June 2021 - Page 3 of 3 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Month: June 2021

Team Building: Professional Development Options for Employees

A lot of different factors go into why employees want to work for your company and stay long-term. Aside from paying competitive wages and offering benefits like health insurance, providing a career path and professional development can attract those who want something more than just a job. There are a number of professional development options […]

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Level Up: Business Is Booming For LandPatterns

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. LandPatterns, based in Dallas, Texas, was started in 2000 by landscape architect Marc Funderburk. Ā  He started the company with the primary goal of providing quality landscape architecture, installation and maintenance to a discerning clientele. ā€œWe […]

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Landscape Safety: Preventing the Most Common Hazards

Creating a safety culture requires a concerted effort from the top down to those in the field. Training employees from day one safe operating procedures can reduce many common accidents from occurring. According to OSHA, 49.6 percent of the people involved in accidents had been with their employer for less than one year. This drives […]

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Leaning Into Critical Conversations: Season 2, Episode 2 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 2 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, and Macey Wollenberg, branch manager at LandCare, chat together. In this podcast, our hosts cover a lot of territory, focusing on mentors and mentorship (is it better […]

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Michael Hatcher & Associatesā€™ Subsidiary Acquires Green King and Doubles in Size

Michael Hatcher & Associates (MH&A) based in Olive Branch, Mississippi, has completed an acquisition of Green King through their lawn care division Master Lawn. With this acquisition Master Lawnā€™s residential customer count has increased by 233 percent. For the immediate future, the Green King brand will remain in use with Green King customers. All of […]

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NALP Members in the News: Brooklawn Services, WorkWave, Kujawa Enterprises Inc., Davey Tree

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Brooklawn Services Acquires Chemscape, Inc. Brooklawn Services based in Muncie, Indiana, recently acquired Chemscape, Inc. a lawn and landscape maintenance company out of Montpelier, Indiana. Jason Brooks, president and founder of Brooklawn Service, and Troy Batten, owner of Chemscape, Inc., discussed a possible merger […]

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