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Nursery, Blue Sterling Nursery or Lake County Nursery
catalog? Request a catalog now!
Special
edition catalogs
Sherman Nursery offers a 'Reference Guide' for our customers use. It is
packed full
of helpful information including nursery stock care, detailed plant descriptions,
charts, lists, and lots of color photographs. There are no prices in this catalog so you
can use it with ease around your customers. The cost of the guide is around $10.00.
Lake County Nursery offers both a no price and spiral bound version of their yearly
catalog. The cost of the catalogs are $10.00 each and are very limited in supply.
Picture tags
Sherman Nursery offers picture tags similar to the one below. There is a
charge of
12¢ each. Please order at least 5 of a variety.
Sherman Nursery picture tag (actual size approximately 2.5" x 4")
Front shows color picture and descriptive information.
Back gives a planting guide, features, and other important information.
Lake County Nursery will be adding weatherproof color picture tags to
their plants over
the next season. Most container grown shrubs, perennials, ferns, and ornamental
grasses will have picture tags added during the 2000 growing season. There is no charge
for the picture tags.Lake County Nursery picture tag (actual size approximately 2"
x 4 1/2")
Front shows color picture and descriptive information.
Back gives planting instructions, features, and other important information. |
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Helpful
publications
Here is a list of trade publications. Many are free to qualified subscribers.
American Nurseryman
800-621-5727 |
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$45.00 per year. Worth the money if you have time to read it. I throw 1/2
away with just a glance. I've got to slow down! |
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The next four magazines are from one publisher. Each targets a different
audience.
NM PRO (for nursery growers)
GM PRO (for greenhouse growers)
GC P&S (garden center products)
Garden Center Mer.& Mgt.
(for retailers)
800-946-6776 |
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Free to qualified subscribers. These are very well targeted. If you are
not in the targeted business you will just end up tossing the book. |
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Grounds Maintenance
800-441-0294 |
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Free to qualified subscribers. |
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Landscape Management
888-527-7008 |
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Free to qualified subscribers. |
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Landscape and Irrigation
440-826-1609 |
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Free? Good if your into irrigation. |
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Digger
800-342-6401 |
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Circulation is controlled; subscriptions are complimentary. A great
publication from the Oregon Association of Nurserymen, Inc. |
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Helpful catalogs
Below is a list of nursery hardgood suppliers. They sell a wide range of goods. Some
of the companies I have purchased from or know their salespeople or owners. Others
just have interesting products that I thought you would find helpful.
AM Leonard
241 Fox Drive
PO Box 816
Piqua, OH 45356
800-543-8955
Fax 800-433-0633 |
Mackinzie Nursery Supply
PO Box 322
3891 Shepard Dr
Perry, OH 44081
800-777-5030
Fax 440-259-3004 |
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Dayton Bag and Burlap
322 Davis Ave
Dayton, OH 45403
800-543-4300
Fax 937-258-0029 |
Forestry Suppliers, Inc.
PO Box 8397
Jackson, MS 39284-8397
800-647-5368
Fax 800-543-4203 |
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Bing Seasonal
119 Butterfield Rd
North Aurora, IL 60542
800-443-2464
Fax 630-897-6985 |
United Label and Sales Co
1380 West 117th St
Cleveland, OH 44107
800-726-5153
Fax 216-226-9007
(Custom Labeling Machines) |
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Brighton By-Products
PO Box 23
New Brighton, Pa
800-245-3502
Fax 412-846-7240 |
Landscapers Supply Corp.
750 Chestnut Ridge Rd
Spring Valley, NY 10977
800-222-4303
Fax 800-669-6733 |
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Gempler's
100 Countryside Drive
PO Box 270
Belleville, WI 53508
800-332-6744
Fax 800-551-1128 |
Formart Containers
PO Box 46
N 144 W6050 Pioneer Rd
Cedarburg, WI 53012
262-377-3737
Bio-degradable containers |
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Associations
Below is a list of nursery associations you may find helpful.
American Conifer Society
PO Box 360
Keswick, VA 22947-0360
804-984-3660 |
American Association of Botanical Gdns.
351 Longwood Rd
Kennett Square, PA 19348
610-925-2500
Fax 610-925-2700 |
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American Nursery and Landscape Association
1250 I St NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
202-789-2900
Fax 202-789-1893 |
Associated Landscape Contractors of America
150 Eldon St, Suite 270
Herndon, VA 20170
800-395-ALCA
Fax 703-736-9668 |
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Indiana Nursery and Landscape Association
11595 N Meridian, Suite 300
Carmel, IN 46032
317-573-2848 |
Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Assoc.
4010 Norbourne Blvd
Louisville, KY 40207
502-899-3622
Fax 502-899-7922 |
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Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association
2149 Commons Parkway
Okemos, MI 48864
517-381-0437
Fax 517-381-0638 |
Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association
72 Dorchester Square
Westerville, OH 43081-3350
800-825-5062
Fax 800-860-1713 |
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Perennial Plant Association
3383 Schirtzinger Rd
Hilliard, OH 43026
614-771-8431 |
Metropolitan Detroit Landscape Association
30600 Telegraph Rd, Suite 3360
Bingham Farms, MI 48025
248-646-4992
Fax 248-646-4994 |
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