1. We educate our clients on the benefits of plants, and created this website that will keep our commitment to education on going.
2. All of our crew at the Personal Plant Service love plants and have them in our homes and our office, so we practice what we preach!
3. We create our holiday’s gifts around giving our clients ideas in how they could be more green.
   

4. We donate to and support Green Plants for Green Buildings.
5. We are very careful in how we establish our routes and schedule our employees to conserve energy and gas. We have moved a lot of our service accounts to Bi-Monthly rather than weekly.
6. We use  plant cleaners to keep our insects controlled, rather than using toxic chemicals. We do not use Pesticides!
7. We use re-usable PAWS (felt cleaners for plants) and rags to clean our plants.
8. We recycle everything we can!
9. We use re-usable shopping bags when we do our shopping.
10. We continue to search for and use products that are earth friendly.
11. We  support our local Orange County Farmers Markets, and even grow some our own food!
12. We switched out many of our lights to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL’s) As well as having a programmable thermostat and fans in the office.

You will learn:
-To look you best and present yourself professionally
-To have a positive, problem-solving attitude
-The importance of your position and to evaluate how you represent your company and customers

Who Should Take This Class:
Interiorscape technicians, owners, and managers. If you need to earn PLANET continuing education units, or simply want to retain customers, then this is the c lass for you!

Instructor:
Deb Ringler is a Certified Landscape Professional and a Licensed PCA who has 27 years experience in the field as owner of Personal Plant Service. Her current passion is sharing her knowledge with others by teaching an Interior Landscape course at Orange Coast College.

Registration Begins: 11:45

Tour: 12:00-1:00

Session Time: 1:00-4:00

City: San Marcos, CA

Date: July 14, 2010

Location: West Coast Nurseries

147 Buena Creek Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069

Phone: 760.682.1252

BONUS:

Tour of West Coast Nurseries!!!

Deb and Miko will be there promoting the benefits of green plants for your interiors as well as hosting a kids potting booth from 4pm-6pm with plants your kids can take home and care for.

The event is FREE of charge and Living Green Nursery is providing live music, cocktails, giveaways, delicious tastings from Living Green Catering and a variety of educational demos throughout the nursery.

We at Personal Plant Service have been very impressed with Living Green Nursery‘s outlook and care for the environment, concern for the community and future generations.  We are looking forward to this event and hope to see some familiar faces!

Where: Living Green Nursery 25290 Jeronimo Rd, Lake Forest, CA 92630

When:  Thursday, July 1, 2010 4pm-9pm (kids events from 4-6pm)

Our conclusion is that we are living up to our name:  The Personal Plant Service is providing quality work with a personal touch.

Below is a detailed summary of the results of our survey, please feel free to leave us any comments you have.  We are always striving to serve our clients the best way we can, so any feedback is always welcome at the Personal Plant Service.

~ Highlighted in BLUE are our top scores!  (the ratings are based out of 5 total)

OUR PEOPLE

Poor ~ Fair ~ Good ~ Superior ~ Exceptional ~ Rating

Professionalism                     0%       0%      2.2%       20%              77.8%           4.76

Plant Skills & Knowledge      0%        0%      2.2%      23.9%            73.9%           4.72

Tech’s communication          0%        0%      4.3%      23.9%             71.7%           4.67

Account left in good order    0%        0%      6.7%      26.7%             66.7%           4.60

Courteous & Friendly           0%         0%     0%        13%                  87%              4.87

OUR PRODUCTS

Poor ~ Fair ~ Good ~ Superior ~ Exceptional ~ Rating

Cleanliness & Health of          0%    0%      8.7%      34.8%              56.5%        4.48                your plants

Quality of plants &                  0%    0%      6.5%      28.3%               65.2%        4.59             containers  offered

Current design achieves         0%    0%      8.7%      30.4%              60.9%         4.52             desired results

Timely color rotations            0%    2.4%    9.8%      24.4%              63.4%         4.49

OUR PERFORMANCE

Poor ~ Fair ~ Good ~ Superior ~ Exceptional ~ Rating

Service is personalized        0%     0%       0%         28.3%              71.7%         4.72            and meets your needs

Quality of service                  0%     0%       0%         37%                  63%           4.63           meets expections

Timely response to              2.2%   0%      0%        21.7%                 76.1%        4.70            requests

Overall performance            0%     0%       0%         26.7%              73.3%         4.73

PUBLIC RELATIONS

1.  How likely are you to refer Personal Plant Service to a friend or relative?  Would you say the chances are:

Excellent        76.2%

Very Good      21.4%

Good              2.4%

Fair                  0%

Poor                0%

2.  May we use you as a reference?

Yes                   95.2%

No                    4.8%

As you can see from these results, we were thrilled to know that our customers feel that we are doing our job as Interior Plantscapers in Orange County exceptionally and living up to our name.

The highest compliment our customers give is to recommend us to family and friends, and 95% who responded said they would refer our service to others.  We are always interested in any referrals and would love to enhance your family or friends home or office.  Please let us know how we can help make more environments clean and beautiful places you’ll love to be!

Come join Debra Ringler as she shares her years of experience in the field of Interior Landscaping with her hands on demonstration that is designed to equip you in the care of your indoor plants. Whether you are a newcomer to indoor gardening or an avid hobbyist, this seminar will inspire you and help you to venture into the wonderful world of interior plants, no matter how small your endeavor.

Where: Roger’s Gardens

2301 San Joaquin Hills Road
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625-1195
(949) 640-5800

When: Sunday, March 14, 2010 from 9am-11am

For more information, visit Roger’s Gardens Events Page