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Contact: Marcia Higgins, BCA
Phone: (703) 736-9666
E-mail: marciahiggins@landcarenetwork.org

For Immediate Release

PLANET ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL CERTIFICATION CANDIDATES

Herndon, VA, November 15, 2005 — An important part of the mission of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) is to promote the professional advancement of its members. One means to achieve that goal is through a certification program that tests individuals against a national standard. 

Certified Landscape Professional (CLP) … To achieve the CLP designation, a candidate must have the education and experience necessary to qualify to take the test and to master a body of material on all aspects of running a landscape business. The six-hour exam is divided into five sections: Business; Risk, Law, and Contracts; Human Resources and Health/Safety; or Exterior Production/Operation and Horticulture; and Sales, Marketing, Communications, and Public Relations. PLANET congratulates the following new CLPs.

Peter Schepis, CLP, The Greenwood Group, LLC, Chesterfield, MO
Joel Hafner, CLP, Fine Earth Landscape, Inc., Poolesville, MD

Certified Landscape Technician-Interior (CLT-Interior) … Applying to take the CLT-Interior exam involves a letter of recommendation from the technician’s employer. The candidate must then pass a four-hour written test, covering such topics as pesticides, plant identification, safety, watering/subirrigation, pruning, fertilization, insects, disease, and customer relations. PLANET congratulates the following newly certified interior landscape technician.

Dale Hirt, CLT, Plantscapes, Inc., Seattle, WA

Certified Landscape Technician-Exterior (CLT-Exterior) …The CLT-Exterior exam
is a daylong event that tests the candidate’s ability to properly use equipment, demonstrate an understanding of handling plants and related materials, and pass written general comprehension tests — all done under the pressure of strict time frames. The candidate selects a specialty area (Maintenance, Installation, or Irrigation) and is judged on the skills and knowledge needed to perform tasks in that specialty.

State associations are licensed by PLANET to administer the test. PLANET congratulates the following newly certified exterior landscape technicians.

Lucio Acosta, CLT, (Installation), Greenhaven Landscapes, Inc., Lake Bluff, IL
Jose Carrasco, CLT, (Installation), James Martin Associates, Inc., Mundelein, IL
Jessie Flores, CLT, (Maintenance), Landscape Concepts Management, Inc., Grayslake, IL
Peter Gordon, CLT, (Maintenance), City of Lake Forest, Waukegan, IL
Pat Halloran, CLT, (Installation), Ingleside, IL
Steve Hanssen, CLT, (Maintenance), Landscape Concepts Management, Inc., Marengo, IL
Lino Martinez, CLT, (Maintenance), Mariani Landscape, Park City, IL
Jim Moreau, CLT, (Maintenance), Landscape Concepts Management, Inc., Aurora, IL
Mark Helms, CLT, (Maintenance), Hermes Landscaping, Inc., Lenexa, KS
Robert Howard, CLT, (Maintenance), Sprint Landscaping, Overland Park, KS
Eswin Palz, CLT, (Maintenance), Signature Landscape, Inc., Olathe, KS
Trevor Taylor, CLT, (Maintenance), Hermes Landscaping, Inc., Lenexa, KS
James Higginbotham, CLT, (Maintenance), Berns Landscaping Services, Inc., St. Clair Shores, MI
Jonathan Strickland, CLT, (Maintenance), Greenscape, Inc., Mebane, NC
Michael Baran, CLT, (Installation), #1 Landscaping, Wadsworth, OH
Louis Foster, II, CLT, (Maintenance), Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH
Thomas Kaiser, CLT, (Installation), #1 Landscaping, Medina, OH
Joseph Mudd, CLT, (Maintenance), The Brickman Group, Sunbury, OH
Gary Reagan, CLT, (Installation), Natorp’s, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Jeff Davis, CLT, (Installation), Artigues Landscape Group, Goose Creek, SC
Ben Harrison, CLT, (Maintenance), Harrison & Son Contractors, Inc., Woodruff, SC
Charles Hicks, CLT, (Installation), SK Busby Nursery, Anderson, SC
Bruce Reeves, CLT, (Installation), Reeves Lawn & Landscape, Anderson, SC
Richard Bergeron, CLT, (Installation), Milwaukee, WI
Chad Galles, CLT, (Installation), Vande Hey’s Landscape Contractors, Inc., Appleton, WI
Denise Nord, CLT, (Maintenance), Kujawa Enterprises, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Eric Weishaar, CLT, (Installation), Createscape Landscaping Services, Inc., West Allis, WI
Andrew Yardley, CLT, (Maintenance), LaRosa Landscape Management Co., Inc., Brown Deer, WI
Jayme Zachow, CLT, (Maintenance), Waukesha, WI

For more information about  PLANET’s certification programs, please contact the PLANET office at (800) 395-2522 or visit the PLANET Web site, www.landcarenetwork.org.

PLANET represents approximately 4,300 green industry service provider companies and suppliers nationwide that specialize in design/build/installation, interior plantscaping, landscape management, and lawn care. These firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.