Todd and Kurt LaButte, like many in the landscape industry, started young with a couple of push mowers, mowing neighbors’ lawns. Todd, being the older of the LaButte brothers (he was No. 5 of eight children, and Kurt was the youngest), named the company Todd’s Services. “We started in 1979, my brother and I,” Kurt LaButte says. “It was unique... read more
Winchel Irrigation installed a new system during construction at new commercial site and encountered a few hiccups along the way read more
Larry Bakker, the founder of Landscape Design Services, died on Jan. 9, 2019, while in Florida. read more
Securing commercial irrigation installation projects is great for your business, just make sure the contracts protect you and your employees. read more
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) reported that boxwood blight was detected for the first time in Michigan. Three separate locations in Oakland County located the disease, including a landscape firm, a homeowner’s yard and in holiday wreaths being sold at a retail store. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) also alerted MDARD that... read more
