Marisa PalmieriNov 3, 2023
Atlanta-based Top Turf shares how it strives to achieve quality by focusing on weed control. If there’s anything Kevin Bryan has learned in his 22 years running Top Turf, it’s this: success boils down to quality. And for Top Turf,…
Marisa PalmieriNov 10, 2023
Should states require landscape contractor licensing? We look at the pros and cons. In a perfect world, Greg Winchel would be all for licensure in the green industry. The owner of Winchel Irrigation based in Grandville, Mich., sees the benefits:…
Attend enough conferences about the landscape industry (or write enough stories about it) and you begin to hear many pieces of business wisdom repeated over and over. Much of it’s good and galvanizing when you hear it the first time.…
As many turf and ornamental pesticide active ingredients have gone off patent, LCOs have more choices when it comes to product selection. How do you decide whether to use a patented or off-patent pesticide product? 1. Consider profitability. Most lawn…
Did you know Andrew Jackson Downing pioneered the use of lawns around homes, and Frederick Law Olmsted promoted them by including turfgrass in public space designs? Or that four of the top five food crops are grasses? (Sugar cane, corn,…
Jason Case President Case Snow Management North Attleboro, Mass. Education Attleboro High School Attleboro, Mass. Class of 1998 In high school, Case played on a state championship basketball team. Saint Anselm College Manchester, N.H. Bachelor of Science Business Class of…
Establishing a purpose and values—and living by them—drives growth at Sun Valley Landscaping. Paul Fraynd and Hugh Morton have a challenge on their hands. They want to hire a best-in-class staff so they can grow their company. At the same…
Mike Rorie President GroundSystems Cincinnati Education Madeira High School Madeira, Ohio Class of 1977 Did you know? “The name of my first company was Maintenance Service Inc. We changed it to GroundMasters around 1982 because we wanted a name that…
With the West’s drought—and California’s historic response to it—making national news, the seeds of water conservation have been planted in the minds of homeowners and property managers nationwide. Irrigating with graywater is an opportunity for contractors 1). to potentially provide…
Over the last three years, as I’ve been involved with the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) Community Stewardship Awards program, one thing has remained constant: the committee members’ focus on inspiring others. This awards program is an initiative of…
I just committed 20. What does that mean, exactly? I made an online pledge to volunteer 20 hours of my time by the end of 2015. If Sun Valley Landscaping—the company featured in this month’s cover story—has its way, my…
Pros + Cons Leasing and buying are the primary ways landscape contractors add to their fleets, but don’t forget about renting. Here are some pros and cons for each option. Buying +Pro: Residual or resale value. You can trade it…
Small business is difficult to define. What do you consider to be a small landscape company? A million dollars in annual revenue is a convenient benchmark because many entrepreneurs romanticize about making their first million. Others, anecdotally, peg $3 million…
A look at the data and trends behind the largest 150 companies in the landscape industry. Collectively, the largest landscape companies in North America grossed $8.5 billion in 2014—a 10 percent increase from the $7.7 billion in revenue they generated…
How three LM150 firms are becoming more profitable by being more productive. "Doing more with less” has been a mantra among successful landscape company operators since the Great Recession. To some, it may feel like a cliché by now, but…
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