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PLANTSCAPERS INC.'S JULY NEWSLETTER                                  View this email in your browser

COO Mark D. Farrow and CEO Julie Davis Farrow

Julie Davis Farrow, CEO and
Mark D. Farrow, COO

Plantscapers Inc.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Main Content Area:
Message From The Owners 
New Clients
Product of the Month
Thanks For Helping Us Grow

Left Sidebar:
We The Employees
Latest News
Congratulations
Famous Quote
It's All About the GREEN
The Art of Plants in Design
We the Employees...
Girl's A Go-Go to Sherman Library and Gardens

Our lovely group of ladies smile for the camera.

LATEST NEWS

PinnacleV Visits Plantscapers Inc.


Plantscapers Inc. hosted PinnacleV, our newly created Peer Group, at our offices in June. We had a full 3 days of learning and sharing. It was absolutely amazing to be with a group of professional leaders in our industry.

We shared marketing and sales strategies for the rest of the year and heard from Plantscapers' team members that rocked!

We all collaborated on great, innovative ideas that will be coming your way. So blessed are we to be among this peer group. This collaboration has also expanded our services nationally to include affiliations throughout the 50 states and Canada.

Members are:


Field Trip to Sherman Library and Gardens

We had our monthly staff meeting at Sherman Gardens with a tailgate get-together in the parking lot while eating lunch.

We all assembled into teams and went on a scavenger hunt. It was so nice to be outside as a group, learn new things and see so many different varieties of plants.

And it was a great way for team bonding that included lots of laughs. We also saw some amazing specimen plants and learned a thing or two.

Congrats to Mike and Brook (pictured above) for taking 1st place.
 

Pot-A-Plant

Mark, Julie and Courtney had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer this year at Long Beach State University to help out at the Special Olympics at the Pot-A-Plant booth.

What an amazing organization that helps children with disabilities pot their own 4” plant and take it home in a labeled bag.

“People were sharing how their plant had grown from years prior and how it is their favorite thing,” shared Mark Farrow. The laughter, joy and smiles were priceless. We can’t wait to do this again next year and invite all of you to join in the amazing event.

We'll let you know when it happens next year. Thanks Greg for the invite and carry on to the entire United States.
 

34 Years and Still Growing!

Hope everyone enjoyed your special anniversary pen from your favorite Plantscapers technician!



David Padilla of Plantscapers Inc. captures a selfie moment with James O’Neill at Santa Barbara Homes in Corona, California.
 
Christmas in July
Home for the holidays is the theme for this year. I know it sounds crazy, but we are ramping up for our holiday sales.

We have beautiful, professional holiday trees, garland, wreaths and other specialty items. Call today for your design consultant to meet with you. 

Our Website!

It's New. It's Improved.
And You're Gonna Love It.

Visit our new state-of-the art website to check out our new image and learn about the company’s history.
WWW.PLANTSCAPERS.COM


Shelle Holmes
Plant Maintenance Technician
Palm Springs

Background/Education:  She Received a Retail Floral Diploma in 2002 that included a class on identification, care and handling of plants/foliage. 
 
 Hobbies/Interests: Shelle enjoys floral design, photography and spending time with her family watching movies, traveling and spending time outdoors, especially in the pool or at the beach.  
 
Family: Shelle and her husband have been married for just over 13 years and have a 4 1/2 year old daughter, Addison. She has lived in Minnesota, Virginia and now resides in California.  

Favorite thing about the job: Shelle loves it when people comes up to her while watering or trimming and says something like “those are real?"  She also likes to go to different facilities and homes to see how everything looks before the plants are place and the difference they make. 
 
Future goals/plans:  Homeschooling her daughter for the first time will start this fall and she is looking forward to being a teacher AND a mom.
 

Thank you for all your hard work!!
 

Famous Quote


I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I am free. And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
                                                      Lee Greenwood

It's All About the GREEN

Putting it into Perspective:  

Our 34th Anniversary

Right now is the perfect time to remember what it took to bring us where we are today. I started working on my own when I was 17 years old and my efforts grew to become (read more...)

       JULY 2015 
      
NEWSLETTER



Message from the Owners

Kapow! Happy 4th of July!

