Category: Community Engagement

Cherese Logan-Heckard, office assistant at FusionStorm in San Francisco, recently placed an order for several plants from the PLANTZ online shop for the office. After a few initial questions about setup and the adjustment periods for the new plants, Cherese had these wonderful words to say about her experience with our company:

“In trying to bring culture back to our San Francisco office, I purchased some plants from PLANTZ.com and could not be happier with their service. Seeing as the plants shipped from Florida, I was a bit nervous with traveling distance and upkeep seeing as I have no ‘green thumb’ what-so-ever. The customer service I have received and their step by step maintenece were exceptional and very appreciated. They went above and beyond and have been detrimental in making me feel comfortable taking care of our new office ‘PLANTZ.’ Affordability, beautiful plants and great customer service…I couldn’t ask for more. Thanks PLANTZ.com!”

Thank you for your kind words, Cherese! We are so glad that you and FusionStorm are pleased with your plant purchases!

The Tropical Plant Industry Expo is in full swing. I had to escape the frigid north of Tampa and retreat to balmy Ft. Lauderdale (where it’s currently 47 degrees). TPIE is the annual opportunity for plant lovers to get a dose of the new plants growers are offering – and new planter designs too. Despite effects of Hurricane Irma, growers are doing surprisingly well. We’ll have some new stuff soon to share with our Tampa customers and beyond.

Have a green day!

Steve

Hurricane Irma made a big giant mess, but we are back open for business. God bless!

There’s a lot to love about Amazon – it’s an awesome online buying experience with an extravagant array of products that can be delivered in a very, very short period of time – sometimes in the same day.  And, if you’re a Prime member, like me, there are even more options for getting goods in your hands quicker than anyone could have imagined just a few short years ago.  It has changed the landscape of many retail models and continues to add products and services that will put additional pressures on traditional distribution channels. 

While there’s plenty to love about buying goodies on Amazon, selling on it is a different story.  And I’m asked nearly every day “why aren’t you selling plants on Amazon?”  Truth is, we tried; but the parameters placed on delivery times became unsustainable for us.

You see, our top priority is getting a healthy, great-looking plant to your doorstep in a reasonable amount of time and we’ve developed industry-leading packaging and shipping techniques to do that. This means it may take few days to process plants and make sure they’re ready to ship.  There are a number of factors we consider when preparing a shipment, including 1) soil moisture (we can’t ship it if it’s just been irrigated and is too wet), 2) anticipated time in transit (we try to avoid shipping very long distances when your plant may spend a Sunday in a FedEx location), and 3) your weather (yep, if it’s expected to be very hot or very cold in the destination location, we will hold a shipment for more favorable conditions).

Our “seller agreement” with Amazon did not allow us to take these factors in to consideration and it compromised our ability to achieve our goal of landing a beautiful plants on customers’ doorsteps – so we stopped selling on Amazon.

There are other companies selling plants on Amazon and I wish them luck.  If you’ve ordered a plant from us or you’re considering it, you won’t find a company who’s more fanatical about getting a plant to you in great condition, and that means the plant needs to be ready for the trip.

Have a green day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Stanford

It has been said, “poor is the Nation that has no heroes, but beggared is the Nation that has and forgets them.” Visiting our national cemeteries is a way of remembering our heroes.

Those who lie in eternal peace in our national shrines did not sacrifice for fame or for rewards; they served and sacrificed for the greater good, for their comrades in arms, and for all of us—so that we and future generations can enjoy the fruits of liberty, justice, and the freedoms guaranteed in our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Many of those buried in our cemeteries gave what Abraham Lincoln called, “the last full measure of devotion.” We owe them our profound gratitude, and we must pass that sense of obligation on to the next generation.

On this Memorial Day, may God bless the memory of those who gave all for America. God bless our Veterans and their families; and, may God continue to bless this great nation.

Dr David Shulkin, VA Secretary