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Like many other landscape business owners, Richard Arlington says he got his start in landscaping as a kid. Mowing grass, raking leaves and shoveling snow was an easy way to earn some income. Upon returning home from some time in the Marines, Arlington says he couldnāt find a jobāso he returned to doing what he […]
Though his son has grown up around the businessāand the industryāCody Whelchel, owner of Texas-based Cody Landscape, says the process of transitioning business ownership to his son has been more complicated than he anticipated. Currently in the midst of that process, Whelchel, who founded the landscape design, installation and maintenance business in 1986 along with […]
Letās face it: As a result of the lack of knowledge available to people about the landscape industry and the career potential within, its image is tainted. This is particularly true with younger generations. āStudents and parents think itās a dirty job and that you donāt make any money in landscaping; we just have this […]
Chris Lee admits he canāt pinpoint exactly what got him into the landscape business. But he is certain that the opportunity to ādo his own thing,ā and to āput his stamp on something bigger than himselfā were driving factors. Since founding Earthworks Inc., in 1979, Leeāwho serves as presidentāhas adapted and evolved the business many […]
A savvy business owner knows he or she constantly needs to be on the lookout for a growth bottleneck. If they want their businesses to continue to grow and perform, they need to remove these āhold-ups.” But what if the owner is the bottleneck? That was exactly the case for Doug McDuff and his business […]
Like so many other landscape professionals, Mark Borst, owner of Borst Landscape & Design in Allendale, New Jersey, says the labor pool in his area often feels quite dry. Itās an ongoing struggle to find qualified workers. Thatās why, about seven years ago, Borst began experimenting with employee referral rewards.Ā Since that time, refining the […]
A high school summer spent working on the grounds crew at a local golf course set Krisjan Berzins on a path toward the green industryāhe just didnāt know it yet. At the time, he says he was just trying to earn some summer income. āOne of the best perks was that weād start really early […]
Switching companiesāor even just positions within the same companyāalways brings a new set of challenges. For Bill Horn, East Branch Manager for Gachina Landscape Management in Menlo Park, California, 30-plus years with the same company had him used to a certain way of doing business. Horn brought his ideas to Gachina and had to find […]
Like so many other landscape business owners, Bret Achtenhagen, president and CEO of Bret Achtenhagenās Seasonal Services in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, was struggling with attracting, hiring, onboarding and retaining quality individuals to add to the companyās production teams. As a result, Achtenhagen says the company was growing faster than its ability to develop foremen and other […]
Located in Austin, Texasāwhere technology is basically a way of life (and most certainly a way of business)āBen Collinsworth, owner and founder of Native Land Design, says he felt embarrassed that his company appeared to lag in that arena. Watching friends outside of the industry transform their businesses with technology inspired Collinsworth to do this […]
