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Learn, Network, Enjoy
The Water Garden Expo brings together the largest number industry manufacturers exhibiting in one event along with 23 educational seminars and unmatched networking opportunities. Expand your business skills, increase your product knowledge and learn new skills and techniques from the experts in the water feature industry.
The Water Garden Expo is free to attend and is open to trade professionals only.
Three packed days of learning, networking and friendship
Registration will begin. While you're waiting for classes to start, we recommend visiting the tradeshow and meet representatives from our participating venders.
If you can’t leave town for a week or more and not come back to the business running the same as when you left you don’t own a business, you have a Job! Can your company still operate at a profit if you are out with an illness or injury? For those company owners who want to be the artist, there are ways to put people in place to do the day-to-day – but only as they want to- but they don’t HAVE to. Learn how!
This seminar covers the installation techniques of Elevate PondGard EPDM pond liner. Includes types of geomembrane liners; liner deployment and installation; liner seaming, liner penetrations and patching, and dealing corners in formal water features. Will also cover details of past installation mistakes and preventative techniques.
Discover why successful contractors aren’t doing it alone — and how personal growth and community support are reshaping what long-term success really looks like. Learn how the strongest contractors are growing together — and why it matters now.
Learn how to effectively market your water feature and pond/lake service business locally. This class will focus on Targeted Advertising, Google Business Listings, Websites, and best practices for AI indexing for search results. Highly recommended for anyone with an online presence.
Is lawncare a part of your business? Discover how to boost your bottom line and enhance soil health with innovative solutions designed to transform property landscapes. This seminar dives into the game-changing power of Turf2Max and provides actionable strategies to elevate your client property’s landscape and your profitability. Ideal for landscapers, property managers, and eco-conscious professionals seeking smarter, more efficient solutions.
Pick the brains of the top builders in the industry. What makes them successful and what they would have done differently? Gain valuable insight that will make you and your business better.
Head to the Grand Event Center for a drink on us. Network with the venders and other professionals in the industry. Special thanks to Atlantic/OASE for sponsoring the happy hour.
Registration will begin. While you're waiting for classes to start, we recommend visiting the tradeshow and meet representatives from our participating venders.
An educational keynote focused on leadership identity, decision-making, and raising standards in business and life. This session helps contractors clarify how they show up as owners and leaders, especially under pressure.
A practical session on simplifying operations, where to start with systems, and how to create standards that teams actually follow.
Get a look at OASE’s newest pond filter being introduced into the market at the WGE!. Learn how easy a healthy, crystal-clear pond can be with the right equipment. If you build koi ponds, don’t miss this seminar!
This session will provide a brief history of Hiblow as inventors of linear air pumps and explain in detail how our pumps work. While exploring pump parts and operation, we will touch on preventative maintenance, useful tools/tips, and common issues that arise. From there we will discuss our troubleshooting process and best practices for repair/replacement. Any remaining time will be used for questions and/or to review pump sizing and system setup tips.
Come enjoy a wonderful FREE catered lunch, prepared by the top professional chefs of the Grand Casino and Resort. Once you're done eating, head over to the tradeshow in the Grand Event Center.
A leadership-focused session on how owners show up in hard moments, how behavior sets the tone for teams, and how consistency builds trust.
Tired of installing the same fountains? Discover new fountain displays and new pumps to power them. It’s time to step up your game!
An educational look at job costing, pricing, and profitability through the lens of leadership and standards — not sales.
Learn how to effectively market your water feature and pond/lake service business locally. This class will focus on Targeted Advertising, Google Business Listings, Websites, and best practices for AI indexing for search results. Highly recommended for anyone with an online presence.
Stick around after the last class of the day and see who won PondTrade Magazine's Artisans of the Year Awards. Top pond builders are nominated for different catagories each year in hopes they will win one of the top awards in the industry.
Head to the Grand Event Center for a drink on us. Network with the venders and other professionals in the industry. Special thanks to Atlantic-OASE for sponsoring the happy hour.
