FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2002

Contact:
Michael A. Ferraro
President, PlantFind.com. 1.877.473.3363
Dave Tucker
President of CLIP Software,1.800.635.8485

Boynton Beach Fl- PlantFind.comTM, a leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the nursery and landscape industry, announced today they have formed a strategic partnership with CLIP Software, a leading provider of Software solutions to the landscape industry. The strategic partnership between PlantFind.comTM and CLIP Software will allow customers of CLIP Software the best of two worlds, proprietary software for business management along with Internet solutions for sourcing and pricing. PlantFind.com and CLIP Software look at the relationship as a win for everyone, whereby the users of the CLIP Software program will now have the ability to run and manage their business with one of the most widely used and respected software programs in the Landscape Industry, while having the Internets most widely used business-to-business e-commerce solutions just one click away.

"This partnership brings together two great services and two great teams," said Michael Ferraro, president of PlantFind.comTM. "Combining the synergies of both organizations will bring CLIP users closer to the Internet, while moving the PlantFind.com suppliers right to the desktop of thousands of buyers. PlantFind.com and CLIP are scheduled to release an updated version of CLIP that will be tightly integrated with the PlantFind.com platform, allowing CLIP users to seamlessly cost, estimate and source materials from thousands of Industry suppliers of both plants and allied products. We feel that this is a perfect marriage of two companies that can focus on their core business and provide a great set of tools for both the buyers and suppliers of the nursery and landscape industry, said Ferraro and are proud to be a partner of such a prestigious organization as CLIP."

Dave Tucker, president of CLIP Software says, "This alliance will be a great benefit to our customers. What could be easier than to create a proposal with CLIP and then press a button to search for the best price/availability of the product? CLIP has always seen alliances with premier companies like PlantFind.com as a big boost to our customers. Our motto is "Your Success is OUR Business" and this is one way that we can help our customers succeed in their businesses. Working with the great people at PlantFind.com will help our customers and by helping our customers will help the industry as a whole. We are excited by this opportunity."

The PlantFind.com team of industry experts together has over 300 years of experience in the nursery and landscape industry. Other major alliances include

FNGA (Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association), C.A.N. (California Association of Nurserymen), Lawn and Landscape Magazine (GIE Media Group), Branch-Smith Publishing, and LMIS (Landscape Material Information Service), Crisa Labs and Nurseryman.com. Currently offering over 260 million individual plant listings from over 1,700 growers, PlantFind.comTM is a leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the wholesale nursery and landscape industry. PlantFind.com has been noted as "The Dot com that could" by world renown business analysts The Gartner Group and has been noted by Industry leaders as a true solution for the industry.

CLIP Software, founded in 1989, has grown to almost 9,000 landscapers. Users of their proprietary desktop software enjoy automatic routing, scheduling and job costing. CLIP has been identified as a clear industry leader.

For more information about this partnership, visit www.PlantFind.com, send an email to info@PlantFind.com, call 1.877.473.3363 or call Tina Dennis at CLIP Software 1.800.635.8485 or TinaD@CLIP.com