LM StaffNov 9, 2023
The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) opened registration for its annual Day of Service, held on Earth Day, April 22. As PLANET puts it, “Day of Service unites the landscape industry for a day of giving back that demonstrates the passion landscape…
Marisa PalmieriNov 9, 2023
Grasshopper Lawns in Larksville, Pa., has been participating in the Professional Landcare Network's (PLANET's) Renewal & Remembrance event for 18 years -- since the inaugural year. The event, which took place July 28 this year, is a beautification effort in…
Jonathan KatzNov 3, 2023
A firm develops a research report to spur new customer leads. In the years following the Great Recession, many building managers have kept a tight grip on their landscape design budgets. The belt-tightening trend has given way to stale, boring…
The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) named members of the 2014/2015 PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) board of directors. They are as follows. Officers: President—Tom Fochtman, Ceibass Venture Partners, Arvada, Colo.; VP—Miles Kuperus Jr., Farmside Landscape & Design, Sussex, N.J.;…
The 2014-2015 board of directors for the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) began its fiscal year May 1. Installation of the new board took place during PLANET’s Great Escape in Anaheim, Calif. Three new officers were named at that time, including…
Type #PLANETDOS into your Facebook or Twitter search bar and you’ll see evidence the Green Industry was busy on Earth Day, April 22. Off screen, the evidence was in the form of around 90 projects completed in 24 states at…
LM StaffAug 15, 2023
The Professional Landcare Network Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) promoted four companies from the title of ambassador to platinum ambassador of the foundation. The companies rose to the rank by pledging an additional $25,000 to the foundation, bringing the total…
Sarah PfleddererAug 14, 2023
This post is part of a threefold summary of A Better Way 2 Learn Financials' 2013 Financial Management TeleSummit. Presented by A Better Way 2 Learn, Go iLawn and Landscape Management, the event was held in three, live, hour-long segments…
The Professional Landcare Network Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) raised more than $170,000 at this year’s Green Industry Conference (GIC) at the GIE+EXPO in Louisville, Ky. The nonprofit foundation supports landscape and horticulture education and is halfway through its five-year…
Erin MilamNov 3, 2023
I’ve been asked several times by people inside and outside the Green Industry about the differences between a controller and CFO. After having many of these conversations, I’ve come to realize most people think they’re the same thing—except maybe a…
Marisa PalmieriJul 10, 2013
There’s an intriguing quote attributed to artist Pablo Picasso, “Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” That’s what the best of the best in any profession do. Excellent writers curate concepts and borrow themes from other writers all the time. Top…
Marisa PalmieriAug 1, 2018
Meet Jim McCutcheon, LIC, CEO of HighGrove Partners, Austell, Ga. Who’s your mentor? As far as the landscape industry goes, it’s the tale of the two Franks. Frank Ross [with 3PG Consulting]: I’ve been working with him for over 15…
Jody ShilanMay 30, 2013
As owner and CEO of HighGrove Partners, Jim McCutcheon feels his role is to provide a vision for his business, help his employees understand it and then motivate them to help achieve it. A vision is not just a mission…
While having a discussion about water, Andy Smith is, ironically, pumping gas. The external affairs director of the Irrigation Association is driving 250 miles to a meeting. And while, traditionally, oil and water don’t mix, these two diminishing resources —…
LM StaffOct 9, 2014
Here are ten ways to work more safely; and stories from three landscapers who have learned the hard way.
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