Green Plant Care Tips for Techs
This brand new book teaches horticulturists how to care for indoor plants in an earth friendly way. Includes watering, subirrigation, pruning, insects, pests, diseases, nutritional and environmental problems.
By Kathy Fediw, published September 2007, 116 pages, paperback, sized to carry along.
Individual book: $25.00 plus shipping.

Pack of 5 books $95.00 per pack plus shipping.

SAVE! Box of 40 books $600.00 plus shipping.

Plantscape University Masters Program: Can’t get enough education? Once your staff has graduated from Plantscape University, continue the learning with Plantscape University:Masters Program. This college-level course is perfect for those preparing for a career as a manager, supervisor or trainer. Your staff will come away with a full understanding of how plants work and function in the interiorscape. This program uses the same format as Plantscape 101 and Plantscape University with all the extras included in the other two programs. Classes include:
1. Basic botany
2. Plant Nomenclature
3. Propagation & Production
4. Blooming Plants
5. Soils & their Characteristics
6. Beneficial Insects & Organisms
7. Plant pathology and Diseases
8. Insects and their Classification
9. Pesticides and their Chemistry
10. Design Elements
Your investment: $495.00 plus shipping and handling.

Best Deal: purchase all 3 programs and save! $995.00 plus shipping and handling.

Customization available: call 281-687-6966 to discuss your needs.
All 3 programs are available as hard copies in 3 ring binders or on CD-ROM.

Hire and Train to Win System: for Interior Plantscapers Only! $297.00 by Kathy Fediw, ©2006.
The comprehensive system you need to recruit, interview, hire, counsel, evaluate and get your people off on the right track. This system is packed with lots of extras including:
- Where to find your best employees
- Help wanted ads and job postings
- How to screen applicants by phone and eliminate 50% of your applicants before you meet them
- Why you should make job applicants wait for you
- ”Illegal” interview questions
- How to detect liars during the interview
- The 2 most important interview questions you can ask
- Training checklists
- Hiring and training employees from different cultures
- Training temporary and seasonal employees quickly and efficiently
- Career paths and salary ranges for your employees
- Bonus plans
- Performance evaluations
- Job descriptions
- And More!
You’ll also get:
- Over 20 forms and checklists you can use, both in print and on CD-ROM
- The CD-ROM ‘Business Forms and Templates’ (worth $97)

Special discount: 15% off your purchase of Plantscape 101, Plantscape University and/or Plantscape Masters training programs when you order the Hire and Train to Win System. Call 281-687-6966 to order and receive your discount. No other discounts apply.

Green Plants for Green Buildings (Plants at Work) - Train the Trainer workshop
Become a Registered Provider for presenting the program "Authentically Green Interiors: Optimizing Nature's Design." Approved for continuing education credit by AIA, BOMI, and USGBC. Present this program to your local architects, building managers, and other customers to promote the benefits of indoor plants. MUST BE A GREEN PLANTS FOR GREEN BUILDINGS INVESTOR IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. Check the calendar for dates or call (281) 687-6966 to schedule for your company.

First Person from Your Company - Includes Binder and CD - $350.00

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The $7 Million Dollar Customer: book and workbook set. $47.00 by Kathy Fediw, ©2002.
How every single customer can bring you $7 Million Dollars in repeat business and referrals! This manual and workbook set will guide you through the process of building a customer-centered business. Written for the new small business owner, this manual emphasizes the need to hire customer-friendly people and then equip them with customer-friendly policies and systems. Includes how to interview people; building your business on referrals; handle customer complaints; and more! Workbook includes exercises, forms and templates to help you in building your business.

Safety First: 21 Safety Topics for Interiorscapers: book $37.00 By Kathy Johnson (Fediw), ©2001.
This safety manual is written for interior plantscapers only! A series of 21 safety topics designed to be presented within 5 minutes at your technician meetings, this also serves as your company safety manual to meet your customer’s safety program requirements established for their vendors. Each topic includes a one or two page handout; quiz and answer sheet. Purchase of this manual permits you to make copies of the handouts, quiz and answer sheets for in-house use at each branch location. Topics include:
-Safety while watering
-Safe use of pesticides
-Safe driving
-Ladder safety
-Drug-free safety issues
-Pruning safety
-Safe use of watering machines
-Personal safety issues
Available as a manual in a 3 ring binder or as a CD-ROM.

Tropical Foliage Disorders book $60.00 By Lynn P. Griffith, Jr.©2002.
Over 350 full-color photos highlight such problems as:
-Fungal and bacterial diseases
-Common pests such as thrips, mites, and snails
-Nutritional deficiencies
-Cultural problems such as light, moisture, temperature
-Phytotoxicity

OFA Tips Identification of Insects and Related Pests book $37.00 By Richard K. Lindquist and Raymond A. Cloyd©2005.
46 pages, color photos, descriptions, and lifecycles of over 20 pests on indoor plants

Plant Basics Indoor Plant Care book $18.00 By Susan McCollum and Teena Risley©1994.
A handy plant care guide for horticulture technicians.

Customized Training Manuals: call (281) 687-6966 for pricing.
Step-by-step procedures, class outlines, handouts, tests, etc.