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Water Garden Expo 2026

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.

Event Schedule

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.

  • 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Event Center
Session 2 (2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
  • Bubba Hogan, Bubba Hogan Vault
  • 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
Session 3 (4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
  • Randy Stewart, Pondliner Wholesale
  • 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
 

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.

  • Atlantic/OASE
  • 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  • Grand Event Center

Registration will begin. While you're waiting for classes to start, we recommend visiting the tradeshow and meet representatives from our participating venders.

  • 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Event Center
Session 1 (9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.)
  • Bob Turner, Summit Coaching & Consulting
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • Ballroom 1

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 pond management goals.

  • Atlantic/OASE
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • Ballroom 2
Session 4 (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
  • Bob Turner, Summit Coaching & Consulting
  • 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Ballroom 1
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Ballroom 2
 

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.

  • 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
Session 5 (1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
  • Bob Turner, Summit Coaching & Consulting

  • 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
  • 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  • Ballroom 1
  • 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  • Ballroom 2
Session 6 (3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
  • Bob Turner, Summit Coaching & Consulting
  • 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
  • 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Ballroom 1
  • 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Ballroom 2
 

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.

  • PondTrade Magazine
  • 4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
  • Grand Event Center

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.

  • EasyPro Pond Products
  • 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  • Grand Event Center

Registration will begin. While you're waiting for classes to start, we recommend visiting the tradeshow and meet representatives from our participating venders.

  • 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  • Event Center
Session 6 (8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.)
  • Dave Deunsing, Aquatic Construction Services
  • 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
  • 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
  • Ballroom 1
  • 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
  • Ballroom 2
Session 7 (9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.)
  • Dave Deunsing, Aquatic Construction Services
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • Ballroom 1
  • 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • Ballroom 2
Session 8 (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
  • Dave Deunsing, Aquatic Construction Services

  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Grand Ballroom
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Ballroom 1
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Ballroom 2
 

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.

Our Speakers

Meet Our Industry Leading Speakers

Bob Turner
Bob Turner

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.

Bubba Hogan
Bubba Hogan

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.

Dave Deunsing
Dave Deunsing

Aquatic Construction Services

David B. Duensing, a longtime waterscape and hardscape designer and builder, has an extreme passion for natural rock.

BJ Linger
BJ Linger

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.

FREE TO ATTEND

Three informational packed days, happy hours on Wednesday & Thursday evenings and chef prepared lunches on Thursday & Friday, all for FREE!

Day ONE

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

  • Event Attendance
  • Trade Show
  • Networking Area Access
  • Beverages
  • Happy Hour
  • Free Wifi
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Day TWO

Thursday, March 12, 2026

  • Event Attendance
  • Trade Show
  • Networking Area Access
  • Beverages
  • Lunch
  • Happy Hour
  • Free Wifi

Day THREE

Friday, March 13, 2026

  • Event Attendance
  • Trade Show
  • Networking Area Access
  • Beverages
  • Lunch
  • Free Wifi
  •  

Lodging

The Grand Casino and Resort

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.

  • Special Water Garden Expo Rate
  • Double Queen or Single King
  • Free Parking
  • Restaurants On-site

Transportation

  • Will Rogers Airport in OKC is 35 miles from the Grand Casino & Resort
  • Car Rentals and Uber & Lyft rideshares are available at OKC Airport.
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