GFP Directory

Welcome to the American Public Gardens Association Garden Friendly Providers Directory!

These corporate members of the Association show their dedication to the public horticulture industry through their membership and sponsorship of the Association and our member gardens.

Corporate Gold and Preferred Partners

Bartlett Tree Experts

Schaumburg, IL Corporate Gold

Bartlett Tree Experts helps customers maintain healthy trees and shrubs through services including pruning, fertilization, soil analysis, pest and disease management, cabling and bracing, tree lightning protection systems and tree/stump removal. With an experienced staff of arborists as well as a unique scientific research facility, Bartlett offers unparalleled expertise, innovation and service in the arboricultural industry. Founded in 1907 by Francis A. Bartlett, the company is now under its third generation of family management. Its corporate headquarters is located in Stamford, Connecticut. Highlights Nearly 100 local offices serving 26 U.S. states, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland. A commitment to treating trees and nurturing them back to good health – to achieve a balance of nature, science and environmental responsibility. A varied customer base including residential homeowners as well as property owners and managers of educational facilities, office parks, apartment and condominium complexes, golf courses and more. 1,500+ employees worldwide including highly skilled arborists who understand the unique needs of the plant life in the areas in which they operate. The 350-acre Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories in Charlotte, North Carolina where new discoveries are made to benefit the industry as well as customers. A staff of scientists including Ph.D.s and technicians trained in plant pathology, entomology and physiology that aid our field staff in plant diagnosis and treatment. Advanced arboricultural technology like hand-held computers to store landscape data, global positioning systems to map plant locations and a patented root care program that leverages supersonic air tools. An unsurpassed safety record in the arboricultural field with a commitment to ongoing training in safety techniques and procedures. A tangible plan for reducing our carbon footprint through naturally-based service offerings as well as sustainable operating practices like use of bio-diesel fuels in many trucks and other equipment. National and local relationships with community and charitable organizations and arborist groups, to which we provide consultation and offer services. Visit Bartlett Tree Expert's official website for more information: http://www.bartlett.com

BHS Insurance, Inc.

Grandville, MI Corporate Gold

INSURANCE

Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance currently insures over 60 public gardens across the United States. Working closely with the American Public Gardens Association, BHS has focused on meeting the unique and sometimes challenging needs of public gardens. Sharon VanLoon and Kim Slager are committed to providing comprehensive coverage along with valuable services and support to our garden clients. Sharon and Kim’s approach is service centric, starting with a risk assessment to identify areas in safety, compliance, human resources and overall corporate culture. Understanding the importance of safe spaces and positive visitor experiences, the insurance and risk management program is built with the goal of providing an appropriate, responsive insurance program, claims management protocol, risk mitigation, contractual risk transfer guidance and accident investigation planning. Every day brings new opportunities and experiences – It’s about the people and the impact we can make to help each public garden succeed. Contact:Sharon Van Loon and Kim Slager (800) 350-7676 (616) [email protected]@bhsins.com

Brent and Becky's Family

Gloucester, VA Corporate Gold

CONSULTANT,PLANT_MATERIAL

Brent and Becky’s family (previously known as “Brent and Becky’s Bulbs”) has been selling, planting and growing flower bulbs since 1900. Today, they are so much more! They’re extensive selection of bulbs as well as other perennials, annuals and seeds can help color your landscape for 12 months. And, with the help of their partner company "The Planting Co. LLC", a bulb planting service, they can utilize their expertise and help you design your large bulb purchases, and arrange to have it planted in hours, not days. Close to 10,000 – 20,000 bulbs per hour. Call 877-661-2852 or visit brentandbeckysbulbs.com to get started!

Country Casual Teak

Gaithersburg, MD Corporate Gold

Gdn_Furniture,MFGR

Established in 1977, Country Casual Teak has been the nation’s leading designer and manufacturer of premium solid teak outdoor furniture for over 46 years. Using only using ecologically-grown and harvested teak from managed forests, we take pride in our expert craftsmanship and premium grade wood. Our 46+ year commitment to the highest standards of quality, customer service, and design has earned us the trust of gardens, landscapers, homeowners, and designers across the country. Visit us at CountryCasualTeak.com to request our catalog, or call us at 800-284-8325.

Davey Tree Expert Company

Kent, OH Corporate Gold

The Davey Tree Expert Company is rooted in history and excellence. Since our inception in 1880, we have thrived on superior customer service and innovation while differentiating our company as the “tree expert.” We provide service to the U.S. and Canada and have four main divisions, which include residential, utility, commercial and our consulting division, Davey Resource Group. The residential division provides services in tree health, safety, maintenance and planting, as well as landscape care. We take a lot of pride in our consulting arborists, who determine clients’ trees and landscape needs and recommend expert solutions. With more than a century of expertise, our commitment to “do it right or not at all” sets us apart from our competitors within the green industry. Innovations in holistic plant health care, pest management, urban forestry and sustainability put us ahead of the curve while providing excellent service for the client. Proven Solutions for a Growing World is our promise to you. It’s rooted in our heritage of integrity, experience, commitment, capability and expertise. It’s a promise our employee owners make to every client, on every property, every day. For more information about how we can serve you, visit www.davey.com

Deneen Powell Atelier, Inc.

