gaetano

3/10/2008 2:56:38 PM

Sparta, NC

Awesome weekend...........Congrats to the Pumpkinfest Gang and the GPC gang for a great semnar.

3/10/2008 7:19:51 PM

Mulino, Oregon

Just got home. Had a great time as usual. The Pumpkinfest Gang is the best! I suppose I should go out an buy a Powerball ticket now $230,000,000. Maybe I'll win! lol.

3/10/2008 7:58:41 PM

anytown U.S,A,

Great weekend with lots of information. Good job pumpkinfest gang

3/10/2008 8:31:42 PM

Kalamazoo, MI ([email protected])

Many thanks to the Pumpkinfest staff and the GPC for an awesome weekend - we had a great time! It was nice to finally put some faces to names, and Dr. Linderman was fantastic. We're already looking forward to next year...

Jesse and Kelly

3/10/2008 10:00:04 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

I agree w/ all of the above, 22" of snow did not dampen the spirits of the Pknfest crew, or the GPC folks...these two groups worked together to put together an incredible wknd!!! Lot's of other's helped also, I think, Bill Bobier ran an awesome poker game or 3, all of the break out session leaders did an awesome job, I got a chance to meet Ken D.!!! kudo's to Ken!!! bp.com is gonna just get better and better!!! and my personal highlight of the wknd was the ICEMAN!!! Thanks, my friend!!! Peace, Wayne

3/11/2008 12:21:43 AM

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It was a very nice conference this year. My favorite of the last 5 or 6 I've attended.

Dr. Linderman did a great job of humanizing soil biology which can be a rather dry subject to present! Lisa, Pam, Sally, Brad & Erin were awesome as always! Jim B is a great MC. Thanks to you all! We all survived the tight GPC schedule just fine! A little sleep deprived...but it was worth it.

Like Christy, we really enjoyed the snow. I brought my wife & son to the butterfly conservatory on Friday as the snow was starting. It was a surreal experience to be inside the warm glass house with flowers & butterflies while snow was pounding down all around!

That Brazilian Barbecue was delicious!

It's always a challenge to meet with everyone. There's just never enough time to spend time with everyone but it's always worth trying.

My wife came home with a much greater understanding of the fellowship of fine family of growers we really are. Thank you all!

3/11/2008 12:38:14 AM

Somerset,Ky

I had a great time Too!! Met some awesome people. Thanks
to everyone that worked so hard to make this event a success!
Eddie is a great guy thanks so much!

John Van Hook

3/11/2008 7:35:51 AM

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Lisa, Pam, Sally, Brad, Erin,
You 5 are some of the greatest people I have ever met, Your such a driving force to the success of the Event,
But we need to Thank Dave McCallum also, as he also does so much beind the scenes.
Best Ever Conference, and striving to make next year better.
Eddy

3/11/2008 10:29:51 AM

Parker, Co

thanks to ALL the folks that planned the event! we had a great time , learned alot...made some new friends! thanks again, the napa gang

3/11/2008 2:32:57 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

It was great meeting up with people I already knew and meeting those who I knew but had never met.. . My thanks also to the Pumpkinfest crew and the GPC. I had a blast!

3/11/2008 4:01:55 PM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

As usual, a great event. Thanks goes out to the Pumpkinfest team & the GPC for putting together one of the best conventions to date. We had a great time. Thanks again.

Phil

3/12/2008 10:58:11 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Early on Fri. evening I was talking with a grower who I had dreamed of meeting, face to face. The conversation turned to the "family" of AG growers, and he asked me to look thru the room and tell him what I saw. I took, prbly a full minute to look around and observed what was going on, and then said..."I see people sharing with each other." This fine man said..."wouldn't it be great if we could share this with the world." I know that he didn't mean the secrets of growing AG's, but the simple idea of being able to communicate with each other on a broader basis!! If the mind set of pkn growers can reach out and touch others...the world could be a better place. This was one of 2 occasions at da Falls that I was brought near to tears!!! Great wknd. Peace, Wayne

3/12/2008 5:48:08 PM