Let's Talk! Home About Why Join Members Events Contact Why Join CONNECT, GROW, & PROFIT CONNECT Network with leaders in the horticultural industry to share information and ideas to reach your individual goals GROW Get results through support and services for both you and your employees. PROFIT Improve quality while reducing product cost 3 Organizations working for you! Landscape Nursery Council Inc. A Not-For-Profit providing training and employee benefits to the members' firm How We Help: Held throughout the year, conferences, tours, and events targeted towards learning and engagement of your staff and towards growing as business owners. Visit our Events Page! Employee Retirement Plan: A $30 million+, 401 K Retirement Plan that is jointly managed to reduce cost and improve return for members and their employees. A program with a participation of over 600 active and retired employees. LNC Flexible Benefits Plan: A program that allows a member's firm to offer the advantage of a comprehensive Section 125 flexible benefits plan to their employees, without the major hassle of administration. By pooling the administrative duties with the Executive Director, the plan is assured full compliance, providing significant tax savings to participants. LANCO, Inc. A Cooperative Distribution Network The Executive Director works with each member to develop a purchasing plan to meet your specific needs. Competitive Advantage: In most cases, members maintain current supplies while improving their terms and market position. LANCO negotiates plans and terms to be competitive in today's marketplace. LANCO guarantees payment of all invoices and purchases made by the members with our selected suppliers. Through our purchasing process, we leverage our buying power with new vendors along with our long-term vendors. While many of our programs allow for directing billing to our members with LANCO backing, several other programs are billed directly to LANCO. Members receive a clear invoice with no additional administrative fees added, and a full discount offered by the vendor. Lantenn Farms, Inc. A Cooperative Nursery Operation that provides quality plant material exclusively to LANCO members With a longer growing season, the 240-acre farm allows for the economical production of nursery materials. After the farm's third year, it reached profitability and today continues to produce over 40,000 quality plants and savings for our members. Competitive Advantage: Lantenn stock is at competitive pricing with local area nurseries Members qualify for discounts or patronage funds based on farm operations Operating as an agricultural coop with any profits directed by the members and distributed as patronage refunds to members based on their purchases made over the year Let’s Talk Access Member Documents 3622 Hermes Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45247 LANCO, INC. Tom Hilgeman Executive Director tom@lancomidwest.com 513-452-3777