San Diego, CA Corporate Gold

Immersive Experiential Learning Botanical Gardens, Zoos, Tutorial Gardens, Children’s Gardens, Conservatories, Master Planning, Etc. The creation of space with a comprehensive and interactive approach—utilizing visual clues, subtle messages, sculptural reinforcements and architectural enhancements to influence the visitor’s natural experience. Accomplished through the combination of several different but uniquely related professional fields—landscape architecture, architecture, advertising and marketing, environmental graphic design, interpretation, and sculpture—we immerse and educate using a range of techniques in multiple layers. DPA is experienced in developing and implementing designs and master plans for projects of all sizes. We have a reputation for producing visually exciting graphics, signage, site and landscape design that is clean, concise and easy to understand. Our collaborations combine the three dimensional landscape elements of plantings, paving and site amenities with strong graphic and interpretive elements to create an overall effect. We strive towards unique designs that incorporate the surroundings and/or area history to develop that special sense of place. DPA is a multiple award winning firm, two specific awards of note: National Project of 2015 — Top Honors — Tull Family Tiger Trail — Association of Zoos and Aquariums National Garden of 2012 — Garden of Excellence – LVSP Desert Living Center — American Public Gardens Association

Disneyland Resort

Anaheim, CA Corporate Gold

LANDSCAPE_ARCH

Located on approximately 500 acres in Anaheim, California, the Disneyland Resort is a family resort destination that has welcomed more than 750 million guests since 1955, complete with two theme parks, three hotels and the Downtown Disney District. Today, the Disneyland Resort continues to use creativity and innovation to bring its storytelling to new heights. Landscaping is used to help set the stage with approximately 18,000 trees and 800 species of plants native to 40 different countries living at the Disneyland Resort.

Fine Gardening/Taunton Press

Newtown, CT Corporate Gold

GWWO Architects

Baltimore, MD Corporate Gold

ARCHITECT

GWWO Architects is an award-winning architectural practice focused on client satisfaction and design excellence. We specialize in providing a wide array of planning and design services for cultural and educational facilities with an emphasis on design that is both evocative and inspirational. We strategically focus on designing visitor and interpretive centers, environmental education centers, nature centers and related facilities that embrace and support each organization’s unique mission and story. Our approach unites form and function, structure and site, to embody each client’s message. Our architectural response grows from the site’s context and the story being told, and our work fully integrates with the efforts of the exhibit planners and landscape designers to create a seamless visitor experience. Our experience focuses on facilities within sensitive contexts—natural, historical, cultural—and our design solutions are responsive, progressive and sustainable. Clients include Heritage Museums & Gardens, Cylburn Arboretum, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Morven Museum & Gardens, and Berks Conservancy.

Imagine Exhibitions, Inc

Atlanta, GA Corporate Gold

Imagine Exhibitions is the industry leader for engaging, attendance-driving traveling exhibitions that suit every mission, venue, and budget. Offering 40+ exhibitions globally, we develop exhibitions that educate and excite. Our proven outdoor offerings include lifelike animatronic dinosaurs, extraordinary sculptures made of LEGO® bricks, and giant trolls made from recycled materials.

Kittleman & Associates, LLC

Chicago, IL Corporate Gold

Kittleman & Associates is the nation’s first executive search firm dedicated exclusively to recruiting leaders for nonprofit organizations across the country, including public gardens, arboreta, parks and conservation. Established and headquartered in Chicago in 1963, Kittleman provides full-service, retained search services through a staff of experienced search consultants, research personnel and search operations specialists. The firm’s extensive professional network and database of talented leaders both nationally and internationally includes not only those in the discipline of public gardens and horticulture but also those in the disciplines of science museums, zoological parks, wildlife preservation and land trusts. Kittleman recruits primary for CEOs nationwide, among them the Chicago Botanic Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens, Holden Arboretum, Longwood Gardens, Lotusland, Mt. Cuba Center, Morton Arboretum, Mt. Desert Land & Garden Preserve, Naples Botanical Garden, Norfolk Botanical Garden and the Tyler Arboretum. For more information, visit www.kittlemansearch.com.

Land Morphology

Seattle, WA Corporate Gold

LANDSCAPE_ARCH

Land Morphology offers public garden planning and design services including master planning, themed gardens, strategic and vision plans, display horticulture, and collections consulting. Richard Hartlage managed public gardens for fifteen years before founding Land Morphology. Our deep knowledge of plants, our commitment to sustainable strategies, and our familiarity with long term maintenance requirements allows us to address a variety of issues in memorable ways that reinforce a garden’s mission. www.landmorphology.com Contact: Richard Hartlage Contact info: [email protected] 206-443-2120

Longshadow Gardens

Pomona, IL Corporate Gold

Memoir Agency LLC

Orlando, FL Corporate Gold

3 ways we help you get the attention you deserve: Epic Events, Immersive Experiences, Digital Storytelling

