Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Presents Texas Excellence in Landscaping Awards
The Texas Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA) presented its Texas Excellence in Landscaping (TEIL) Awards at the association’s awards dinner, January 18, 2008, in Austin, Texas. The TEIL Awards program recognizes excellence in landscape design, installation, and maintenance.
Winning the grand platinum and gold award was Lawns of Dallas in the Commercial Maintenance category. Gold awards went to Jason Osterberger Designs in Dallas for residential installation, L & R Landscape Services, Inc. in Austin for a “fountain plaza” special project, Moss Landscaping, Inc. in Houston for two of its residential installations.
For a complete list of winners and more information on the association or its TEIL awards, visit TNLAonline.org.
The Texas Nursery & Landscape Association is a trade association representing grower, retail nursery, landscape contracting, and supplier businesses in Texas. TNLA represents the fourth largest agricultural entity in Texas and an industry whose total post-farmgate sales exceed $9 billion annually.
AmericasMart Honors First Graduating Class of AMU
The first graduating class of AmericasMart University (AMU) was honored at an exclusive dinner at Atlanta’s Capital City Club during the January 2008 Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. Attendees enjoyed an evening of networking, one-on-one consultation and festivity.
Graduates have successfully completed professional-level courses taught by professional consultants on a wide range of business practices. The honored retailers in the first AMU graduating class are:
- Mandy Becker, Swagger, Cary, N.C.
- Connie Callis, Rainbow Gift Shop, Cumberland, Md.
- Joyce Franklin, Exquisite Designz, Snellville, Ga.
- Bonnie Holland, Indulgence, Concord, N.C.
- Lori Jacobs, Laurel Trading Company, Richmond Hill, Ga.
- Brianna Lawrence, Briarpatch On 34, Greenwood, S.C.
- Patti Nelson, It’s Christmas, Venice, Fla.
- James Nolan, Willow Tree, Eatonton, Ga.
- James Reider III, Cats A Purrin, Harrisonburg, Va.
- Wendy Reider, Cats A Purrin, Harrisonburg, Va.
- Royal Reinsch, Belk Provence, Bothell, Wash.
- Debbie Renner, Tullahoma House of Flowers, Tullahoma, Tenn.
- Vickie Riley, Baskets of Love, Atlanta
- Steven Schafer, The Granary Gift & Furniture Barn, Mount Cory, Ohio
- Debbie Seid, Lazy Fish, Pawleys Island, S.C.
- Elise Seidita, Couture Home, Lansdowne, Va.
- Brenda Sneed, Cheerio Gift Shop, Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn.
To earn an AmericasMart MBA (mastering business aptitude), retailers must complete all AMU curriculum requirements: completion of each level of the three Topics of Learning for a total of nine classes. Could this experience benefit you and your business? For more information, visit AmericasMart’s AMU website.