The night sky rocketed with fireworks this past weekend celebrating America’s independence and the freedoms we cherish. It's not just a chance to hear the booms and watch the sparkles explode overhead. It is a reminder that we live under a society, albeit a complicated one, that allows us so many freedoms other countries do not have. It’s a day that hopefully one day in our future, everyone in the world can celebrate.
 
Right now Plantscapers is about to launch its own set of fireworks. We’ve just expanded into the Coachella Valley!

On July 1st we acquired Designer Greens, a well-established company that has an excellent client base and reputation in the Palm Springs area. It's very exciting to extend our services to Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, Yucca Valley, Indian Wells and Rancho Mirage. We will be working with the design and architectural community in this amazing high-end area.

Our goal is to grow just like our Orange County branch, offering live, replica, living walls and patioscaping along with our fabulous maintenance services.


I have known the owner Greg Eberly for over 20 years and we’ve both been involved in many of the professional affiliations.

(For more information on this exciting Plantscapers news, please click here to see our full blog entry)

I am honored to take the reins from him as he retires. Be sure to l
ook out for our trucks and creative work when you are in the area. 
  
Warm regards,



Mark and Julie Farrow
PLANTSCAPERS INC.


NEW CLIENTS

Herbalife

Julie worked closely with the facility management team to soften up this very high end, contemporary lobby located at LA Live across from the Staples Center.

“We have always been very keen on how important Herbalife’s brand and image is to them. Therefore I created high end replica succulents in gorgeous painted wooden bowls to bring a fresh, clean design.” remarked Julie.
Since the aloe plant is part of their brand, we incorporated this within our designs. We placed simple bowls on the large tables and one large aloe in a low silver bowl with black rock under the beautiful staircase that ascends to the 5th floor lobby. Simply stunning. It completed the look fabulously!

 
Newport Beach Residence
The client wanted a new patio theme in time for their 4th of July celebration.

Tall ceramic planters in a gunmetal finish, filled with hardy drought tolerant succulents were used. Succulents need little water especially near the ocean, so once a week hand watering is sufficient. Under a short lead time Susi worked quickly, and successfully completed the job just in time for their holiday barbeque.
 

Prime Lending
Tropical was the theme for this Newport Beach office.

A Rhapis palm in the lobby in a tall pearl finish planter pops from the darker wall.

Bromeliads, CS palms and ZZ plants were used throughout to compliment their beautiful local beach photography.
 
We've worked with this San Bruno Junior College before and they reached out to us for replica plants in matching containers to use for all of their events.

This was a brilliant idea in order to save money instead of  purchasing live plants and flowers to rent over and over again.

They now have our beautiful replica trees, grasses and arrangements custom made with their school colors embedded in them in their storage room. They will set these up all year round for all the graduations and special events.
 

To view these installations please visit us at www.plantscapers.com or visit us on Facebook.

PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

Moss Wall
Another fabulous idea from Italy that is hitting California. Moss Walls are the hot new item and Plantscapers Inc. is pleased to offer this to our line. They are clean, very architectural and make a huge statement in a lobby or entry.

We custom make Moss Walls to our clients specifications utilizing treated green moss or in combinations with replica succulents and grape branches or an architectural piece of art, a simple one dimensional moss mall.

We also can have your logo placed on these walls. It's a simple, innovative way of creating a vertical garden. These are one of a kind art pieces and we are excited to bring this to you. 

The moss wall featured above was created and installed from of our friend and associate Joe Zazzera from Plant Solutions.  



Contact our design consultant today for more information.

Julie Davis Farrow presents

 
THE ART of 
PLANTS in DESIGN


This valuable presentation will show the simplicity of the process and its significance to each of your designs.

I will discuss five main topics:
  • Green Building Designs
  • Plant Design Trends
  • Living Walls
  • The Process
  • Easy Specification Guide
This informative one hour talk is free, takes place at your office and includes a delicious meal.

Click here to schedule your 2015 time slot for The Art of Plants in DesignOr call us at 949-486-1495. 

With warm regards,
 



Julie Davis Farrow
CEO Plantscapers, Inc.


Julie is an active member of Pinnacle V, Green Plants for Green Buildings, National Association of Landscape Professionals (GPGB), Plantscape Industry Alliance, and is a registered speaker on behalf of GPGB to present “Authentically Green Interiors: Optimizing Nature’s Design.”
 

Thank You For Helping Us Grow....


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