Exhibitor Information

Exhibitor Orientation & Networking Event - June 9

Feedback from last year's event was fantastic! Over 5,000 attendees enjoyed 125 exhibits, food demos, entertainment and the beautiful gardens. Our exit survey shows the majority of festival attendees are MORE or MUCH MORE likely to: Buy from an exhibitor (84%) Shop with sustainability in mind (71%) Adopt sustainable habits (61%) This festival is making a difference. As awareness about climate change grows, more people are eager to learn how to green up their lives. This year the new Sustainability Expo will feature fun, interactive displays about how to make sustainable and healthy lifestyle choices. Early Bird Registration is now open. Receive 20% off the 2008 Regular Fee when you register and pay your deposit by February 1st. Save 10% between February 1st and April 1st. To ensure your preferred exhibit location, please register now online. The festival recognizes the unique contribution made by local farms, small grassroots business and community groups dedicated to creating sustainable solutions. Subsidized exhibit spaces are available for eligible applicants. Our sponsors' contributions have made these subsidies possible. See the "Exhibitor Application" for more information. Some benefits of exhibiting: Thousands of pre-qualified customers, retailers, and buyers will find out how your business or organization is contributing towards a sustainable future for generations to come; Extensive media coverage including radio, TV, print and Internet creates more awareness of your role in developing the local green community; Your products, services and company information are showcased at the event, in the printed festival program, and on the web site; Additional promotional benefits are available when you become a corporate sponsor or Organic Friend Partner. Benefits include targeted exposure in promotional materials reaching over 500,000 people. Our Commitment to Zero Waste: Join us in our ZERO WASTE Commitment: In our Organic Islands everything we eat, drink, wear, plant and use to clean our houses, nurtures our imagination, strengthens our bodies, and preserves our children’s future. By offering you positive options that ensures the waste we generate is recycled or composted, we can promote a sustainable organic future. That is why Organic Islands Festival has partnered with reFUSE Ltd and is striving to become a zero-waste festival. Find out how we are striving to meet that commitment and what you can do as an exhibitor, please read our ZERO WASTE Commitment. ZERO WASTE Commitment 2009 for exhibitors

Exhibitor categories include:

Accommodation:	B & B, Hostels, Hotels, Motels, Vacation Rentals
Arts & Craft:	Eco-friendly paper
Beauty:	Cosmetics, salons, spas
Clothing:	Designers, retailers
Farms:	Certified organic, biodynamic, transitional, chemical free
Food:	Caterers, chefs, coffee shops, box delivery, farms, markets, processors, producers, restaurants, grocery stores
Garden:	Authors, educators, gardeners, landscapers, nurseries
Health:	Holistic practitioners, body workers, stores, suppliers
Home:	Cleaning products/services, environmental testing, green construction
Personal care:	Aromatherapy, bath, body, fragrance
Other areas:	Eco-tourism, Education, Energy, Environment, Fair trade, Financial Services/Ethical Investments, Fitness/Sports, Government services, Non-profit associations, Health Retreats, Pet Care, and … More

To apply for an exhibit space: View the Venue Map and select preferred location. Complete your application online, or Phone our sales representative at (250) 658-8148 to assist you. Exhibitor/Sponsor Information Kit Click here to download the Exhibitor/Sponsor Information Kit.

Past Exhibitors

Canada's top producing organic companies, sustainability advocates, green buisnesses, fair traders, food producers, health practitioners, horticulturalists, retailers, restaurateurs, vintners, and everyone passionate about creating a sustainable future join together in an inspirational natural setting to inspire, inform and encourage everyone to make healthy lifestyle choices. Come prepared to enjoy fresh tasty samples, engaging conversation and green shopping delights. Past participants include: Advantage Health Matters Inc. Apple Luscious Organic Orchards Arbonne International Ashi Acupuncture Barking Dog Vineyard BC AgriTourism Alliance Bio Flora BioPro Technologies Birch Place Farm Bluetree Art Canadian Organic Growers Coalition for a GE Free B.C. Coast Select Smokehouse Common Ground Magazine Conscious Kitchen Cooks Council of Canadians Deep Creek Wine Estates Hainle Vineyards Dig This Dragonfly Dreaming Island Temple Super Foods Eagle Paws Organics Earth Elixir Eclectic Echinacea Eco-Art, Margo Farr Eco Island Gardenscapes Ecosource Paper Inc. Edibella Organic Landscapes Elk Lake Farm Essential Oil Techniques Fair Kick Soccer Free Spirit Botanicals Friendly Organics From Heaven to Earth Gaia College GardenWise Magazine Glen Campbell GV Compost Education Centre Greenbeans Green Cuisine Green Goddess Botanicals Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products Hands of Life Healing Massage Happy Valley Lavender & Herb Farm Healthy Footprint Enterprises Helios Landscaping Health Within Hemp & Company Honestly Tea and Gifts Indigo Moon Silks Islands Organic Producers Association Jennifer Apedaile Karin’s Country Farm Kennedy Garden and Landscape Kenta Farm Level Ground Trading Lifestyle Markets Moire Gourmet Mushrooms Music for Young Children Natural Pastures Cheese Company Natural Pod Nature’s Path Foods New Society Publishers O′Mega Hemp Bar Paradise Cityscapes Peninsula Quantum Wellness Phoenix Organic Farm B&B Planet Organic Market Rawthyme Natural Products Rebecca’s Garden & Echo Valley Farm Ruby Red Farms Saanich Organics Sekoya Dawn Share Organics Shelter Apparel Silk Road Small Potatoes Urban Delivery Society for Organic Urban Land Care Sooke Harbour House Soya Nova Stewards of Irreplaceable Land Stewardship Natural Landscape Design Summerhill Pyramid Winery Sunrise Soya Foods Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl. Assoc. Tenfold Organic Textiles The Army of Farmers The Body Organica The British Columbia Tea Co. The Good Planet Company The Land Conservancy of BC The Pinch Group Thistledown Organic Gardenscaping Thrifty Foods Urban Greenery Valhalla Farm Herbs N’Things Water for Life Wildart Photography by Shel Neufeld