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Sunset Launches “Plant Finder”, The Ultimate (Online) Gardening Tool

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Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) March 31, 2009

Sunset Magazine (http://www.sunset.com), the premier guide to life in the West, today announced the launch of Plant Finder (http://www.sunset.com/plantfinder), a new online tool that allows gardeners to search the Sunset Western Garden Book’s top 2,500 plants.

Sponsored by Monrovia®, the Plant Finder is the ultimate companion for every gardener–from professional to hobbyist, from East to West. Whether you’re looking for plants to attract birds and butterflies, provide autumn color, fill the air with fragrance, or provide blooms for cut arrangements, the Plant Finder helps you find the perfect plant to fit your garden.

Sunset’s Plant Finder makes it easy to find the best plants for your backyard:

    Search plants by color, size, type, and growing needs.
    Browse an A-Z plant list by common and botanical names.
    Find your Climate Zone–the key to knowing what plants thrive in your area.
    Choose plants and find a nursery near you.
“Fans of the Sunset Western Garden Book requested that we put their favorite garden book online. We’re thrilled to be delivering Plant Finder–just in time for spring,” said Katie Tamony, Sunset’s editor-in-chief. “We hope Plant Finder will become as indispensable as a good shovel and trowel.”

With the White House breaking ground on the new White House Organic Farm Project and the number of homes growing vegetables expected to jump more than 40% this year compared with just two years ago, according to the National Gardening Association, the Plant Finder has arrived just in the nick of time.

To celebrate the launch of Plant Finder, Sunset is kicking off the Plant Finder Challenge on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Sunset on Twitter @Sunset or join Sunset’s Facebook fan Page then identify the correct plant based on a series of clues. A new Plant Finder Challenge will run daily, beginning today and running through April 3, 2009.

Editors available for interviews.

Sunset magazine is the premier guide to life in the West, covering the newest and best ideas in Western home design and landscaping, food and entertaining, and regional travel in 13 Western states. Sunset and sunset.com are part of the Lifestyle group of magazines and websites published by Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the U.S., and a leading publisher in the U.K. and Mexico.

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Garden Harvest Supply Adds Live Garden Plants to Online Selection

Berne, IN (PRWEB) February 7, 2006

Garden Harvest Supply (http://www.GardenHarvestSupply.com), a Web site offering high quality home and garden products at affordable prices, is pleased to announce the addition of live garden plants to its list of fine garden products.

While most gardeners have to buy the seed and start their own plants, Garden Harvest Supply’s new line of plants will help decrease this process. “With the planting of live garden plants, their time will be drastically reduced, giving them more time to ‘be in the garden,’” says Joe Stutzman, founder of Garden Harvest Supply.

The company’s shipping procedures ensure the plant’s quality and durability so that the plant arrives in excellent condition. “Our garden plants are shipped with the growing medium still attached,” Stutzman says. “We do not ship root stock as so many companies do. This helps the shipped plant to avoid getting plant shock, which in turn grows a healthier plant.”

The wide selection of garden plants includes asparagus, broccoli, cucumber, eggplant, onion, pepper, tomato, watermelon and more. Each garden plant is available in different types and prices. The plant selections include photos and detailed descriptions on the ordering page.

For more information, visit http://www.gardenharvestsupply.com.

About Garden Harvest Supply

Garden Harvest Supply has been selling home and garden products since the spring of 2005 with the goal of providing customers with high quality products at affordable prices. The company also emphasizes products that are safe for people, pets and the environment. Garden Harvest Supply offers a wide variety of products in its online catalog, including bird feeders, garden plants and tools, insect control, lawn care, plant food and more.

Media Contact:

Joe Stutzman

Garden Harvest Supply

2952W 500S

Berne, IN 46711

260-589-8411

http://www.gardenharvestsupply.com

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Canada’s Rentokil Tropical Plants Changes Name To Initial Tropical Plants

Riverwoods, IL (PRWEB) March 21, 2006 –-

The Canadian branch offices of Rentokil Tropical Plants announced today that they have changed the company name to Initial Tropical Plants. The name change reflects the strength of Initial Tropical Plants’ market-leading brand in North America. Initial Tropical Plants, http://www.initialplants.com, is the largest provider of interior landscaping, design installation and maintenance services to businesses in North America. In Canada, Initial Tropical Plants has offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary and is the only interior plants company to directly service all major markets from Victoria to Montreal. Clients include HSBC Bank, the Parliament Buildings, Vancouver International Airport, Mercedes Benz, Square One Shopping Centre, Delta Hotels and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.

“By re-branding our Canadian business under the Initial Tropical Plants umbrella, we are demonstrating our commitment to changing the landscape of business interiors all across North America,” said Jeff Mariola, President, Initial Tropical Plants, based in Riverwoods, Illinois. “We are excited and energized by this rebranding,” said Joanne Craft, Vice President and General Manager for Initial Tropical Plants’ British Columbia region. “We are sharing resources including enhanced training, customer service support and sophisticated photo-imaging technologies that demonstrate outstanding before and after scenarios for our clients.”

“Our clients and coworkers are extremely positive about our new name,” said David Straathof, Vice President and General Manager, Initial Tropical Plants, Prairie region. “Our value proposition goes well beyond delivering and maintaining plants to businesses. People truly need plants, and plants need people which is why we continually deliver outstanding customer service that ensures that both our client relationships and plants are thriving.”

Initial Tropical Plants, which posted one of its best North American performances ever in 2005, believes their overall business has been boosted by the strengthened economy, their comprehensive focus on customer pampering and the acquisition of the Canadian businesses which was transacted in July 2005. “Our Canadian branch offices excel in their ability to continually go above and beyond the call of duty for each and every client every day,” adds Mariola.

“This name change represents a giant step forward for our company,” said Jeff Koopmans, Vice President and General Manager, Initial Tropical Plants, East Region. “We greatly value the service partnerships that we share with a divergent array of leading companies.” The company is sharing their re-branding initiative with a direct response campaign, new brochures and customer contest.

About Initial Tropical Plants:

Initial Tropical Plants, Inc. is the largest provider of interior landscaping, design installation and maintenance services in North America. They have earned this leadership position by providing innovative year-round plant programs to businesses that improve the quality of life in the workplace while presenting an aesthetically pleasing business environment. Initial Tropical Plants is a subsidiary of Rentokil Initial plc, a publicly traded international business-to-business service organization based in the UK. For more information, visit Initial Tropical Plants website at: http://www.initialplants.com.

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