Businesses are increasingly outsourcing portions of their accounting. This Business Impact explores the pros and cons of outsourcing financial activities to third party service providers.	
Business analysts require a unique combination of competencies to successfully perform their work. In this course, you'll learn about underlying competencies, including analytical thinking and problem solving, interaction skills, and communication skills as prescribed in A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) v3 by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). This course will assist in preparing the learner for the IIBA®'s Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) certification exam. IIBA®, the IIBA® logo, BABOK®, and Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® are registered trademarks owned by International Institute of Business Analysis.	
Well-performing organizations generally recognize the value that a business analyst brings to a project in terms of delivering well designed solutions that meet stakeholder needs and fulfil project objectives. Business analysts meet these demands through proven methods for planning the business analysis approach and monitoring the approach through the life of the project. In this course, you'll explore an overview of the inputs, guidelines, and techniques that are used to plan and monitor a business analysis approach as prescribed in A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) – Version 3 by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). This course will assist in preparing the learner for the IIBA®'s Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) certification exam. IIBA®, the IIBA® logo, BABOK®, and Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® are registered trademarks owned by International Institute of Business Analysis.	
Business analysts must use analysis tools and models to assist with scoping and planning, supporting business analysis, and decision making. In this course, you'll learn about a number of business analysis tools, models, and activities as prescribed in A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) – Version 3.0 by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). This course will assist in preparing the learner for the IIBA®'s Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) certification exam. IIBA®, the IIBA® logo, BABOK®, and Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® are registered trademarks owned by International Institute of Business Analysis.	
A budget is a financial blueprint for planning an organization's activities and controlling its performance over a designated period of time.	
Even the best-conceived business strategies can flounder when the philosophies of senior management fail to translate in daily practice. This Business Impact explores the Benefits of establishing and encouraging an execution-driven culture within your company.	
How does the law impact you in your day-to-day operations? Have you ever thought about the issue of legal accountability and how it will determine the decisions you have to make as a manager? Because you're a manager, you're in a position of leadership.	
When developing competitive marketing strategies, one of the most important steps is carrying out effective research and analysis. As well as assessing the external competitive environment, you need to look inward. In other words, you need to assess your organizational capabilities – what unique skills and resources does your organization have and how can it effectively deploy these to deliver a sustainable competitive advantage?	
Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, is reputed to have said, "There is only one boss – the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company – from the chairman on down – simply by spending his money somewhere else." Effective quality management processes focus on the customer.	
This course explores the concepts of strategic planning models, business environmental analysis, and strategic plan deployment.	
Classical one-to-many marketing has made way for personalized, individual, and increasingly web-based marketing methods in the digital age.	
The life blood of any successful business is the steady and predictable flow of incoming cash. But what steps can be taken when a business experiences acute revenue shortfalls? This Business Impact explores some common options available to business owners when facing a critical need to increase cash flow.	
Finance and accounting are at the heart of every business.. This course aims at familiarizing non-financial professionals with basic accounting and financial concepts. You are introduced to key finance and accounting terms and concepts such as the accounting equation, accrual-based accounting, financial risks and returns, and basic accounting principles. This course also takes you through the steps in the accounting process and helps you recognize how business transactions affect various financial statements and the bottom-line of your business.	
Insurance companies contribute to the economic growth of countries, businesses, and individuals and help improve the economic climate.	
Though a strong web presence is seen as vital in the success of most businesses, it is equally important that products be shaped to fit the medium and meet the needs of custom-conscious consumers.	
Plants which fit in well with designated plants. Aspects include size, color (flower or foliage), site condition (wet, moist, dry), light conditions (sun, partial shade, shade), growth habit, function (bank, stream side, deer resistant, salt tolerant).
Expected Future Crop quantities are listed on our website and on our Current Availability. Future Crop “Ready Dates” are highly determined by the weather; please feel free to contact the office with get approximate ready dates for future crops.
Plants that are either new to our production this year, or those which are being reintroduced into production after being unavailable for several years. These plants were not included in the current year’s catalog.
Plants which have certain characteristics which serve the same function as the original plant (deer resistant, native, flower or foliage color, . size, exposure, soil conditions, etc.).
The Advanced Search feature has been enhanced to allow users to search for ALL plants that meet their criteria OR only plants that are currently available. This will limit the results to only display options for plants that can immediately be purchased, helping to avoid customer disappointment (plant is not currently available). Please note: This will not include or account for Future Crops. Don’t forget, you may call the office to check on future crop ready dates. The new Inventory Status searchable tool will be just on the bottom of the Advanced Search page, just above the "Begin Search" button on the bottom of the page.
Dry soils- water moves rapidly through the soil; soil is moist for brief periods following precipitation.
The zones on our website are based on research performed and published by the USDA, resulting in their “USDA Hardiness Zone Map”. We list the zones for the coldest temperature which the specific plant will tolerate in normal Northeastern winter conditions.
Identifies plants whose flowers serve as a significant food source for butterflies, moths, native bees, honey bees, flies, beetles, hummingbirds or bats. The food source can be nectar and/or pollen.
Woody Plants which offer which are ornamental when brought indoors because of flowers, fruit or twig color.
Herbaceous plants with flowers with long enough stems to be displayed in containers indoors. Includes dried flowers and grass seedheads.
Plants which have sap or foliage which is very distasteful to deer. This refers to eating, not buck rubbing. Virtually no plant is deer proof, because in starvation conditions deer have been shown to eat almost any plant.
Plants which usually do not require supplemental irrigation after they are established in the landscape, even during prolonged droughts.
Plants which tolerate receiving only a few hours of direct sunlight in soils that usually have little moisture. These conditions are usually found under trees or shrubs where the shorter plants have to compete with the tree or shrub roots for moisture while growing under the drip lines. Another situation where dry shade conditions exist is in close proximity to walls or buildings where the structure makes a “rain shadow”.
Plants whose fibrous root systems and branching habit make them able to stabilize soil on a slope or on sites periodically inundated with rain runoff.
Plant which provided dependable food to insects, birds, mammals or reptiles, in the form of nectar, pollen, fruit, seeds or nuts.
Plants which spread by rhizomes, stolons, branches or roots to make an increasingly large patch which deters germination of unwanted seedlings. We classify perennials a groundcover if they are 18” or less having a spreading habit (rhizomes, stolons, rooting branches or roots) which makes an increasing large patch. We have noted in the text some taller perennials for use as a groundcover as a result of their vigorous spreading habit.
To showcase a perennial that is a standout among its competitors. Winners are suitable for a wide range of growing climates, require low maintenance, have multiple-season interest, and are relatively pest/disease-free.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society recognizes trees, shrubs and woody vines of outstanding merit. Plants are evaluated and chosen for their superb eye-appeal, performance, and hardiness in the growing region of Zones 5-7 as well as for their multi-season interests (foliage, flower, form or bark).
We've been asked to highlight some of our personal garden favorites. We have found that these plants have proved excellent in both production and landscape settings. Some of them "lead the pack" in flower beauty, foliage color or length of bloom times. Some show a superior growth habit and disease resistance. Others are consistently excellent but simply underused. Lastly, some of them offer multiple seasons of appeal and should be a staple of many landscapes.
Plants that survive significant exposure to ocean salt spray. Sources: Univ. Wisconsin Extension, Greenbelt Native Plant Center & NYC Parks & Recreations.
Street- Single stem/Tree form, branching (5’ or higher should be the eventual starting point), the root habit (for sidewalk preservation), the soil requirements (not a fussy forest tree), and litter production (heavy fruit bearing trees are messy).