Green Business Bureau Highlights New Nursery in New Video

Aug. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- HOUSTON –  To celebrate the launch of their new Eco-Industries Program for Horticultural Nurseries (EIP-HN), the Green Business Bureau (GBB) today published an online video featuring member business New Nursery of Texas.  New Nursery contributed their expertise and industry knowledge to the GBB during the EIP-HN development process and has since joined the organization as the first EIP-HN-dedicated member.

Rebecca Payne, New Nusery’s Marketing and Sales Manager, says that the company decided to go green because of customer demand.  Many of New Nursery’s customers are high-end residential landscapers, whose customers, in turn, are becoming more environmentally aware and demanding materials and plants that are chemical free and healthier for their children, pets and the environment.

Prior to becoming a GBB member, New Nursery was already an industry leader in sustainability practices, a reputation that led the GBB to approach them as a partner in creating the EIP-HN.   The video demonstrates several of the nursery’s green practices, including the installation of a drip watering system that has cut water usage to 1/15 what was required before the system was implemented; the grouping of plants with similar water requirements to make irrigation more efficient and reduce waste; and the nursery’s retail sales of “green” products like biodegradable garbage bags and rain collection barrels.

“We are excited to build professional relationships like the one we have created with New Nursery,” Marcos Cordero, GBB CEO and Co-founder. “Expert input like that we received from New Nursery has helped to make our Eco-Industries Program the industry leader in setting sustainability standards for a variety of business types.”

“We want to be an environmental leader in the industry, and encourage other nurseries to adopt more sustainable practices,” says Payne. “At New Nursery, we feel like the industry is on the brink of a green revolution. We think it is absolutely necessary to be more environmentally aware to thrive in this industry.”

New Nursery is a wholesale provider of plants and trees to landscapers, landscape contractors and retail nurseries in the Southeast Texas region.

View the video on New Nursery’s sustainability efforts at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdI-mD4KsDo.



For more information about the E-IPH, visit the GBB at www.gbb.org.

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GBB is a national third-party program providing certification for businesses that follow environmentally responsible practices. GBB fosters environmental awareness and promotes business practices that are both sustainable and profitable.