Michigan’s work from home order went into effect on March 24, but Troy Clogg Landscape Associates of Wixon, Mich., started to act about two weeks earlier, says Adam DeLamielleure, director of support for Troy Clogg Landscape Associates. “Realistically, everything started for us around the 12th or 13th of March,” DeLamielleure says. Owner Troy Clogg and the management team began communicating with... read more
Joel DeVisser, president of DeVisser Landscape Service in Kalamazoo, Mich., shares what it was like to be deemed nonessential for a few weeks. read more
For D&B Landscaping, COVID-19 became personal because the Henry Ford Health System is a major client of the company, whose headquarters are in Livonia, Mich., a large western suburb of Detroit. “You have to consider that customer as part of your family,” says Dan Bywalec, president of D&B Landscaping. “What would you do if that was your family — how... read more
LM Associate Editor Sarah Webb interviews Drost Landscape Owner Bob Drost and General Manager Dale Drier who describe the long shutdown period in Michigan and share their plans for reopening the Petoskey, Mich.-based company. read more
When Michigan’s stay at home order took effect on March 24, Amy Upton, executive director of the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) went to work. Instead of labeling businesses as nonessential and essential as the state did, Upton says she and the team at MNLA wanted “to change the conversation to a safe workplace versus a not safe workplace.”... read more
We first spoke with Adam Schlutt, president of MAAC Property Services, Niles, Mich., at the beginning of April, when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer deemed landscaping nonessential in Michigan, and his crews were shut down. “It’s been an interesting time,” Schlutt says. The company’s location near the border of Indiana, where 60 percent of its accounts are, helped it stay afloat during... read more
