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Growth Progressions of Select SustainablePlus Trees Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2002 - 4.5” trunk diameter 9 years

2011 - 12” trunk diameter Turner Broadcasting - Atlanta, GA

“Select has the best guarantee you could possibly get, because these trees are selected for their vigor in tough urban conditions. They are top-pruned and root-pruned to create dense heads and to create dense root systems, so that when these trees are transplanted, you are guaranteed that they will survive and create a dense, thick urban forest.

This is what I get from Select Trees: The finest clonal oaks, and the finest clonal trees that there are on the market.”

- Landscape Architect, Atlanta, GA

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What are SustainablePlus Trees? “Making cities livable by installing trees that will last will contribute to regional and global sustainability.� - Henry Arnold, FASLA

50+years

With the expectation that trees are the only part of the infrastructure of our communities that appreciate in value - our concept of Sustainability holds trees to a higher standard. Think of it as

SustainablePlus.

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You don’t have to wait 50 years to benefit from Select SustainablePlus Trees

45 days

“Simply put, the Select Trees owner purchase program provides the highest quality end result for the lowest price to the owner. This creates real value that is measurable.”

- Landscape Architect, Atlanta, GA

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SustainablePlus Trees Environmental Return on Investment Over the course of 50 YEARS, a single large shade tree can generate over $160,000 in environmental benefits. - Arbor Day Foundation

$31,250 $62,000 $37,500 $31,500

$162,250

worth of generated oxygen worth of air pollution control worth of recycled water worth of soil erosion control

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

Years: Benefits per Year:

*20x20x20 *10x10x10

1-10 $70

11-20 $310

*40x40x40+

*30x30x30

*20x20x20

Approximate Progression of Environmental Benefits ($162,250) Over 50 Years for a Single Large Shade Tree

*10x10x10

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*40x40x40

*30x30x30

21-30 $1,610

31-40

$4,490

41+ $9,745

Benefits do not include energy savings and increased property values. *Approximate Canopy Dimensions

“Trees are the only part of infrastructure that actually appreciates in value while the rest depreciates.� - Provenzano

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SustainablePlus Trees

Cameron Village - Raleigh, NC

Over the course of 50 years, a single large shade tree can generate over $160,000 in environmental benefits.

- Arbor Day Foundation

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Dallas Cowboys Stadium - Arlington, TX Allee® Lacebark Elms from Select Trees

“This is why we came to Select Trees.”

- Landscape Architect - Dallas Cowboys Stadium

Unique not just for the scale of the project and luxuries inside the stadium, the Dallas Cowboys are also developing a one-of-a-kind experience for fans outside the stadium. Two large plazas on either end of the stadium are designed to attract tens of thousands of fans to enjoy the game from these areas. In addition to large screens and concessions, big healthy shade trees will help to create a very memorable experience --- For many of these special trees, the Cowboys came all the way to Select Trees to get the best trees available.

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Dallas Cowboys Stadium - Arlington, TX Allee® Lacebark Elms from Select Trees

8 months

“I’ve never had a single complaint with Select Trees’ product or service. They grow the highest-quality trees and I could go on and on about their superior quality.” - Developer, Dallas, TX

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Which trees will provide the most environmental benefit?

NOT from SelectTrees

Typical Low-bid Process seedling willow oaks

Select Trees

Select Trees Direct Purchase Select SustainablePlus Shade Trees

“When I purchase Select Trees I know I will be 100% satisfied with the end result. We are pleased with their commitment to being the best; they make our properties shine.�

- Developer, Houston, TX

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Low-bid Trees are Often Not SustainablePlus Typical Low-bid tree plantings often do not have the potential for long-term environmental benefits or improved quality of life because poor quality leads to poor tree health.

NOT from Select Trees

Select Trees

“Our culture attitudes and their influence on the way we plant trees help to explain why there are millions of trees planted every year in our cities that will not survive to a beneficial age -- that is, they will not grow to be large shade trees. It is not only a result of improper species selection and planting methods, but also a failure to ask questions about our objectives. Are we most concerned with quantity as opposed to size or longevity?� - Henry Arnold, FASLA

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How often are design intentions realized at installation?

Do your visions come true?

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Where do things go wrong?

“Trees are not looked upon with the same seriousness as utilities, streets, and building heights.” - Henry Arnold, FASLA

“If I had no problems, I could only suppose that I was not considered fit to solve them.” - Anonymous

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What can be done to solve this problem?

