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Vito Milano, Vice President/General Manager
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Web site: www.treescapes.com

Date: December 13, 2002

PRESERVED TREESCAPES INTERNATIONAL WINS 4 AWARDS FROM THE ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA FOR INTERIOR ARTIFICIAL/PRESERVED INSTALLATIONS IN 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) proudly presented Preserved TreeScapes International, Oceanside, California with 3 Grand Awards, and one Merit Award at its annual 33rd Environmental Improvement Awards Program at the recent Green Industry Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee.

ALCA’s Environmental Improvement Awards Program reflects the associations
commitment to creating and preserving the beauty of landscape. The program is designed to reward contracting professionals who execute quality-landscaping projects and to recognize companies who strive to increase public awareness of environmental improvement through superior landscaping and to encourage the landscape contractors’ consistent use of quality materials and workmanship.

ALCA represents approximately 2,500 professional exterior and interior landscape maintenance, installation and design/build contractors and suppliers nationwide. Over 7,000 people attended the Green Industry Expo, headquartered in the Gayland Opryland Convention Center on November 13-17, 2002.

Grand Award Projects

Planterra Tropical Greenhouse, Inc.
West Bloomfield, MI
Project: General Motors Global Headquarters, (Renaissance Center) Detroit, MI
Category: Artificial/Preserved Installation – Above $150,000

Rentokil Inc. – Tropical Plant Services
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Project: Preserved Installation Westin Diplomat Resort-Spa
Category: Artificial/Preserved Installation - Between $25,000 - $75,000

Rolling Greens, Inc.
Clinton, MD
Project: Defense Logistics Agency
Category: Artificial/Preserved Installation - Between $25,000 - $75,000

Merit Award Project

Rentokil Inc. – Tropical Plant Services
Saint Louis, MO
Project: Sheraton City Center
Category: Artificial/Preserved Installation - Between $75,000 - $150,000

Preserved TreeScapes International (PTI) of Oceanside, Calif., has earned worldwide recognition as the leading creator and manufacturer of the most cost-effective, authentic, preserved and replica trees and plants. PTI’s global creations appear as interior/exterior designs, telecommunications equipment concealment and environmental landscape alternatives.