Kellogg Garden Products' Rex Lamb Honored as 'Supplier Tradesman of the Year' by California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers.

CARSON, Calif. -- It Marks the Ninth Time Kellogg Has Received Prestigious Industry Award

Rex Lamb is not one to dwell on his accomplishments.

In fact, when Lamb recently found out he had been named "Supplier Tradesman of the Year" by the California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers (CANGC), he kept the good news to himself for a couple weeks before telling his co-workers at Kellogg Garden Products.

"He's very humble and modest about himself," said Todd Slinde, Rex's supervisor and district manager for the Central Valley, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif. territories for Kellogg Garden Products. "Rex is more proud about what this award means for the company than to him personally."

Lamb will receive the honor at an awards luncheon Thursday, June 17, during the CANGC annual legislative meeting in Sacramento. The "Supplier Tradesman of the Year" award is presented annually to a salesperson who maintains professional standards and renders service to nursery customers that is extraordinary and beneficial. Lamb is the ninth Kellogg territory manager, and the second from Northern California, to receive the prestigious award since it was started in 1971. Kellogg has received this CANGC award more than any other company in the industry.

"Loyalty, dependability and perseverance are Rex's strong qualities as a manager," said Slinde. "He's very effective at building strong relationships and taking care of his customers' needs, which is why he is being recognized. Customers have told me that Rex is very dependable and that he looks out for them. When he says something is going to happen, it happens."

Lamb, who has worked at Kellogg for eight years, also is an active member of the Yosemite chapter of the CANGC and serves on the organization's board of directors.

Past Kellogg winners of this distinguished award are:

--Verne McIntyre - 1976

--Jim Tringham - 1977

--Bill Cooter - 1980

--John "Ole" Ohlson - 1984

--Graham Bowen - 1989

--Terry Weatherford - 1995

--Jim McAllister - 1996

--Debbie Polzkill - 2002

ABOUT KELLOGG GARDEN PRODUCTS

For nearly 80 years, Kellogg Garden Products has been a leader and innovator in its industry, providing high-quality products to help people create beautiful landscapes and gardens. Despite its steady growth, Kellogg Garden Products has remained a solid family business that continues to adhere to the core business values of its founder H. Clay Kellogg -- integrity, innovation, loyalty, experience, commitment and generosity. Kellogg Garden Products has expanded from its original base of operations in Los Angeles County to add plants in Ontario, Calif., Lockeford, Calif. (near Sacramento), and Longview, Wash. The company's products are now sold in retail stores from Canada to Mexico and from Hawaii to Utah.