Answer: Choosing the Right Tree for the Right Place

Recipe for Select SustainablePlus Trees Superior Genetics

Extreme Nursery Culture

Proper Handling, & Planting

Proper Tree Care

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Select SustainablePlus Sangria® Nuttall Oaks

2010 - 4” Trunk Diameter 4 years

2014 - 8.5” Trunk Diameter Barrow Regional Firstcare - Winder, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oak

2006 - 4.5” trunk diameter 7 years

2013 - 12” trunk diameter University of Tulsa, Dietler Commons - Tulsa, OK

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2007 - 4.5” trunk diameter 6 years

2013 - 8.5” trunk diameter UTC Pedestrian Mall - Chattanooga, TN

“Your photos & portfolio are very good representations of your trees. I can simply plug your high-quality trees into my plans.”

- Landscape Architect, Nashville, TN

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oaks

2007 - 5” trunk diameter Fayetteville Street - Raleigh, NC

“Increasing tree cover by adding three trees per building could reduce total energy use for heating and cooling by 5 to 10 percent.” - Nowak

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oaks

6 Years 2013 - 10” trunk diameter Fayetteville Street - Raleigh, NC

“To walk rows of Highbeam® Overcup Oaks, all uniformly brimming with superior characteristics, is to appreciate this milestone in propagation - truenessto-type from top to bottom . . .an oak for the ages - Dr. Michael Dirr

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oaks

2007 - 4.5” trunk diameter 6 years

2013 - 11” trunk diameter McFarlin Commons

- The University of Tulsa - Tulsa, OK

“Select Trees’ patience, persistence, and propagation savvy open the landscape portal to the world of cultivar oaks. Oaks on their own roots with genetically programmed uniform characteristics including growth habit, summer and fall leaf colors, clean leaf drop in autumn, ease of transplanting, and pest resistance guarantee success in commercial and residential landscapes.” - Dr. Michael Dirr

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Select SustainablePlus Sangria® Nuttall Oaks

2010 - 4” Trunk Diameter 4 years

2014 - 8.5” Trunk Diameter Barrow Regional Firstcare - Winder, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2008 - 6” trunk diameter 5 years

2013 - 10.5” trunk diameter Broad Street - Chattanooga, TN

“I am a landscape architect with 37 years of practice and I can say unequivocally that during my entire practice I have not met or dealt with a more professional nursery than Select Trees.” - Landscape Architect, Atlanta, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oaks

2008- 5” trunk diameter 6 years

2014 - 12” trunk diameter Mercer University- Atlanta, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Ascendor™ Willow Oaks

2009 - 3” trunk diameter 4 years

2013 - 6“ trunk diameter Halifax Street - Raleigh, NC

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oaks

2007 - 5” trunk diameter 6 years

2013 - 10” trunk diameter Fayetteville Street - Raleigh, NC

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2004 - 4” trunk diameter 9 years

2013 - 10” trunk diameter 21st Century Waterfront Park - Chattanooga, TN

“A healthy, growing tree is essentially a pollution-eating device and a mini air conditioner.” - Gene Hyde

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Select SustainablePlus Sangria™ Nuttall Oaks

2010 - 4.5” trunk diameter 2.5 years

2013 - 6.5” trunk diameter Arkansas Tech - West Q St. - Russellville, AR

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Select SustainablePlus Ascendor® Willow Oaks

2010 - 3.5” trunk diameter 3 years

2013 - 4.5“ trunk diameter Davie Street - Raleigh, NC

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Select SustainablePlus Sangria® Nuttall Oaks

2010 - 4.5” trunk diameter 2.5 years

2013 - 6” trunk diameter Arkansas Tech - West Q St. - Russellville, AR

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Select SustainablePlus Esplanade® Nuttall Oaks

November 2012 - 5” trunk diameter 1 year

November 2013 - 6” trunk diameter Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd - Atlanta, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2007 - 7” trunk diameter 5 years

2012 - 9” trunk diameter First Citizens Bank HQ - Columbia, SC

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oak

2008 - 6” trunk diameter 4 years

2012 - 11.5” trunk diameter Peachtree Road - Buckhead, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Panache® Shumard Oak

2009 -4” trunk diameter 4 years

2013 - 7.5” trunk diameter NCSU Vet Center - Raleigh, NC

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oak

2008 - 6” trunk diameter 4 years

2012 - 11” trunk diameter Peachtree Road - Buckhead, GA

“I believe Select Trees is doing all they can to make legacies last.

