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Bethel Farms wishes Northside Nursery a Happy 35th Anniversary! This family owned and operated landscape design and maintenance business in Ft. Pierce, Florida was established in 1975 as a small retail garden center. And as we know in the world of agriculture, from small beginnings, great things grow! Owner Jon Goff came to work for his grandfather Wilmer's nursery as a teenager, and when he married Teresa, she joined in the family business managing the garden center. They partnered with Eric and Kim Jackson in 1996, with the Jacksons bringing their landscape company into the mix. Jon, Teresa and Eric are all Ft. Pierce natives and Kim is a "near-native", arriving in Florida in 1972. After the "summer of the hurricanes" in 2004, Northside closed the garden center retail business and converted the space into a small engine repair center where they service Snapper, Stihl and Exmark equipment. They are certified pest control contractors and are licensed to handle irrigation system installation and service. Northside's 400+ lawn maintenance clients can be found all along the east coast of Florida, from Roseland south to Hope Sound, serviced by 80 customer service-oriented Northside Nursery representatives. Business is "going great" according to Kim, who handles the company's marketing. "We specialize in customer service and in doing everything top-quality." Which is why they choose to install Bethel Farms sod. Jon, Teresa, Eric and Kim have a combined legacy of over 80 years in the business and are dedicated to continuing to supply their customers with the best possible products and service. After all, as Kim says, "This is our life!" Big Earth Landscape Supply is a locally owned supply firm with an undeniable dedication to its customers with stellar service, premium products and competitive pricing. Formerly known as Wholesale Landscape Supply, Big Earth has recently undergone a brand image change, to become better available to wholesale and retail customers alike. During this image change, Big Earth as sought to partner with companies who hold the same high regard for their customers, and thus a relationship with Bethel Farms seemed logical. Bethel’s commitment to excellence allows Big Earth to act as an extension of their overall quality. Bethel strives to be on the forefront of sod development, as evidenced with the successful launches of Empire Zoysia, Sapphire St. Augustine, Celebration Bermuda, Captiva St. Augustine and many others. Bethel uses technology, ingenuity and proven methods to ensure the utmost satisfaction with their turf. Big Earth hopes to prove that satisfaction with four locations in the Tampa Bay area. Big Earth is accessible, capable and willing to earn a client’s trust for the long term, and is proud to work alongside a valuable ally like Bethel Farms. M & W Supply, Inc. is a landscape supply company located on the east outskirts of Sarasota, on Fruitville Road. We started in 2002, and are constantly growing. We have 12 wonderful and valuable employees. We carry a variety of products to cater to any landscaper's needs, from mulches, pottery, gazebos, playsets, drainage pipe, rock, tools and sod. All products can be picked up or delivered on one of our trucks with a forklift to place products where the customer wants it. In the spring of 2008, we had a nursery move onto our property, with a large selection of plants, to make it a one stop shop for the landscaper. We work hard to be the best, and pride ourselves in carrying good quality products, which is why we purchase our sod and plugs from Bethel Farms. We have had a growing relationship with them from the beginning and can appreciate the excellent service, quality, and professionalism that they have. We at M & W Supply know the landscaper's customers are as important to them as our own customers are to us, which is why we do all we can to strive to make our relationships and service count. Dieter's Sod has been purchasing sod from Bethel Farms for approximately 10 years now. At present, we are working on many joint ventures with Bethel Farms & our company. Bethel Farms is supplying all Zoysia for the Legends Bay project. Also in the past Bethel Farms furnished all the material needed to complete East Lee County High School. We are also associate members of the Florida Sod Growers Association where we share a good working as well as a social relationship with Will Nugent & his staff. Dieter's Sod Service, Inc. is committed to prompt service, high quality products that are purchased from the surrounding areas finest sod growers. We also provide the best workmanship possible. We are dedicated to setting a new standard & professional image for the sod installation industry. Our services include, but are not limited to,sod installations, sod deliveries, lawn renovations, residential and commercial installations. These include athletic fields, grading and initial watering plus fertilization and maintenance. We are a licensed, insured and bonded full service installation company. Owners Dieter & Carole Zoellner want to thank all of our past, present, and future clients who have contributed to our 14th year of continued success. MANATEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2007 