Garden of Eden Resources

1. Garden of Eden Resources Investment Prospectus

2. Mission Statement To provide quality nursery stock to the local industry for the beautification and enhancement of landscape projects with a focus on customer service.

3. Physical Facilities The office building will house the sales area, general office and training functions. An attached machine shed for the housing and repair of the equipment and storage building will allow sharing of facilities. All buildings will be constructed with a flat roof structure of sufficient load bearing capacity to allow a greenhouse to be housed on the roof for research and development functions.

4. Building Map

5. Introduction Newly developed nursery site, formerly farm land. The method of growing will be 25 gallon bags in pots, allowing the trees to be harvested at any time of the year, alleviating the need for over-wintering facilities between harvest and sales The nursery site is 60 acres located in the Midwestern US, in Winnebago County Illinois with a Hardiness zone of 5 (-10 to -20 F) as specified by the USDA zone and Arbor Foundation zone charts. It has adequate water of a suitable pH and alkalinity, devoid of pesticides and industrial waste, especially VOCs, etc. as determined by a water analysis, a sandy loam soil with a pH of 6.8. with adequate drainage.

6. Hard Good Requirements Fertilizer – a general all-purpose 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer will be used. Pesticides - herbicides and insecticides will be used as needed. Fungicides – a copper soap fungicide will be used as needed. Containers – 25 gallon above ground bags planted in sunken pots typically used for the pot in pot method. This will allow the trees to be sold in bags. Media – potting media will be procured locally from lumber mills and mixed on site, along with composted components of mowing, prunings, etc. Soil amendments: perlite and vermiculite will be purchased to increase drainage and aeration of media.

7. Production Data • 5 blocks of 8 sub-blocks each. • All trees will be purchased as bare root whips or branched. • Genus to be produced include : • Ginkgo • Hybrid Honey Locust • Red Maple • Hackberry • Kentucky Coffee Tree

8. Genus – Cost – SalesGinkgo Block 1 - Ginkgo biloba – 5005 trees divided into 5 sub-blocks of 665 trees and 3 sub-blocks of 560 trees. Cost for 1 sub-block of 665 = $16,957.50 Cost for 1 sub-block of 560 = $14,280.00 purchased @ $25.50 for 4’ branched source: Surface Nursery sold @ $350 for 3-1/2” tree @ 480 (560 total planted) trees starting in year 7 = $168,000.00 The 480 plants per indicates realistic projected harvest per sub-block considering field factor.

9. Hybrid Honey Locust Block 2 – Gleditsia triacanthos inermis -5005 trees divided into 5 sub-blocks of 665 trees and 3 sub-blocks of 560 trees. Cost for 1 sub-block of 665 = $8,006.60 Cost for 1 sub-block of 560 = $6,742.40 purchased @ $12.04 for 6’ whip source: Surface Nursery sold @ $275 for 3-1/2” tree @ 480 (560) trees starting in year 7 = $132,000.00

10. Red Maple Block 3 – Acer rubrum - 3752 trees divided into 8 sub-blocks of 469 trees each. Cost of 1 sub-block of 469 trees = $5,721.80 purchased @ $12.20 for 7’ whip source: Surface Nursery sold @ $350 for 3-1/2” tree @ 375 (469) trees starting in year 7 = $131,250.00 

11. Common Hackberry Block 4 – Celtis occidentalis - 3752 trees divided into 8 sub-blocks of 469 trees each. Cost of 1 sub-block of 469 trees = $7,199.15 purchased @ $15.35 for 8’ whip source: Surface Nursery sold @ $275 for 3-1/2” tree @ 375 (469) trees starting in year 7 = $103,125.00

12. Kentucky Coffee Tree Block 5 – Gymnocladus dioices - 3752 trees divided into 8 sub-blocks of 469 trees each. Cost of 1 sub-block of 469 trees = $7,691.60 Purchased @ $16.40 for 5’ whip source: Surface Nursery Sold @ $300 for a 3-1/2” tree @ 375 (469) trees starting in year 7 = $112,500.00

13. Sales Potential • Total Gross Sales starting in year 7 is $646,875.00

14. Crop Rotation ScheduleBlock 1 – Sub-block 1 plant in year 1 – 560 trees prune in year 2 prune in year 3 prune in year 4 prune in year 5 prune in year 6 harvest in year 7 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 8

15. Block 1 – Sub-block 2 fallow in year 1 plant in year 2 – 560 trees prune in year 3 prune in year 4 prune in year 5 prune in year 6 prune in year 7 harvest in year 8 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 9

16. Block 1 – Sub-block 3 fallow in year 1 fallow in year 2 plant in year 3 – 560 trees prune in year 4 prune in year 5 prune in year 6 prune in year 7 prune in year 8 harvest in year 9 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 10

17. Block 1 – Sub-block 4 fallow in year 1 fallow in year 2 fallow in year 3 plant in year 4 – 665 trees prune in year 5 prune in year 6 prune in year 7 prune in year 8 prune in year 9 harvest in year 10 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 11

18. Block 1 – Sub-block 5 fallow in year 1 fallow in year 2 fallow in year 3 fallow in year 4 plant in year 5 – 665 trees prune in year 6 prune in year 7 prune in year 8 prune in year 9 prune in year 10 harvest in year 11 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 12

19. Block 1 – Sub-block 6 fallow in year 1 fallow in year 2 fallow in year 3 fallow in year 4 fallow in year 5 plant in year 6 – 665 trees prune in year 7 prune in year 8 prune in year 9 prune in year 10 prune in year 11 harvest in year 12 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 13

20. Block 1 – Sub-block 7 fallow in year 1 fallow in year 2 fallow in year 3 fallow in year 4 fallow in year 5 fallow in year 6 plant in year 7 – 665 trees prune in year 8 prune in year 9 prune in year 10 prune in year 11 prune in year 12 harvest in year 13 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 14

21. Block 1 – Sub-block 8 fallow in year 1 fallow in year 2 fallow in year 3 fallow in year 4 fallow in year 5 fallow in year 6 fallow in year 7 plant in year 8 – 665 trees prune in year 9 prune in year 10 prune in year 11 prune in year 12 prune in year 13 harvest in year 14 @ 3-1/2” caliper fallow in year 15

22. Fallow Land Issue Several cover crop methods will be used on the fallow plots. In one, a cover crop of cereal rye will be seeded immediately after the last harvest and will grow throughout the winter. In the spring, the rye will be incorporated into the soil and a legume mix will be sown to increase the nitrogen reserves of the soil. The legume mix will be tilled into the soil in the fall and cereal rye sown again to hold the soil in the winter. The rye will be tilled into the soil in the spring, prior to planting the nursery stock. The rye may be allowed to mature and harvested for the grain to provide seed for future cover crop plantings. Some plots will be seeded with winter wheat in the fall, and used as a nurse crop for a vetch/clover blend seeded at the same time. The wheat will be harvested in the spring, the straw cut close and baled and the legume crop allowed to grow until tilled into the soil in the fall. A cover crop of cereal rye will be sown to hold the soil in place through the winter, tilled into the soil in the spring and the soil will be prepared to receive the nursery stock.

23. Irrigation Requirements Self owned well, located on the premises, will be used. Rain Bird drip irrigation equipment will be used to be the most conservative of water use and will employ a fertilizer injector system to apply a general purpose 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer solution as needed.

24. Transportation Requirements I will ship from my own temperature controlled reefer trucks to reduce unnecessary traffic at the site and to use the trailers for over-wintering stock and holding received stock before planting time as necessary.

25. End of Presentation Thank you for your time and consideration. Presented by: Garden of Eden Resources