Over the past 40 years, we have developed strong and happy relationships with many of our customers - who today, are great, great friends of Autograph! And to them, we are very grateful for their friendship and business partnership. We look ahead to the next generation and beyond to continue those key relationships. Furthermore, it is our hope to continue building more lasting relationships with new customers and friends in the industry.
Autograph Foliages manufactures quality artificial plants, trees, Fire Retardant plants, and artificial Christmas trees wholesale. As a wholesale artificial plant supplier - we stock thousands of items year round including Christmas Foliage. For seasonal decor, natural-like pre-lit LED Christmas trees is our specialty. From artificial mini accent trees to 7.5 Ft. Trees, 9 Ft. Trees and up to 50' Christmas Trees, we have various styles of trees including pencil and slim, to Full Deluxe sizes trees. Autograph also carries Christmas trees with various light styles, Warm White LED Lights, Pure White LED Lights, and Multi-Functional LED Lights. Matching artificial PE/PVC or PVC wreaths, garlands and swags are available. Choose Autograph Foliages as your main source for wholesale Christmas wreaths, Trees,Garlands and Commercial Holiday Decor!
Holiday specialties of Autograph include commercial Christmas Decorations for Indoor and Outdoor Use! Our Commercial Christmas Wholesale expanding line has all the traditional and non-traditional Christmas essentials. Life-size Fiberglass Nutcrackers, Dancing Reindeer, Santa's Sleigh, and Various Life-size, High Gloss or Colorful Glitter Ornament Balls, all from our Christmas by Autograph product line!
We look forward to meeting you and working on many new and exciting projects to come!
Tom Acklin Sr.
President of Autograph since 1979. After College, Tom began his career path a few years earlier as a Monsanto dealer for their line of artificial grass for and putting greens. This led him to working with the then owner of Autograph and shortly thereafter he bought the company. Back then artificial foliage was still at its beginnings. Tom became an integral part of the Disney team and helped create the innovative products to fill the bill. Under Tom’s direction, the company worked extensively with interiorscapers. He developed numerous lines of artificial for projects all over the world, large and small. Tom was one of those early trailblazers often creating new methods and designs for the new products that were in such demand. The company continued to grow and today, Autograph currently has multiple lines of artificial foliage for interior and exterior use including, Fire Retardant foliage, Polyblend® Outdoor Foliage, and Christmas and Holiday.
Edward Acklin
Vice President of Operations, Ed started his career at Autograph right after college. He graduated with a Marketing degree from University of Cincinnati. In the early 80's and through the 90's, Edward traveled to Asia many times to helped advance Autograph's line of artificial silk trees, Fire Retardant foliage, and Polyblend® Outdoor line. Today, Edward oversees all shipping operations at both facilities, manages custom built items and specialized projects. He is known by all as the Great Uncle Ed.
Holly Acklin Ahlman
20 year member of Autograph and Office Supervisor. She has an extensive background with networking within the Plantscape and Artificial Plant Industry! She has a degree in Earth Science from Millersville University. She loves entertaining and meeting new people. She is an excellent singer and often enjoys competing against her sisters during the Holidays! Her favorite vacation spot is St. Thomas. hacklin@autofol.com
Heather Simunich
A 20 year member of Autograph. Heather is our lead designer and Autograph’s product specialist with 20+ years of floral design experience. She has traveled across the country and to China many times working sourcing new products and showcasing new designs. As the liaison through to production design to development through quality control she is working closely with all Dept. team members. Heather has an AAS degree in Floriculture Merchandising from SUNY Alfred in New York and has worked in retail floral since college. She is an avid gardener and her favorite holiday is Christmas.
Jeanine D'Alessandro
Jeanine graduated from college with a a major in Communications. She joined Autograph's team in 2016. A floral designer for 20+ years, Jeanine's specialty is artificial Florals, Christmas and Holiday designs for interior designers, nd homeowners and commercial Plantscaping professionals. She also created outdoor container gardens for clients. She was a designer and buyer for season Christmas displays in retail setting. In addition to her design experience, Jeanine possess strong customer and sales skills, is the liaison between product purchasing, design, and the sales depts. jeanineautofol.com
Tori Chesmar
Tori Chesmar joined Autograph's sales team this year! Prior to Autograph, Tori worked in Sales and Customer Service for many years. New to the artificial plants, Tori’s sales experience within the Exterior Landscaping industry is an amazing addition to our sales teams’ diverse array of talents! tori@autofol.com
Katie Acklin Jorgenson
A 25 year member of Autograph. Katie is the Director of Marketing/Sales. Katie has her degree in Business from Ursuline College. She began working for Autograph in the early 90’s during summertime. After college she worked in the sales dept. for several years. Today, Katie enjoys working on special projects and product development.
Laura Acklin
20+ year member of Autograph. Head of Autograph's Graphic Design and IT Dept, Laura helps create and design Autograph's catalogs and website for the past 20 years. Her hobbies include working with computer programming and art therapy.
Eileen Hirsch
Eileen joined Autograph's sales team in 2016. She has a Masters degree in Education from Cleveland State University. Prior to working at Autograph, she worked with live plants and did several Holiday installations locally. In 2022, Eileen moved to Dallas Texas becoming Autograph's Sales and Showroom Manager at the Dallas Market Center - WTC Room 398. She enjoys working with plants and loves decorating Christmas Trees!
Sarah Klatt
Sarah has been in the Artificial Plant and Gift Industries for many years. She has a strong knowledge of all types of flowers and plants and enjoys interior design. Having operated her own business, she is familiar with quality vs mediocrity when it comes to artificials and stays on top of the current trends in interior design. sklatt@autofol.com
Jamie Adams
Jamie joined Autograph 16 years ago after college where she majored in business. For a short period Jamie worked as the receptionist that is when her interests in Inventory and Import/Exporting blossomed. She worked alongside Joan for over a decade assisting special orders with the Sales dept. and Inventory of all products. She enjoys problem-solving and databases and has a love for animals, especially dogs!