Fairview Evergreen Nurseries, Inc. is pleased to announce its new partnership with independent sales representative Tim Kline. The hiring of Kline marks only the third time in the ninety-six year history of the company that it has partnered with an independent sales rep to facilitate improved service and increased penetration in a specific market. Previously, FEN hired Anthony DiStefano (AJ Horticulture) in 1995 to represent the company in the northeastern U.S., including New England, eastern New York, and New Jersey. In 2005, the company assigned Mike Roberts to its western market, including Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, and southern Illinois. Both of these highly successful partnerships continue today.
Kline will represent northern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio for Fairview Evergreen.
“We are really happy and excited to have Tim join our sales team,” remarked Hagan Hetz, FEN’s Vice-president of Sales and Marketing. “He has a wealth of experience in the green industry. He knows plants and has cultivated long-standing relationships with a wide array of prominent industry people in our target market. Tim is going to be a tremendous asset, both to Fairview Evergreen and to our customers.”
Kline brings an abundance of knowledge, gained
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through years of hands-on experience, to the partnership with FEN. He started working in a family nursery at the age of ten, and later went on to operate a landscape business of his own. Kline worked for Ridge Manor Nursery of Madison, OH for 17 years, serving at various points as inventory manager, sales representative, sales manager, and operations manager. He also worked for Sunleaf Nursery for two years before starting his own business, Kline Nursery Sales, in 2004. Prior to taking on the position with Fairview Evergreen, Kline represented Lake County Nursery, and he continues to work with several other local nurseries.
Kline’s green industry experience gives him a special appreciation of the opportunity presented by working with Fairview Evergreen. “I have seen a lot of nursery stock,” he commented, “and never the quality and grade that you get at Fairview. I can’t wait to get some samples for my customers to see. It’s just incredible!”
Tim makes his home in Perry, OH along with his wife, Lynne, and four children ranging in age from 13 to 21. When not busy working or parenting, Tim enjoys fishing aboard his boat, appropriately named The Bushpusher. He’s also an avid singer and bass guitarist, playing in his church and with several local bands.
Kline has wasted no time
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getting started with Fairview Evergreen, securing several new customers for the nursery even as details of the working relationship were being finalized. “I look forward to a long relationship with Fairview,” he said. “I have known them for almost 20 years and it is exciting to be able to sell their quality material.”
For its part, Fairview Evergreen is anxiously looking forward to offering expanded and improved service to its current midwestern customers, as well as introducing new customers to our broad line of top-quality evergreens, liners, deciduous shrubs, and shade trees, all through the facilitation of the newest member of the FEN team. Fairview Evergreen welcomes Tim Kline aboard, and we encourage all of our current and prospective business partners in Ohio, Indiana, and northern Illinois to contact Tim. We’re sure you’ll find the experience of dealing with Tim, and FEN, to be a rewarding one!
Tim Kline can be contacted
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Office phone 866-352-5144
Mobile phone 440-259-2049
Fax 440-259-2195
E-mail
tim@klinenurserysales.com
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