The rest is up to us.”

- Kevin Parris, Landscape Architect

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

5 years

2005 - 5” trunk diameter

2010 - 9 ” trunk diameter 1021 Clarendon - Clarendon, VA

“Select Trees Owner Purchase allows us to buy the Mercedes at Chevrolet pricing.

It wouldn’t make sense for us to purchase trees any other way.”

- Developer, Southeast U.S.

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Select SustainablePlus Panache® Shumard Oak

2009 - 5.5” trunk diameter 2 years

2011 - 8” trunk diameter Terminus - Buckhead, GA

Select Trees chooses, evaluates, and grows trees that possess genetic qualities that will allow them to thrive in tough urban growing conditions.

SustainablePlus Shade Trees Improve Quality of Life in the Urban Environment

Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata ‘QLFTB’ P.P.#13470

2010 - 7.5” trunk diameter 2 years

2012 - 9.5” trunk diameter Kirkpatrick Oil HQ - Oklahoma City, OK

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oaks

6 months

Peachtree Piazza - Atlanta, GA

“Considering the economics, wouldn’t it be more effective to trade fewer trees that grow large for a larger quantity of trees that last less than ten years?” - Henry Arnold, FASLA

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2008 - 4” trunk diameter 2 years

2010 - 6” trunk diameter

Owner: The World Bank Group Landscape Architect: AECOM (Formerly EDAW) Tree Value: $11,331

World Bank - Washington, DC

“There is an exceptional opportunity to make unimagined changes to cities, conferring benefits that multiply with time. Trees can have a major role in recreating cities that are biologically fit for human enjoyment.” Henry Arnold, FASLA

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Select SustainablePlus Creole Queen® American Elms

2006 - 3.5” trunk diameter 4 years

2010 - 5.5” trunk diameter 2010 - 5.5” trunk diameter Heifer International - Little Rock, AR

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Select SustainablePlus Highpoint® Nuttall Oaks

2005 - 4” trunk diameter 7 years

2012 - 7” trunk diameter UNC - Cobb Parking Deck

Chapel HIll, NC

“It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees.” - Wilson Flagg

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2007 - 5” trunk diameter 5 years

2012 - 10” trunk diameter Chattanooga Riverfront - Chattanooga, TN

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2007 - 5.5” trunk diameter 3 years

2010 - 7” trunk diameter 1011 K Street - Washington, DC

“No town can fail of beauty, though its walks were gutters and its houses hovels, if venerable trees make magnificent colonnades along its streets.” - Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs, 1887

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Select SustainablePlus Panache® Shumard Oaks

2006 - 4.5” trunk diameter 6 years

2012 - 9.5” trunk diameter Spring Street - Atlanta, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oak

2006 - 3” trunk diameter 6 years

2012 - 9.5” trunk diameter Georgia Tech West Campus Research Lab -Atlanta, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Panache® Shumard Oaks

2006 - 4.5” trunk diameter 6 years

2012 - 9.5” trunk diameter Spring Street - Atlanta, GA

“We have a great relationship with Select Trees. After enjoying a visit to your farm, I left with greater knowledge of trees and a desire to specify clonal oaks on our projects. Thanks for such trees!” - Landscape Architect, Atlanta, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Highpoint® Nuttall Oak

2009 - 5.5” trunk diameter 3 years

2012 - 8.5” trunk diameter Peachtree Street - Midtown Atlanta, GA

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Select SustainablePlus Highpoint® Nuttall Oaks

2008 - 5” trunk diameter 3 years

2011 - 7” trunk diameter White Oak Village - Richmond, VA

“The best principle to follow on urban sites such as city streets is to plant desirable tree types that are growing in and have survived similar conditions for many years.”

- Henry Arnold, FASLA

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Select SustainablePlus Allee® Lacebark Elm

2008 - 4” trunk diameter 3 Years

2011 - 5.5-6” trunk diameter

White Oak Village - Richmond, VA

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Allee® Lacebark Elm

23rd Street - Oklahoma City, OK

Sallie Mae Headquarters - Reston, VA

“No other tree embodies such functional, yet noble, attributes.”

