Cash Flow Plus strives to keep our merchants up to date on changes in the electronic payment processing industry.  One such change was recently announced, and by increasing your diligence when processing transactions, you will save your business money!  When processing a MasterCard transaction with a corporate or business credit card, issuing banks now require that you include the tax amount in the transaction. In the past, merchants were able to bypass this by simply pressing the “enter” key.  You will no longer be able to do this; however, by including the tax amount and processing the transaction properly, you will qualify for the lower rate and will not be downgraded. Visa transactions traditionally did not allow the merchant to bypass the tax amount entry.

Back on February 2, when Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter weather, he certainly wasn’t kidding!  The Maryland area received record snowfalls in February, and many people are wondering if spring will ever come and taking bets on when those large snow piles in area parking lots will finally melt.  Spring is, in fact, just around the corner, and soon you will be thinking about planting annuals and vegetables, fertilizing your lawn, and sprucing up your garden.  If you want to stay ahead of the game and enjoy a lush lawn and garden this summer, look no further than our merchants of the month!

Longwood Gardens, located at 5405 Leonardtown Road in Waldorf, MD, has been in business since 1982.  Owned by Steve Golding and his sister-in-law Joanne Golding, Longwood is a fully-stocked nursery that offers landscaping design and installation.  The seven-acre nursery carries a large variety of trees, shrubs, bedding plants, annuals and perennials, along with garden chemicals, fertilizers, bulk and bagged products, rocks, landscaping materials, and ponds.  Longwood’s landscaping crews install and maintain custom gardens, patios, retaining walls, or ponds. Nursery hours vary with the seasons, but for the month of March, Longwood will be open Monday through Saturday from 8 AM to 5 PM, and 9 AM to 3 PM on Sundays. Hours and coupons are available at their web site, www.longwoodgardens.com. You can reach them by phone at (301)645-4047.

Nicholson Nursery, LLC, is owned and operated by Mark Nicholson, Sr. Mark grew up working in a family-owned landscape company and started his own landscaping business at the age of 18, planning and designing gardens in the Chevy Chase, Georgetown,  Bethesda, and Washington, DC areas. After raising his family, he relocated to Tracy’s Landing, MD, where he started his own nursery under the name of Friendship Gardens, changing the name to Nicholson Nursery last month due to the large amount of nursery stock carried by the business.  Nicholson Nursery, located at  27 Deale Road in Tracy’s Landing, carries a full line of nursery stock, hardgoods, mulch, and seasonal items.   The phone number is (410)867-3333.

For a beautiful lawn and garden, contact one of our merchants today!