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More than ever, the importance of a solid safety foundation and the risk of increased costs as a result of the lack of one within your company should be understood. National Safety Month provides a great opportunity to approach the subject of safety within your organization, whether it is beginning the process of safety awareness […]
Last year, we changed the annual Supplier Summit to just one day, but it’s back to three days of great networking and interaction. But don’t worry, it’s not all work. The first day is an optional round of golf followed by a happy hour. That ought to get us all off to a great start! […]
In March of last year, PLANET convened an Education Strategic Task Force chaired by Board member Rich Wilbert and populated by representatives from all Specialty Groups, as well as a supplier representative, a state association executive, and a faculty member. The goal of the Task Force was to provide the best educational tools for our […]
I am thrilled to be writing this as PLANET’s 2010/2011 president. I’ll start by sharing some things about myself that you probably didn’t know. My involvement in this industry started when I was very young. I grew up in our family nursery and landscape business, the roots of which date back to my grandfather in 1927. […]
For those of you that were following all of the action and developments leading up to this past week on Earth Day, our 2nd annual PLANET Day of Service….. we are pleased to share that it was a huge success! We had over 3,000 volunteers participating in more than 200 projects in 38 states and […]
Another year of Student Career Days come and gone! After competing in my events and watching my teammates and other members of my industry compete, it was exciting to find out which school would win. Congrats Chatahoochee Technical College for doing such an excellent job! Yet again I was able to experience the excitement […]
When I was contacted about writing a blog entry about PLANET’s Student Career Days (SCD), I was quite surprised. I’m too old to compete in the events and don’t understand how my point of view might be helpful, but here goes nothing… SCD 2010 was the fourth consecutive year I attended, and the second […]
Wow! Yesterday was the first day of Student Career Days and there was so much enthusiasm and energy! Of course, SCD is an excellent opportunity to meet other students of the green industry as well as with employers, but this year has had an unprecedented amount of energy and enthusiasm! The Opening Ceremonies was extremely exciting […]
Our company volunteers for Project Evergreen’s GreenCare for Troops program each year (providing maintenance to military families while loved ones are overseas). Starting a couple of years ago we decided to donate a landscape make over to one of the military families whom we are given from Project Evergreen each year. Last year we incorporated […]
This week in Atlanta there are hundreds of college students representing horticulture-based programs from across the county that are converging on the campus of the Chattahoochee Technical College for the annual Student Career Days that is sponsored by PLANET – The Professional Landcare Network. This event is a friendly competition where these aspiring green industry […]