- Dr. Michael Dirr

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2004 - 4” trunk diameter 8 years

2012 - 9” trunk diameter Alps Shopping Center - Athens, GA

SustainablePlus Trees

Biggest, oldest, healthiest trees

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2005 - 4.5” trunk diameter 4 years

2009 - 7” trunk diameter

Alps Shopping Center - Athens, GA

Increasing tree cover by adding three trees per building could reduce total energy use for heating & cooling by 5 to 10 percent. - Nowak

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Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oaks

2006 - 4” trunk diameter 3 years

2009 - 7” trunk diameter Legislative Plaza - Nashville, TN

“Heat islands,” created by tree loss, also exponentially increase air pollutants. When pollutant chemicals are superheated by high air temperatures, they become more volatile and interact with each other to create ground level ozone which would not happen at lower temperatures.

- Trees Atlanta

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Select SustainablePlus Arcade® Nuttall Oak

2007 - 4” trunk diameter 5 years

2012 - 8.5” trunk diameter UNC - Gillings School of Public Health Chapel Hill, NC

SustainablePlus Shade Trees Improve Quality of Life in the Urban Environment

Select SustainablePlus Hightower® Willow Oak

2006 - 4” trunk diameter 6 years

2012 - 9” trunk diameter North Hills Mall - Raleigh, NC

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Select SustainablePlus Highbeam® Overcup Oak

2005 - 4” trunk diameter 7 years

2012 - 11” trunk diameter City of Covington Streetscape - Covington, TN

“Highbeam® is easy to transplant and withstands extremes of soil from wet to dry once established. . . An oak for the ages.” - Dr. Michael Dirr

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Allee® Lacebark Elms from Select Trees

2002 9 years

2011 Lincoln Boulevard - Oklahoma City, OK

“The Allee Elms look great! Thanks for the photos as well as all your assistance throughout this process. As we continue to experience from job to job, Select Trees material adds huge impact and value to property.” -Developer, Houston, TX

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Dr. Michael Dirr

• Distinguished UGA professor and researcher • World renowned Champion of Tree Selection and Evaluation • Inspirational Mentor and Cooperator for shaping Tree Introductions and Select Trees as industry leaders

“Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.” - Michael Jordan

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P.O. Box 4386 Spartanburg, S.C. 29305 (864) 592-4271 parrisk@sccsc.edu

As someone with a background in nursery production, landscape design, landscape installation, and management of plant collections, I view sustainability of trees as my top consideration when choosing a tree specimen for a landscape setting. As an instructor of horticulture I like to have properly grown and maintained specimens in our collections to present students with high standards to uphold, whether they pursue careers in production, marketing, or management of plant material. I also wholeheartedly believe that every institutional campus from elementary schools to colleges, churches and hospitals should have grounds that are looked upon as arboreta.

Select Trees has been a source of high quality nursery stock for me over the past decade as I have had opportunities to create arboreta on school grounds and within neighborhoods in Upstate South Carolina. The emphasis they place on the production of a healthy root system is unparalleled in the industry. Their inventory has always performed and their service has always been superlative. Their production methods truly generate trees that are more reliably sustainable than the industry standard.

The research and development end of their business has revolutionized the industry by providing us with clonal oaks. Availability of named oak cultivars that lend uniform and reliable growth characteristics to the landscape is something that seemed out of reach 20 years ago, now it is reality largely due to the efforts of Select Trees. We are pleased to have many of these selections in our campus arboretum at Spartanburg Community College.

The most important thing any of us can do is leave a legacy that sustains and inspires the next generation to do the same for the generation that is to follow. Planting a seed is simple. Growing a tree is not profoundly difficult. Preserving a tree is integral to our nature. Yet our failures at each of these steps prevent many trees in modern landscapes from becoming a lasting legacy. I believe Select Trees is doing all they can to make legacies last. The rest is up to us.

Sincerely,

Kevin Parris Horticulture Instructor and Arboretum Coordinator Spartanburg Community College 07/28/09

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Vancuren, Inc. e Architecture anning ning

601 South Lewis Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3327 918 592-1270 Fax 918 592-1420 www.howellvancuren.com

July 24, 2009

Re: Letter of Reference for Select Trees To whom it may concern: My firm, Howell & Vancuren, Inc., has had an ongoing and successful relationship with Select Trees for over seven years and have had more than 600 trees installed on our projects.

When specifying Select Trees as the source, we are completely confident that only the highest quality, most uniform trees will be received on the project site. We find no need to tag trees prior to digging since the quality is of such a consistently high level.

