"dragonryder" wrote in :


I am a home depo "nursery consultant" and the online training is at
the stores. In a nutshell its 4 hours of computer training on the
proper way to care for plants and their needs. ITs very generalized
and really has very little value as learning about plants. Its a
gimmick to bring in customers. Lowes does the same thing, BTW.

bullshit. I am a plant specialist at a Lowes, and we have specific
waterer's, sales consultants, team leaders, zone managers and
managers. My job for the last ten years as a plant specialist
requires me to be knowledgable about plants of all kinds, be able to
receive plant trucks, handle customers and ordering, displays and
other responsibilities. While we're not required to have a master
gardener's degree or nursery document, we have several on hands
training video tapes and Lowes requires that EVERYONE from managers on
down to basic employee's do an hour of training every week.

I have been encouraged thru the years to further my abilities
regarding the nursery. You might run across a Lowes employee in the
nursery that might not know a perennial from an annual, but they're
not full time and are possibly the loaders.

The waterer has to watch a watering video as well as have training.
But I agree that it might seem generalized, but Lowes is more
involved. Just selling plants isn't good enough. We have to be able to
honestly instruct customers regarding them as the inside garden center
people have to have a very substantial knowledge of fertilizers,
insecticides and such. We don't have the Lowes Nursery One year
guarantee for nothing.

dragon

news flash:

home depot has the same guarantee, and in fact I worked for Lowes last
year before. I am well aware of Lowes and their policy. Its the same
thing but under a different name.