Nameplate & Panel Technology

Carol Stream, IL Corporate Gold

A Division of Photo Techniques Corp. Nameplate & Panel Technology understands the labeling needs of botanical gardens, zoos and arboreta. Our nameplates maintain their original elegance under a broad variety of challenging environments, including high temperatures, long-term outdoor exposure, abrasion, salt spray and most chemicals. Our black powder coated aluminum stakes work well for labeling bushes, flowers, and small plants. To mount directly to trees, our stainless steel screws and springs are very effective and can be adjusted through the life of the tree. We manufacture plant identification tags and informational signs to your specifications. Logos, borders, special symbols, and pictures can be included for additional visual emphasis. Through email or disk, we can import your data from virtually any Macintosh or Windows spreadsheet or database application. What makes Nameplate & Panel Technology so special? Our nameplates will look good as new for a life time. Your information is sealed into the anodized layer of the aluminum. This process protects the labels from a broad variety of challenging environments, including high temperatures, long term outdoor exposure, abrasion, salt spray and most chemicals. You want your labels to last, so make the right choice…..you won’t be disappointed….we guarantee it!

Oath Soil Life

Mill Valley, CA Corporate Gold

Prospiant

Cincinnati, OH Corporate Gold

ENGINEERING,MFGR

Rough Brothers is now part of Prospiant, encompassing five industry leading companies, providing extensive products and services across the industry. The Conservatory Division at Prospiant represents one of many specialized internal teams. Although overall project responsibility rests with a single Prospiant project manager, there is an equally talented and experienced group of people right behind that project manager who help insure the success of every project. Much of Prospiant’s Conservatory Division’s success is directly attributable to the American Public Gardens Association and its member gardens. Of similar importance is Prospiant’s continued design emphasis on performance over “looks.” Prospiant always strives to have your final conservatory design blend with the architectural intent or theme of the gardens, and always allows for a world class plant exhibit facility. Accordingly, Prospiant’s role in the early design stages of any conservatory has become more beneficial to the project’s overall success. People often ask, “What is the difference between a greenhouse and a conservatory?” Prospiant sees the key difference being: greenhouses are for plants; conservatories are for plants and people. No matter how complex the design, the challenge is to create an environment that allows the plant life to flourish, but also provides a comfortable experience for the visitor. Achieve these two performance aspects and deliver them in a fashion that is both energy efficient and maximizes the facility’s service life; and expectations are you will have a hugely successful project.Please visit Prospiant’s website: www.prospiant.com or visit the corporate office and manufacturing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information contact Ryan Charek at (513) 618-7226.

Steve Tobin

Quakertown, PA Corporate Gold

The Assistant Manager (TAM)

Orland Park, IL Corporate Gold

MGMT_SRVC

A proven and integrated solution designed to meet the many needs of Museums, Zoos, Aquariums, Gardens, Parks, and Public Lands! The Assistant ManagerTM (TAM) is a total retail technology designed for non-profits and others that will benefit your organization and each of its visitors. TAM provides what a non-profit retail solution should provide: · Aids in critical and day to day business decisions through timely and accurate information · Improves each visitor's and/or member's experience · Increases membership enrollment as well as overall visitor loyalty · Controls inventory in both merchandise and food services · Reduces loss through secure cash controls · Reduces the cost of operations through elimination of repetitive labor · Promotes increased fund raising through better donation management · Improves the bottom line for all profit centers TAM is a proven solution that prominent members of your industry have relied on for decades. The TAM community includes a wide range of organizations like yours. These non-profits range in size from institutions that see tens of thousands of visitors per year up to millions per year. Non-profit organizations using TAM include many prominent art, science and history museums, zoos and aquariums, children's museums, botanical gardens and wild life parks, public parks and lands, and more. These non-profits have been counting on TAM and its benefits since 1980, making it the industry's most reliable and trusted solution available today.

The Projects Group

Fort Worth, TX Corporate Gold

CONSULTANT,MGMT_SRVC

The Projects Group offers comprehensive owner's representation, program management, and project management services to companies, non-profit organizations, and institutional entities needing to augment their internal team. Our hallmark is the proven ability to manage unique, architecturally significant, and highly technical projects such as museums, performance halls and arts centers, higher education facilities, mixed-use venues, zoological institutions, LEED certified construction, and other culturally significant projects. The Projects Group has a select, qualified staff of design and construction professionals with expertise in all areas of project development, who manage the process and guide the owner through the full scope of development. From the first steps of project development and master planning, all the way through completion of construction and opening of the facility, we offer our expertise to the owner and bring added value to the project team. We solely provide owner’s representation and project management services, which eliminates any risk of bias, as our primary focus is to represent clients in establishing and managing the best team. We do not lease, own, operate, finance, design, or construct facilities, so we have one goal in mind: the success of the vision of our clients' projects. The Projects Group is proudly employee-owned and has been recognized by Certified EO as a certified 100-percent employee-owned firm. Every staffmember is an employee-owner and is directly invested in the firm's success. We have offices in Fort Worth, Dallas, Tampa, and New York, from which our employee-owners deliver projects across North America.

Tianyu Arts & Culture Inc

Chicago, IL Corporate Gold

EXHIBIT DESIGN

TicketSpice

Sacramento, CA Corporate Gold

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