Help your customers discover plants all over again by ordering copies of the new 12-page, full color educational brochure titled, "Discover the Surprising Side of Plants." Based on research and publications by America in Bloom (AIB) board member Charles Hall, PhD, of Texas A&M, and others, the brochure summarizes the benefits of plants "beyond pretty" for people, communities, neighborhoods, and even offices.
To order your copies of the brochure, download a printable version, and view a PowerPoint presentation based on the brochure, click here.
Somehow, despite being brainless, plants have adapted the ability to accomplish a number of tasks that appear to be more closely in line with those of animals. From making deliberate movements to "hunt" for food to "smelling" its predators, it's clear there is something more to plants than meets the eye.
It's been tested and the results are definitive - plants remove violent organic compounds from the air! Point taken, but which plants perform best at removing which toxins? Where should the plants be placed to be most effective? 
AIB welcomes Greeley and Hansen as its newest national sponsor. They are a leader in developing innovative engineering solutions for a wide array of water, wastewater, water reuse, and solid waste challenges aimed at improving public health, safety, and welfare. Greeley and Hansen provides services for all phases of projects ranging from master planning and feasibility studies through design, construction, and start-up. The firm also provides architectural and management consulting services. 
Throughout much of the country, spring has come with such speed that it has left folks questioning either what happened to winter or whether it's already summertime. Indeed, if my neighborhood is to serve as an example, the crabapples that normally bloom the last of April or in early May were at peak bloom with a week of March yet to go and are only now subsiding, depending upon the cultivar. At the same time, shrubs and daffodils that normally bloom in March and in April are also in bloom right now! 
