Login

USERNAME
PASSWORD

Become a Registered Guest Login Help Lost Password?

Contact: Kathy Wemhoff
Phone: (703) 736-9666
E-mail:kathywemhoff@landcarenetwork.org

For Immediate Release

SCOTT BYRON & COMPANY DONATES $25,000 TO AEF SCHOLARSHIP FUND

HERNDON, Va., November 2, 2006 — The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) is pleased to announce that Scott Byron & Company, a leading Chicago area company in the landscape contracting industry, has donated an additional $25,000 to the AEF Scholarship Fund. Byron and his company were previously recognized as a Founding Ambassador of the AEF Scholarship Fund. As a Founder, Byron was among the first to contribute at the ambassadorial level            
(a $25,000 minimum).

The AEF fund was formed to award scholarships and fund educational activities for the landscape industry. AEF’s mission is to promote and advance the landscape services industry by funding educational excellence.

Byron emphasizes two primary reasons for contributing to the scholarship fund. “One is that the world as we move forward is going to be based on those coming into the work place,” he says. “It's important for all of us to support that. We need to create an environment that allows these kids to improve and make the world a better place.” The other stems from a desire to give back to the industry that helped him become successful. “This industry has allowed me to earn a living and succeed,” he says. “I think that giving back to students makes me feel good to accomplish something positive.”

Founded in 1983, Scott Byron and Company is a residential landscaping architectural design/build business in Illinois employing over 230 people, including professionals with degrees in Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Arboriculture. Its projects include residential work and some commercial projects throughout Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Colorado, Florida, and the Bahamas. Company owner and founder Scott Byron is a past president of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association and has 27 years of experience in the landscape profession, including design, construction, maintenance, and project management.

For more information about the AEF scholarship fund please contact Heather Haynes at
(800) 395-2522 or e-mail heatherhaynes@landcarenetwork.org or visit www.landcarenetwork.org.

PLANET represents approximately 4,400 green industry service-provider companies and suppliers nationwide that specialize in lawn care, design/build/installation, interior plantscaping, and landscape management. These firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.