Registration will begin. While you're waiting for classes to start, we recommend visiting the tradeshow and meet representatives from our participating venders.
As professional pond and waterfall designers and builders, we usually find ourselves working with a theme, such as a koi pond, backyard water garden, grotto waterfall, estate pond, etc. These features encourage tranquility, allow for the enjoyment of aquatic plants, or attract wildlife. But what questions will quickly pop into your mind if a prospect calls and requests an Adventure Pond? Dive into this fascinating subject with one of our industry’s premier artists.
If you can’t leave town for a week or more and not come back to the business running the same as when you left you don’t own a business, you have a Job! Can your company still operate at a profit if you are out with an illness or injury? For those company owners who want to be the artist, there are ways to put people in place to do the day-to-day – but only as they want to- but they don’t HAVE to. Learn how!
Discover how OASE’s Lake Therapy proprietary formulations can add another revenue stream to your business and another offering to your customer base with quick and sustainable results. Improve your results, save time, reduce site visits, and exceed all your lake and management goals. Smaller quantities are coming soon for Koi Ponds!
The design and finishing details make or break projects. Learn concepts that will bring fresh prospectives to your installations from one the most decorated contractors in the water feature industry. A must for pond builders at any level of expertise.
Is lawncare a part of your business? Discover how to boost your bottom line and enhance soil health with innovative solutions designed to transform property landscapes. This seminar dives into the game-changing power of Turf2Max and provides actionable strategies to elevate your client property’s landscape and your profitability. Ideal for landscapers, property managers, and eco-conscious professionals seeking smarter, more efficient solutions.
The Truxor aquatic tool platform can revamp how you approach lake and pond management, while adding value to your business. Whether you are starting a new business with the Truxor as your foundation, or adding it to your existing business, learn about how Truxor equipment can be integrated into your lake and pond solutions.
Use Dave’s decades of experience teach you to take the next step to bigger projects while maintaining profitability. An excellent seminar for contractors looking to expand to higher-end residential and commercial projects.
This seminar covers the installation techniques of Elevate PondGard EPDM pond liner. Includes types of geomembrane liners; liner deployment and installation; liner seaming, liner penetrations and patching, and dealing corners in formal water features. Will also cover details of past installation mistakes and preventative techniques.
Come enjoy a wonderful FREE catered lunch, prepared by the top professional chefs of the Grand Casino and Resort. Once you're done eating, We'll end the expo with some words from the organizers. There will be tears, laughs and some well deserved awards. It's definitely worth sticking around for.
Meet Our Industry Leading Speakers
Summit Coaching & Consulting
I’m not some corporate guy with a clipboard. I spent 20 years in the trenches as a general contractor — building a business while raising a daughter, grinding through long days, and carrying stress that nearly broke me. Now I coach men who feel that same pressure.
Online Training Vault
Bubba is the CEO of multiple thriving businesses, including Midsouth Ponds, Panhandle Ponds and Midsouth Christmas Lighting. His passion for business extends beyond ownership; he is also a respected business coach specializing in sales and leadership.
Aquatic Construction Services
David B. Duensing, a longtime waterscape and hardscape designer and builder, has an extreme passion for natural rock.
Outdoor Network Services
BJ Linger opened his company in 1999 to feed his passion of water features and for 20 years has continued to to build and collaborate on hundreds of projects. He started by helping a few pond building friends with their websites which has envolved into a digital marketing company.
CHECK OUT WHO MAKES THE WATER GARDEN EXPO POSSIBLE
Three informational packed days, happy hours on Wednesday & Thursday evenings and chef prepared lunches on Thursday & Friday, all for FREE!
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Friday, March 13, 2026
777 Grand Casino Blvd.
Shawnee, OK 74804
(405) 964-7777
Special Rate at The Grand Casino Hotel & Resort. Special Water Garden Expo rate. (Special rate includes double queen or single king room. Taxes not included.) For more information on the Grand Casino and Resort visit GrandResortOK.com.
