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Contributors
William Braid Carolyn J.C. Goodin
Grew his first company in the Author of Smartee Plants:
United Kingdom to excess of A Professional’s Guide to Indoor
$10 million in sales of Interi- Plant Care. Earned a Master’s
orscape and Holiday Décor, pri- Degree in Horticulture, with
or to selling it in 1999. He pur- emphasis on Acclimatization and
chased Plant Designs in 2003 Adaptation of plants destined for
with sales of $800,000 and built indoor use, her degree was
it today to be in excess of $4.5 granted from the University of
million per year. His strength is Hawaii School of Tropical
in growing teams and retaining Agriculture in 1979. Also a Certified
business. He can be reached at Landscape Professional, CLP,
william@plantdesigns.co.uk. attained this certification in 1987.
Till 2010, she owned
VSPS: A Very Specialized Plant
Service which was the first plant
rental company to specialize in
indoor landscaping in Hawaii.
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