Root pruning and vegetative propagation are two practices that set Select Trees apart from most other tree nurseries. Because of these intensive cultural practices, the survival rate of their trees has been excellent.

The on-site follow-up that Select Trees has provided for our projects has been very beneficial to identify maintenance or cultural problems that might adversely affect the health of a tree.

This represents a commitment on their part to “go the extra mile” to insure the success and longevity of tree planting projects in which they are involved.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding my experience with Select Trees and their excellent plants.

Sincerely,

Joe L. Howell, ASLA Howell & Vancuren, Inc.

601 South Lew Tulsa, Oklahom 74104-3327 918 592-1270 Fax 918 592-14 918

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GOODHART’S GARDENS 640 Willow Valley Square, I-403 Lancaster, PA 17602 Tel. (757) 969-3535 goodhartsgardens@gmail.com

July 23, 2009

Reference: Letter of Reference Select Trees, Inc. P.O. Box 6671 Athens, GA30604 To Whom It May Concern:

I am most happy to be able to provide my highest recommendation for Select Trees, Inc., the quality of service that this magnificent organization provides, and the quality of trees that they grow and offer to the public. As Landscape Advisor to Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, and proprietor of my own business, I have purchased specimen trees from Select Trees since the year 2000. Of the several hundred trees that I have purchased, all have survived and thrived. These trees have drawn rave reviews from clients and the public alike. The Christopher Newport University campus is recognized as one of Virginia’s most beautifully landscaped new campuses. This is due in large measure to the gorgeous trees that Select Trees has provided and which predominate on the campus.

The outstanding quality of Select Tree’s plant material is matched by the service and expertise that their superb, professional staff provides. Select Tree’s horticultural personnel have come to Virginia to provide invaluable advice to me on several occasions both for the University and my private clients.

They have recommended the best trees for the existing conditions, made recommendations on care, and personally helped me select trees at their nursery in Georgia. The large number of superior hybrid trees that they provide is exceptional. I firmly believe that their growing methods cannot be surpassed by any other grower in the United States. I have found no other that I feel can match their quality. When my clients request top quality trees, my first recommendation always is what Select Trees offers.

Sincerely, (Sent by e-mail.

Signed copy available.)

R. Robert Goodhart Proprietor

Goodhart’s Gardens

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What Distinguishes Select Trees Group From the Competition?

• We are passionate about long-lived healthy trees. We aim to provide excellence first, and profit will follow.

• WE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, and that has many benefits: o Legacy for our children and their children—mature healthy shade trees o Increased quality of life for millions of people in the urban environment o Less expensive maintenance, and less risk that you will have to replace trees within a few years o Many positive environmental benefits like air quality that are not attained at the same level

with small trees, or with trees that only live 7-10 years.

• We have developed trees that will thrive in the toughest urban environments.

• With the help of many good advisors and customers, over the past 25 years we have developed a five step common sense RECIPE FOR LONG-LIVED SUSTAINABLE TREES.

Recipe for Select SustainablePlus Trees Choosing the Right Tree for the Right Place

Superior Genetics

Extreme Nursery Culture

Proper Handling, & Planting

Proper Tree Care

• This recipe is similar to the recipe for a good cake and reminds us of the following: o “Have you ever eaten a spoonful of lard? What about a cup of sifted flour or a cup of sugar?

Or maybe a couple of raw eggs? Probably not, but everybody has enjoyed a delicious cake – the result of mixing those ingredients together in the right proportion and baking them.”

- Truett Cathy, Founder, Chick-Fil-A • WE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. • When project owners purchase trees directly, we guarantee our trees for 5 years. Most competitors will not even guarantee trees for one year.

• We are most motivated by the opportunity to leave a legacy of long lived healthy sustainable shade trees.

• We don’t work on commission, but are motivated by long term relationships, repeat business, and long term value and profit.

• All our staff are important partners in STG. We are investing sweat equity in future ownership and/or profit based incentives.

• We have been blessed with incredibly valuable advisors and mentors.

Select Trees Group Goals I. II. III. IV. V.

To create a legacy of sustainable trees that will have significant positive effects on the

environment.

To do such an outstanding job of selecting, growing , and servicing that our trees will be preferred to all others.

To create and maintain a growth environment that gives each partner the opportunity to

develop their potential and do their best work.

To develop alert, progressive, leadership in all areas.

To dedicate ourselves to continuous growth and to building a business dedicated to ‘EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS.’ Rev. 2.12.2013