Monica Blair, Director of Horticultural Services, and Dot Earnest, Account Manager, have been Recertified by the Professional Landcare Network. Monica and Dot each earned 24 continuing education credits to be recertified as a Landscape Industry Certified Technician - Interior. This certification has a strong emphasis on safety, training and horticulture educaiton. Buckingham Greenery is committed to enhancing our team personally and professionally to provide the best possible service to YOU our clients.

On Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 5:30 pm, Chuck First, Architect, and Connie Hom, President of Buckingham Greenery, will be featured speakers at the Virginia Center for Architecture's 2013 Speaker Series. The theme of the talk will be "A Place to Be Happy - Linking Architecture & Positive Psychology." Topics covered will include research that supports the needs for Fun and Nature and the integration of both of these elements into the design of buildings. The event will be held at the Virginia Center for Architecture located at 2501 Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220.

Connie Hom was featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch's "Get to Know" section. Read all about it here.

Buckingham Greeery participated in the Virginia Business Opportunities Fair in May. The event gives businesses, government agencies and universities the opportunity to network with each other and even have fun! 

Connie Hom of Buckingham Greenery had a one-on-one interview with Governor Bob McDonnell – Virginia on June 29, 2012, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of being an entrepreneur in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Governor McDonnell has declared 2012 to be The Year of the Entrepreneur.  Click here www.governor.virginia.gov . Photo credit: Michaela White

Buckingham Greenery was one of more than 20 companies that participated in "the Great American Clean-Up" project at Byrd Park. During this community-wide event, volunteers helped to clean up and restore the pump house at Byrd Park's south edge. To learn more about the "Great American Clean-Up," check out this article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 

 

Connie Hom of Buckingham Greenery attended the Minority Business Leadership Awards Dinner-Dance on May 23, 2012, which commemorated the National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc.'s 40th anniversary. Twenty-eight Corporate-Minority Business Enterrprise partnerships were recognized. 

Pictured, from left to right, are Thomas H. Bowles, President/CEO of Key Personnel; Mike Oplinger, Director of Procurement at Altria Client Services; Rueben W. Turner, CPSD, CPM, Manager, Corporate Responsibility and Supplier; and Connie Hom, Landscape Industry Certified Manager, Buckingham Greenery

 

Connie Hom of Buckingham Greenery presented "Designing with Nature" at the American Institute of Architects' National Convention in Washington, DC on May 16, 2012.  

Meet Perry Winkle, Buckingham Greenery's pup sculpture featured in FETCH a Cure's 5th annual "Pets on Parade Benefit & Auction" June 1 at Plant Zero in Richmond. Buckingham Greenery is proud to support this charity that provides financial support to families who can't afford life-saving cancer treatments for their pets.

Buckingham Greenery always provides the wreath to place by the war memorial in front of the courthouse! Red, white and blue honors those giving their lives for our freedoms!

 

Connie Hom, President of Buckingham Greenery, along with Tim Bachman DMI, President of Bachman ID; Charles First, AIA, NCARB, CFM, CRM, Senior Associates of HEERY International; and Holly Schriffin, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Mary Washington, presented "Designing with Nature" at the American Institute of Architects' National Convention on May 16. Get the podcast here.

Buckingham Greenery is Proud to accept the VMSDC "Lasting Impressions" award for 2010.  This award is presented to a certified minority business for the outstanding professional image exhibited in the business community.  The Lasting Impressions award is voted on by industry peers.

View the press release from the Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council

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PBS featured interior plantscapes with Buckingham Greenery on its "Virginia Home Grown" show. The University of Virginia's LEED building and the latest in plant and container trends were showcased. Click here to view the live stream. www.ideastations.org/vhglive

Industry Insights: Second Building in U.S. Gets LEED Credit for Use of Indoor Plants

Our thanks to friend and colleague Joe Zazerra, Chair of Green Plants for Green Buildings' LEED Advocacy Committee, who shared this exciting news:

Albuquerque New Mexico's West Corporation was recently awarded Silver LEED Certification in part through the use of indoor plants, only the second project to do so in the U.S. Credit for the use of live plants indoors was given under LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the third party rating system offered through the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

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We want to make sure you are kept up with the newest trends in plants and decorative containers.  We also know the benefits of having plants in your office, from increased productivity to decreased sick days!  So, each month you will have the chance to win a new plant and container! 

Here's How it Works

First step, you must be signed up for our Newsletter.  Each month when you receive the newsletter, you will be shown the newest plant and container and provided with a link to answer the question.

What is the Question?

You'll have to sign up for the Newsletter to get the question!  If you missed this month's newsletter, we'll have another one next month with a different plant!

Sign up for the Newsletter Here

At the end of a week we will pick the winner based on your answers, so make it good!

This month's trendy plant and container

Plant: Pink Aglaonema The Pink Aglaonema has a light pink stem while the foliage is a light variegated green with splashes of pink.; Download our guide to caring for your Pink Aglaonema

Pink Aglaonema

At Buckingham Greenery, we love what we do.  There is always something exciting, interesting and new coming to us and we learn something new every day!  We want to pass along all this information as well as tell you about all the events we have attended.  You will even have a chance each month to win one of our new containers with a plant!  So we hope you will sign up for our Newsletter and let us know what you want to hear more about! 

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A living wall, or green wall as it is also referred, can be free-standing with custom-made structure, and is partially or completely covered with plants and, in some cases, soil or an inorganic growing medium.

