Landscape Workshop acquired certain assets of Bayou Lawn & Landscape Services in Valparaiso, Fla. Landscape Workshop will now have 10 branch locations throughout the Southeast. The company, based in Vestavia Hills, Ala., ranked No. 53 on the 2018 LM150 list. Bayou Lawn & Landscape was founded in 1995 by Matt Schwab. Jim Allen purchased the company in 1999. Allen is... read more
BrightView kicked off 2019 by announcing the acquisition of Emerald Landscape Company, Inc., a commercial landscaping firm located in California’s Bay Area. read more
Enhanced Landscape Management (ELM), the maintenance division of Valencia, Calif.-based Landscape Development, Inc. (LDI), purchased the assets of Quality Landscape Care (QLC), located in Ventura, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. LDI is No. 18 on the LM150 list, with a projected 2018 annual revenues of $90 million. It was founded in 1983 by Gary Horton; he continues to serve as president... read more
SavATree—No. 16 on the 2018 LM150 list—acquired Brooks and Barber Tree Management in Bedminster, Pa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal expands the reach of SavATree’s existing Bucks County branch, allowing it to better serve landscapers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. “We’re really excited to have Brooks and Barber joining our team,” said Daniel van Starrenburg, CEO of SavATree.... read more
In addition to its recent acquisition of Environmental Earthscapes, which does business as The Groundskeeper and Greater Texas Landscapes, BrightView Landscape made several other purchases this year. A BrightView spokesman confirmed the following deals to Landscape Management: Cleary Bros. Landscape, Danville, Calif., in February; Precision Landscape, Dallas, in January; Willamette Landscape Maintenance, Tualatin, Ore., in December; and Urban Tree Care,... read more
SiteOne Landscape Supply acquired Florida-based Landscaper’s Choice Wholesale Nursery and Supply. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2000, Landscaper’s Choice is a distributor of nursery and landscape supplies to landscape professionals in the Naples and Bonita Springs, Fla., markets. “Landscaper’s Choice is a natural fit with SiteOne as it adds nursery products to our existing irrigation, agronomic... read more
