Wholesale

Liners and Lecture Tour

Spring 2011
Steve Behncke, grower of Green and Black teas and owner of GreenTeaPlants.com will tour the Southeast USA visiting Tea & Coffee houses, Garden Clubs, and organizations delivering Tea plants and teaching how to grow tea for pleasure and profit.

Benefits of the Liners and Lecture tour

• Help stimulate the local economy

• Increase your clients knowledge of Tea culture

• Increase your exposure to the tea buying community

• Make money, $1000 or more!  :)  

The Lecture

The free lecture given by Steve Behncke will be hosted by Tea and Coffee House owners like you all along the East Coast USA and will focus on;  How to Grow your own tea plants, growing tea as a small business, processing teas, and Steve’s travels in China looking for heirloom tea seeds. Steve will show slides of his travels and he will hand out the tea plant liners right there, directly to your customers, plus, discuss how to transplant and care for your plants. Attendees can even transplant their plants into containers right on site if the host has a room or patio area suitable for the task.

The Liners

Liners are what nurserymen call small, rooted plants that are ready to transplant into a larger containers. Liners are not normally offered to the public because one must purchase them in bulk quanities. Liners are much cheaper per plant.  Our liners will be offered to the public, being purchased through Tea & Coffeehouses who host the Liners and Lecture event.

How to become a Host for the Liners and Lecture Tour

1. Commit to buying the minimum 300 liners (Deposit required)
2. Fill out form the Wholesale Signup form below
3. Download our flyer (or make your own) and start selling.

Reserve your liners now for only $100 and start pre-selling your Tea plant liners right away (Balance must be paid prior to delivery or May 1st whichever comes first) Once we receive your deposit and verify your wholesale status we will email you a flyer to dowload and print to announce the Liners and Lecture Tour for you to display. 

Deposit $100 (Balance=$602)

FAQ's

How much money can I make hosting the Liner and Lecture Series?

Here’s  the math:  300 Tea Plant Liners with shipping  =$702

You pre-sell liners for  $5.67 to your clients. (Our retail plants normally sell for $12 each so you can show your customers what savings they will have) 
$5.67 X 300 =$1702 - $702 = $1000 net profit

Sell 123 plants to breakeven. Average sale is 8 plants, so that’s only 15 customers!

What if I can’t sell all the plants?

That’s one of the beauties of having such an unique item such as a tea plants for sale, they just  get more valuable the longer you own them.  Put your liners into 4 inch containers and within a few weeks you have a plant that we retail for $12 each! We sell to other companies that sell the same plant for $25!  Once your 4 inch potted tea plants root out you can place them into 1 gal, or 3 gal size containers or bigger and soon you have a collection of specimens worth hundreds of dollars.  You can also use them in your landscape and patio areas to add an incredible living ambience to your customer’s tea experience.

Are Tea Plants indoor plants?

No, not generally. They are a shrub related to the Camellia family and meant for outdoor planting.  You can pot them and bring them indoors for short periods of time in Winter or greenhouse them in partial shade.

OK, I made my deposit, how do we pre-sell plants?

Its easy.  Once you make your deposit we will send you our flyer via email to display on your counter or window (or make your own) telling your customers about this special opportunity to obtain tea plants at discount prices and begin growing therir own tea. Tea plants pretty much sell themselves.  Just have your waiters and counter staff draw attention to the flyer and the opportunity to get tea plants at half the price off retail plus a free lecture on how to grow them.  We recommend selling a minimum of 4 plants per order (and 8 plants is even better whichb is the minimum number of plants one would need if someone wants to grow for themselves a decent amount of tea).

Do I need a Tea or Coffeehouse to host the Liners and Lecture Series?

No, whereas Teahouses are our main focus, just about any group of people, be it a garden club, co-op, library, or community center can participate.  The guidelines are the same.  Fill out the contact form, make your deposit for 300 liners and you are ready to go.

What is Steve’s itinerary and what dates will he be in each location?

The last day to sign up for the Liners and Lecture series is January 31. Dates for the lectures will be made on or before that date and are reserved on a first come first served bases as time is limited to each zone. Please commit early if you want to participate.  The tentative dates for the following areas are:

Florida South March 15 thru 30^th
Florida North to Georgia  April 1^st thru 15^th
South Carolina April 16^th thru 23
North Carolina April 24
Virginia and West Virginia (TBA)

Actual dates will be announced and everyone will have ample time to inform their customers about when to pick up their liners and/or the date of the lecture. 

What if we miss out on reserving a date for the Lecture, or don’t want to host the lecture portion, can we still buy liners?

Yes, as long as you can verify you are a business or organization you can purchase liners and sell them. Liners come with transplant instructions, just copy them off and give them to your clients.  Just keep in mind the last day to order liners is January 31^st 2012

We have a business or organization but are not located in the East or Southeast USA can we still host the Liners and Lecture Tour?

Yes, Steve is a happy to bring the liner and lecture series to your café or organization even if you are not located on the east coast.  In addition to the cost of the liners will be the travel expenses; plane/train fare, hotel and food. Steve will also accept a homestay, he loves to make friends. Fill out contact form and someone will get in touch with you.  Again, the last day to order liners is January 31^st, 2011

Can I order less than 300 liners?