Our living green wall consisted of: (from left to right) 1. Aglaonema 'Mystic Marble' - common name Mystic Marble; this is a new variety of Aglaonemas 2. Epipremnum aureum 'Neon' - common name Neon Pothos 3. Neoreglia carolinae – common name Tricolor Bromeliad 4. Epipremnum aureum 'Jade' – common name Jade Pothos 5. Neoreglia carolinae – common name Tricolor Bromeliad 6. Epipremnum aureum 'Neon' - common name Neon Pothos 7. Aglaonema 'Mystic Marble' - common name Mystic Marble; this is a new variety of Aglaonemas

The Benefits of a Living Green Wall

The plants reduce overall temperatures of the building which in turn reduces energy consumption.
A living green wall also helps reduce the affects of Sick Building Syndrome, a combination of ailments associated with an individual's place of work. Live plants act as an air purifier to help regulate air temperature and moisture as well as pulling contaminants from the air.
A building with a living green wall reinforces the Green culture of a company and their initiative for a sustainable, green environment.

Ask Buckingham Greenery where you can have a living wall in your office space! Call or email us today for a consultation!

 

Seeing Green -- Add Plants at Work to Increase Your Bottom Line

by Kathleen Hall
Richmond.com

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), most people spend 90% of their time indoors. Yet, the indoor environment sometimes has higher levels of pollutants --10 times more -- than the outdoors! There's good news, however. You can improve a building's air quality -- and therefore employee comfort and health -- with the simple addition of plants.

Read more about how to clean up your office air quality and improve worker productivity

Buckingham Greenery is proud to have been a 2010 PLANET Conference Student Career Day Sponsor.  Monica Blair represented Buckingham Greenery with the Interior Plants Identification Event.   The student was required to identify, by botanical name (genus and species) and common name, a group of 50 live indoor plants.

Find more information on PLANET Student Career Day here

Check out the Student Career Day "Landscaping Olympics" Video

Here are some Thank You notes from some of our Student Groups.

Buckingham Greenery, Inc. Announces Planet Day of Service
Donation to Various Community Projects
Virginia
April 22, 2010

Buckingham Greenery participated in the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), the national lawn and landscape association, nationwide "Day of Service" on Earth Day 2010 April 22, 2010.

Read the Full Press Release

Visit the Earth Day 2010 Photo Gallery

The Green Team at Buckingham Greenery was busy on Earth Day 2010!  They picked up trash along the highway, "greened" up the rooms at Grace Place Adult Care Center and St. Thomas More Catholic Church, brought in new plants at Indian River Library and Centra Hospice House and taught the children of Hunton & Williams lawyers how to re-pot plants! 

Click here to see our Earth Day photo gallery!

We have some really interesting and fun company meetings where we keep up with the latest in interior landscaping and plant technology.

Click here to see a photo gallery of our company meetings.

Here are photo galleries from just a few of the many events we have attended.

Henrico County Connections 2010	IFMA	Landscape contribution awards 2006	VACEOS Retreat 2010
VACEOS	Monica Blair at Northam Garden Club	VMSDC	Va Business Opportunities Fair
Junior Achievement Awards 2010	Cowboy Day, Buckingham, Va	Dinner with Green Industry Friends	UVA Diverse Supplier Showcase
VMSDC Mid-Year Board Meeting	VMSDC Supplier Diversity Program	Virginia State Fair	5th Annual Healthcare Symposium
Professional Women in Healthcare	VACEOs Luncheon with Sam Horn	Roanoke Business Breakfast 9/21/10	VASCUPP Leadership Academy
SWaMFest VI 2010	IFMA Tours University of Richmond	October 2010 VMSDC Board Meeting

"Doting Dot" Technician of the Year by Interior Business Magazine

Interior Business Magazine January 2005

When it comes to caring for plants, Dorothy Earnest, Certified Landscape Technician, is known for her nurturing touch.  The 2004 Interior Business Technician of the Year has a 12-year history of solid service as a horticultural technician with Buckingham Greenery in Buckingham, Va.

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Plants a cost-effective benefit by Buckingham Greenery

Corporate and facility managers recognize that interior plants affect employee attitude and retention, according to a study by the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA).

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Buckingham Greenery receives No Vehicle Accidents award
Buckingham, Va
June 13, 2005

Buckingham Greenery, Inc. announced today it has been awarded the No Vehicle Accidents award in the annual Safety Recognition Awards Program sponsored byt the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), CNA, and Ariens/Gravely/Stens.

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Buckingham Greenery Recognized for Outstanding Employee Development
Richmond, Virginia
June 9, 2005

Buckingham Greenery recently received an award for employee development presented by the Rihcmond Human Resource Management Association and the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce.  The annual All Star Awards program recognizes Richmond-are employers that are truly committed to their employees and have programs in place to demonstrate that commitment.

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"Fun and Fortune" Connie Hom receives 2003 Professional of the Year by Interior Business magazine. 

Interior Business Magazine January 2004

"To mingle with plants for a living is a blessing."

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"Blair's Flair:" Monica Blair receives Manager of the Year by Interior Business magazine

Interior Business Magazine January 2004

Monica Blair, the director of horticultural servies for Buckingham Greenery, Buckingham, Va., is a problem-solver, whether dealing with people or plants.

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Passion Serves As the Root of Buckingham, Va.-Based Interior Landscaping Firm

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond Va, 2005

You could say that the idea for Buckingham Greenery Inc. sprouted from a Kentia palm Connie Hom bought to fill a space in her apartment in New York.
What began as a palm tree grew into a company.  

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Buckingham Greenery Receives Employee Development Award

Lawn & Landscape June 2005

The All Star Award recognizes Buckingham Greenery's commitment to lifelong employee learning.

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2005 Lawn & Landscape Leadership Award given to Connie Hom of Buckingham Greenery

Lawn & Landscape November 2005

The industry's cheerleader promotes a positive and professional image and embodies a passion for plants.

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