Just like last year, we are teaming up with the Central Virginia Food Bank to help our neighbors in need but we need your help.  Please bring a cash or non perishable food donation to the Fall Home Show – Richmond (October 16-17) and in return, receive free admission for 1.  The most needed items include: ready-to-eat canned meals, canned meat, canned tuna, canned fruits, canned vegetables, instant potatoes, canned & dry soup, peanut butter, jelly, canned pork & beans, canned juices, sip-size juices, hot & cold cereal, and nonperishable milk.

Last year, we collected 3,220 pounds of food and over $1,700 in cash donations for the Central Virginia Foodbank.  With each pound equaling an average meal and each dollar providing five meals, the Home Show food drive provided 11,743 meals for families throughout the Greater Richmond area and surrounding communities.  With your help, we look forward to contributing even more than last year!

At the upcoming Capital Region Fall Home Show (October 1-3), make sure you stop by the solar power seminars presented by PSE&G where you can learn how to save both money and energy with solar energy!  The solar power seminars will be held on Saturday and Sunday at 2pm.

For more information about the Home Show at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, NJ click here.

If you’re located in the central Virginia area and are looking for home improvement ideas, stop by the 4^th annual Fall Home Show – Richmond at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, VA this October 16 to 17.  The show will feature numerous home improvement products and services including: brick and stonework, spa installation, draperies and home décor, home theaters, roofing, painting, sprinkler systems and more!  With hundreds of home experts attending, all your home improvement questions and needs can be addressed in one stop.

Visit Fall Home Show – Richmond online for more information!

This year we are kicking off our show season with the first ever Capital Region Fall Home Show at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, NJ. Whether you are in the midst of planning a home improvement project or just looking for inspiring ideas for your home, stop by the show this October 1 to 3.

With over 120 exhibit booths, it’s a home show serving Mercer, Bucks, Burlington, Western Monmouth counties not to be missed!

Visit the Capital Region Fall Home Show online for more information. And don’t forget to pick up discount coupons.

Check of the video of the Container Challenge at the 2010 NJ Flower Show.

Home Show exhibitors at last weekends Jersey Shore Home Show at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ said thing went very well for the first home show of the year. Attendance was good and homeowners were coming in asking the right questions, setting appointments and booking jobs.

This year’s outlook is so much better than last year when the public seemed to be glassy eyed and distant with the threat of the failing economy and horrible news being pumped out by the news outlets each day.

Tara Dillard is a nationally recognized garden designer, author, and speaker who has hosted her own TV program, The Better Gardening Show, on CBS will be appearing at the Maymont Flower & Garden Show on February 18 – 21 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, VA.

Eddie will demonstrate fast, easy and inexpensive ways of enlivening your decor with color at the Home Show.

Home & Lifestyle Expert Eddie Ross Will Appear All 3 Days at the Garden State Home Show – February 5 – 7, 2010 at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, NJ.

Join HGTV guest designer and former Martha Stewart Living editor Eddie Ross for a fun, informative presentation on enhancing your home with color. From paint to accessories and everything in between, Eddie will demonstrate fast, easy and inexpensive ways of enlivening your decor with color.

As we come down to the wire for our 2010 winter Home Shows they are filling up nicely after a slow start in 2009. Expect top see hundreds of display booths at this year’s Home Shows in both New Jersey and Virginia.

Something I’ve come to learn as both the producer of Home Shows as well as a customer of exhibiting companies is that the businesses that exhibit at the show tend to be the cream of the crop. Hey, I’m not saying that there aren’t good businesses out there that don’t participate in Home Shows, but what I am saying is that the ones that participate are generally really good.

Why, well simply a lot goes into setting up an exhibit at a Home Show. Besides the cost of purchasing a booth, companies need an exhibit, trained manpower to work the booth, insurance, the capabilities to make the investment work over the long run, etc…

That’s why I believe that companies that exhibit at home shows tend to be some of the top companies in their field.

James River Green Building Council

We are pleased to announce the participation of the James River Green Building Council within the “Green Zone.” at the Home Show – Richmond.

For the third consecutive year, the “Green Zone” feature area will provide attendees the latest ideas for green remodeling or new construction for your home. Get ideas on making your home a healthy environment while also saving dollars on your utility bills. Products and services include insulation, geothermal, solar, green construction, rainwater harvesting, HVAC, environmentally friendly products for the home, radiant heat and barriers and more!

Come and listen to the experts in the Home Seminar area on how to make it all happen!