Small Business of the Year Award Winner Circle C Farms works with several top growers across the southeast. Bethel Farms' outstanding turf quality and customer service is unsurpassed. Circle C Farms and Bethel Farms work hand in hand to spread the good news of EMPIRE turf. It is our opinion that this grass is the best of the best, providing aesthetics and function while at the same time this turf meets the demand of environmentally friendly landscape designs. Circle C Farms is family owned and operated with a total commitment to premium turf grass and superior customer service. Our business offers an array of turf grass varieties to serve all of our customers' needs. Circle C Farms supplies sod to builders, landscapers, golf courses, and directly to the homeowner. All of our sod is cut fresh to order and is available for delivery or pick up from our depot location. Our wholesale prices are competitive and our retail prices are affordable. We strive to meet every customer's needs to ensure that they are our number one focus. Our services include: sod delivery, sod installation and renovation. We also offer a full service Lawn Maintenance Program. Offering Celebrated Plants through internet sales or on site pick up is our newest endeavor. Celebrated Plants is a line of ornamental grasses and grass-like plants released in response to horticultural industry needs for improved performance, superior aesthetics, and lower maintenance plants. "I love this grass. When we started looking for an alternative to St. Augustine grass, the first thing that attracted me to EMPIRE was aesthetics. We are trying to create the aura of backyard Americana and I fell in love with the appearance of EMPIRE before we even began to evaluate its performance." Reunion Resort Selects Bethel Farms' EMPIRE as Preferred Landscape Turfgrass Bethel Farms' EMPIRE Zoysia has been chosen as the exclusive landscape turf grass at Reunion Resort & Club, a 2300-acre development just south of Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. "This is a great grass," said Mark Cole, Director of Golf Course Maintenance for Ginn Golf, a division of the company that is developing Reunion and several other upscale communities in Florida and South Carolina. "It's shade tolerant, heat resistant, and drought resistant. We can take it down to 7/16-inch and put it on tee tops in shady areas or we can bring it up to an inch and a half and cut it with a regular rotary mower." Cole spoke recently to a group of Australian sod producers along with county extension agents and landscape journalists. The Australians were touring the Southeastern U.S. in search of solutions to the island nation's severe five-year drought. As it turns out, Cole wasn't the only one in the group impressed by the performance of Bethel Farm's Empire. "I love this grass," said Kevin Clingerman, Landscape Manager for Ginn. "When we started looking for an alternative to St. Augustine grass, the first thing that attracted me to EMPIRE was aesthetics. We are trying to create the aura of backyard Americana and I fell in love with the appearance of EMPIRE before we even began to evaluate its performance." Durability and drought-resistance were the first two performance factors that caught Clingerman's attention. "Reunion is a resort on steroids and a community in progress," he said. "We are perpetually under construction but everything has to look beautiful. We have to be green even if it means putting the grass down before the irrigation system is in." Cole chimed in: "We put some of it on the ground without irrigation and it got no water for a month and then after half an inch of rain it greened up in two days." (Note: Although Bethel Farms is pleased to hear this grass performed so well without watering, this is not a recommended practice!) Perhaps EMPIRE's most remarkable characteristic is its shade tolerance in comparison to other generic Zoysia grasses. Cole and Clingerman took the group to a site shaded by about a dozen mature oak trees and showed a stand of EMPIRE overseeded with winter rye and holding its own. "That spot never gets any direct sunlight," Cole said, "and it's so shade tolerant that you don't have to change your irrigation practices and it will come out (of overseed) better than Bermuda (grass)." Neither Clingerman nor Cole has noted any disease problems and one treatment took care of an attack by billbugs. "You can spray anything on it that you'd put on Bermuda grass," Cole said. "This is a great grass for Florida," he added. "Water drives development in Florida. Because of consumption limitations, we've had to reduce or even eliminate irrigation to established areas to accommodate a grow-in situation on a golf course or major landscape feature. We can trust this grass to come back when we turn the water back on. We've done it numerous times." Bethel Farms is a certified grower of EMPIRE Zoysia, which was introduced to the United States by Sod Solutions -- a leading developer of improved warm season turf grasses. Bethel Farms is also a certified grower of other patented Sod Solutions grasses including Palmetto St. Augustine, EMPIRE Zoysia, Celebration Bermuda grass, and Sapphire St. Augustine. Kevin Clingerman, Landscape Manager for Ginn Golf