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does a really good job for us,” his
father declared. Jacob’s wife is the
Office Manager, and Hafner’s wife,
Irene, is the Accounts Receivable
Manager.

Labor hasn’t been a problem. Fine
Earth has about 110 employees. “We’re
pretty fortunate that the people who
work for us stay. We’ve had many
of the same people for 25 years,”
Hafner said. Mihm added, “We don’t
have much turnover. We treat all
employees fairly and they seem to like
working here.”
Fine Earth takes great pride in its
award-winning work. “We have
spent over 40 years building our
reputation, and we’re gratified to
have been recognized by so many
different professional groups,
community organizations and
reputable publications,” said Mihm.
Hafner noted that Fine Earth just
received a sustainability award for a
rain garden that was installed over a
decade ago. “We are trying to shift
to doing more sustainable gardening
with focuses in rain gardening, micro-
infiltration trenches, bio-infiltration
structures and use of natives to
mitigate water pollution to Maryland’s
key resource, the Chesapeake Bay.
“We cherish our relationship with
quality growers throughout the East
Coast and beyond. We select only the sells the project and runs it through
finest plants and apply the best bed completion, warranty and customer
preparation and planting methods. relationships.” The company
Our outstanding commitment to generously donates money and
customer service is the greatest point labor to community projects such as
of pride we take in our business,” he Rebuilding Together, which helps with
added. Hafner commented, “We’re repair of needy Montgomery County
one of the better service contractors residents’ homes, and Habitat for Carol Kinsley
in the industry” — Mihm interjected: Humanity in Montgomery County. Kinsley Communications
“One of the best” — “because of our A portfolio of work completed by 410-924-3582
way of managing projects. We don’t Fine Earth is available at cjkinsley@comcast.net
have a lot of middlemen. One person
www.fineearth.com. A
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