You earn assessment points for every earth-friendly practice you currently have, plus tips on easy, inexpensive changes you can make to your operations to earn you more points to attain certification. The assessment includes:
Your facilites: indoor and outdoor
Transportation and vehicles
Horticultural practices (as outlined in our book "Green Plant Care Tips for Techs")
Recycling and reuse
Staff education and training
Giving back to the community and industry
With this program you get:
1. Certification assessment and manual with tips to help you attain certification
2. CD with the assessment form and helpful website links
3. Binder for catalogs and information on Approved Products.
This information will be sent to you throughout the year as more products become approved
4. Set of 5 books "Green Plant Care Tips for Techs" to get you and your staff started, a value of $95.
More books may be ordered by calling 281-687-6966 or emailing Kathy@JfaConsultingBiz.com
5. Gift card for $200 towards our full-day seminar for technicians, or a full day of consulting or coaching
6. Gift card for $50 towards a Green Plants for Green Buildings Train-the-Trainer session (some restrictions apply)
7. Use of the Green Earth - Green Plants™ logo in your marketing materials and on your website
8. Listing on our website and a link to your website
9. Full-color certificate to frame and display at your workplace
10. News release customized to your business and help in distributing if you wish
Be the first in your marketplace to take advantage of this trend! Sign up today. Email Kathy@JfaConsultingBiz.com for a free copy of the assessment.
Cost: $595 for privately-owned businesses with one office location.
Additional $95 for each additional office location. You will need to fill out a separate “FACILITIES” assessment for each location.
Franchises multiple ownerships and national corporations: please call 281-687-6966 for pricing.
Sign up anytime during 2008 and your certification is good until January 1, 2010.
Suppliers: please contact us by calling 281-687-6966 or email Kathy@JfaConsultingBiz.com to find out if your products are eligible to participate in this program.
Green Earth - Green Plants™ Businesses include:
Foliage Concepts
Raleigh, NC
Phone: (919) 876-3275
Asheville, NC
Phone: (828) 253-2888
Spartanburg, SC
Phone: (864) 576-9186
Owner: Les Love
General Manager: Mark McCullough
(for more information, go to Foliage Concepts)
Greenery Gallery
Goose Creek, SC (Charleston area)
Owner: BJ Rogers
Phone: (919) 876-3275
Candidates for Certification:
These businesses are currently in the process of attaining certification:
Interior Tropical Gardens
Huntley, IL
Owner: Mark Martin
Touch of Nature
Joliet, IL (Chicago area)
Owner: Barb Brixey
Buckingham Greenery
Buckingham, VA
Owner: Connie Hom
Plants ala Carte
North Haven, CT
Owner: Linda Bray
Plant Parents
Sarasota, FL
Owners: David and Stephanie Glosser
Growing Roots
Long Beach, CA
Owner: Jennifer Bermudez-Perez
Approved Products:
Lechuza Subirrigation Systems
(for more information, go to Lechuza Subirrigation Systems)
Subirrigation systems and decorative containers, sold world-wide
Decreases need for frequent maintenance visits. Decreases the amount of fossil fuel used, carbon emissions, water used, pesticides and fertilizers used.
Mission Statement for the Green Earth - Green Plants™ Certification Program
1. Educate, recognize, certify, and promote those companies within the horticulture industry that are using environmentally sound practices
2. Develop sound standards for environmentally-safe practices within the industry
3. To support and promote research and education programs for the use of indoor plants and eco-friendly horticulture practices
We will work in cooperation with other like-minded associations within the industry, both in the US and other countries, to achieve this mission.
