1. All smiles Jeremy Moore, Quali-Pro national accounts manager (left), and Nick Strain, business director for Quali-Pro (center), take a second to say hello to North Coast Media President and CEO Kevin Stoltman.
2. Gang’s all here George Kinkead, president of Turfco, LM Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones, Jason Bishop, regional manager of KingGreen Lawncare in Gainesville, Ga., Jennifer Jorge, COO of KingGreen Lawncare, and LM Publisher Bill Roddy smile for the camera.
3. Three’s company LM Associate Publisher Craig MacGregor (right) with Karl McCullough (left), CFO and partner of McCullough’s Landscape and Nursery in New Albany, Ohio, and Marc Terwillinger (center), president of One Two Tree in Miami.
4. Pin perfect Jesse Smith, president of Royal Greens in Frederick, Md., won the closest-to-the-pin contest. What was that Jesse, an 8-iron?
5. Big hitter, long … Strain of Quali-Pro smashed the longest drive at the Growth Summit scramble. That ProV1 will never be the same.
6. Straight shooters Bishop of KingGreen Lawncare, LM Editor Christina Herrick, Jud Hudnut, territory manager for Prime Source, and Mike Depriest, owner and president of Longs Peak Landscaping in Longmont, Colo., might not have taken first, second or even third place … but they did win a prize for being the most honest team during the LM Growth Summit scramble. Funny, you’d think an editor would know how to use the eraser end of a pencil!
7. A break from the action McCullough (center) of McCullough’s Landscape and Nursery and Nate Moses, president of Precision Landscape in Greenville, S.C., stop for a photo with MacGregor.
8. If you build it Roddy (left) with Peter Wood, account manager of Hyde Park Landscape in Mystic, Conn., discuss their favorite baseball movies. For Wood, “Field of Dreams.” For Cleveland-bred Roddy, it’s “Major League,” of course.
9. Having a good time Brent Mills, general manager of Steel Green Manufacturing (center), and his wife, Deanna Herron-Mills, with LM Eastern Regional Sales Manager Dan Hannan.
10. The doctor is in Jerry Grutz, owner of Lawn Doctor of Madison in Madison, Wis., is pictured with Jones and LM Digital Media Content Producer Tyler Gunter.
11. Florida in the house John Fowler, vice president of sales for Anuvia Plant Nutrients, gets his photo taken with Dusty Montiel, general manager of One Two Tree in Miami.
12. Strike a pose Dwight Bizzell, vice president of Bizzell Nursery Co. in Sikeston, Mo., MacGregor, Luke Hawthorn, owner of Emerald Lawns in Round Rock, Texas, and Roddy take a short break from the fun for a photo op. See page 52 for our “5 Questions” with Bizzell.