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Why hire a landscape designer?

The decision to hire a professional landscape designer can be one of the smartest investments you'll make toward enhancing your home. A landscape designer can work with you to transform a neglected corner into a garden sanctuary, or help you completely plan and furnish your outdoor living spaces through the creative use of plants, hardscaping, and other garden elements, that will result in a unified, balanced environment that you'll enjoy for years to come.

Using design education and hands-on experience, advanced horticultural knowledge, graphic and drafting skills, a professional landscape designer will translate your dreams into reality. Working closely with you, the designer will create a customized design that is best suited to your home, its site, and your lifestyle. The landscape designer will create a scaled graphic plan that will enable you and others to visualize your new landscape and will provide clear instructions for its construction. Without a professionally prepared plan you may be disappointed if the end results do not meet your expectations. The lack of a well thought out design plan can also lead to higher installation costs due to change orders, modifications, and rework.

APLD® New Jersey Chapter members continually hone their design skills. Some of our members are certified, which means they have submitted their work to a rigorous, juried peer-review process. A consultation with a professional landscape designer will help you take the next steps with confidence. To locate a designer near you, please visit APLD-NJ's chapter member's list below.

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Sponsors

APLD-NJ is proud to count these leaders in the landscape industry as sponsors.

Gold Sponsors:

• Experienced Bricks
  716-691-3061
  4536 Main Street Suite 102
  Amherst, NY 14226
  exbricks.com

Silver Sponsors:

• The Terre Company
  973-473-3393
  206 Delawanna Avenue
  Clifton, NJ 07014
  www.terrecompany.com

• L.P. Statile
  732-229-4199
  2 Phalanx Road
  Colts Neck, NJ 07722
  lpstatile.com

• Morris County Farms
  973-366-4448
  33 Smith Road
  Denville, NJ 07834
  morriscountyfarms.com

• Fernbrook Nursery, Inc
  609-298-8282
  150 Georgetown Road PO Box 228
  Bordentown, NJ 08505
  fernbrookfarms.com

• Jan Fence, Inc.
  973-694-4055
  4 Industrial Road
  Pequannock, NJ 07440
  www.janfence.com

Bronze Sponsors:

• Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Northern NJ
  973-348-6081
  464 Morris Avenue
  Boonton, NJ 07005
  www.outdoorlights.com/northern-nj

• Vernon Daniel Company
  908-273-1986
  PO Box 38
  Livingston, NJ 07039
  www.vernondaniel.com/

• Hall's Garden Center
  908-665-0331
  700 Springfield Avenue
  Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
  HallsGarden.com

• NatureScape Lighting
  908-647-8004
  158 Cloverhill Road
  Millington, NJ 07946
  www.naturescapelighting.com

• Peony's Envy
  908-857-8303
  34 Autumn Hill Drive P.O. Box 114
  Bernardsville, NJ 07924
  peonysenvy.com

• Seibert & Rice
  973-346-7826
  PO Box 365
  Short Hills, NJ 07078
  seibert-rice.com

• Walpole Woodworkers
  570-085-6534
  540 Tabor Road
  Morris Plains, NJ 07950
  www.walpolewoodworkers.com

• Williams Nursery
  908-823-2107
  524 Springfield Avenue
  Westfield, NJ 07090
  williamsnursery.com

• Organic Plant Care LLC
  908-309-6611
  PO Box 201
  Frenchtown, NJ 08825
  Organicplantcarellc.com

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Events

March 13, 2012, Tuesday 09:00:AM

APLD NJ Winter Workshop

2012 APLD NJ WINTER WORKSHOP   March 13, 2012   9am to 4pm     PLANTS, PLANTS and MORE PLANTS     Join the APLD NJ Chapter for a full day Workshop on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Come get up to date and learn more about plants and their use in Landscape Design! THE SPEAKERS AND THEIR TOPICS: 9:15 - 10:45 am Bruce Neary - Benefits of Creating Diversive Landscapes   "By creating diversive landscapes we can encourage various organisms into the residential landscape. These organisms can serve as predators to various insect pests attack ornamental plants. This lecture will allow you to look beyond the typical design principles and help you create landscapes that bring nature back to residental landscape."   Bruce received his bachelor of Science from Rutgers University as well as a Masters of Agriculture from Texas A&M University. Bruce is also an Instructor at Rutgers University - Continuing Professional Education     11 - 11:45 am   Eric L. Probst - Are you HIC compliant? - Are you sure?   Some of you have companies who do design only and work from a professional services agreement but certainly there are others who own design/build companies. Did you know that leaving any one of the mandatory HIC provisions out of your contract could expose your company to treble (triple) damages? This informative and critical session will ensure that you are protecting your company. Eric Probst is a Principal at Porzio, Bromberg, & Newman and a member of the firms Commercial Litigation Department. For 20+ years he has represented home improvement contractors in disputes in NY and NJ. elprobst@pbnlaw.com 973 889-4320 (direct)     Marilyn Schwasta from HORTICA INSURANCE will be present before, during and after the lunch break to answer questions any APLD members may have regarding error and omissions insurance and business insurance. Hortica Insurance is a Silver Sponsor of APLD international.     12 NOON - 12:45 pm ***** LUNCH *****     1 - 2:30pm   Steven Kristoph - Great Plants for Special Uses   Steve will discuss plant choices for the following categories: Plants for small spaces Alternate groundcover plants Rain garden plants Plants for new trends Steven Kristoph received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in horticulture from Rutgers University. He has been an adjunct instructor at Rutgers for over 30 years. In addition, Mr. Kristoph owns and operates a nursery in Millstone Township of Monmouth County NJ where he grows many types of ornamental trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Steve is passionate about plants and likes to share his passion with others. Plant walks with him are always an adventure. It's not uncommon for Steve to stop at a big beech or oak tree and give it a hug. Taking time to smell all the roses is important to him and you can bet if there's an indumented rhododendron leaf close by it's likely to get a gentle caress.   2:45 - 3:45pm   Chris Rubino - New Plant introductions for 2012     Chris travels extensively to domestic and international gardens for Monrovia, the largest nursery grower in the US, looking for new and improved plants for the American garden. He has a broad knowledge of plants and gardening having worked in retail nursery sales, landscape design, installation and maintenance, and horticultural laboratory research, for The American Rose Society Test Garden, The Cornell Plantations and Arboretum, The Walt Disney Epcot Center & Animal Kingdom, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, and Monrovia Nursery Sales in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, New Jersey and New York. Chris is a native of Buffalo, New York, and a graduate of Cornell University.     Workshop Pricing:   * APLD, NJLCA and NJNLA members $45 PRICING OPTIONS APLD, NJLCA, NJNLA members $45.00 USD ALL OTHERS $55.00 USD   * Non-members $55   Light refreshments and lunch will be provided. Seating is limited for this valuable workshop SO please reserve your spot as soon as possible. If you are paying by PayPal you will receive an email confirming your registration. If you want to pay by check please send full payment with your name, address and email contact information to:   APLDNJ, 14 Abingdon Street, Morris Plains, NJ 07950   Checks must be received no later than March 6th.   LOCATION: This event will be held in Morristown at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in the Haggerty Education Center building downstairs in Room A. Need DIRECTIONS click HERE     Hope to see many of you at this educational workshop. There will be APLD CEU'S availablefor this event.   Questions regarding this event?? Contact Jock Lewendon at jlewendon@msn.com or call 732-433-6342

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