August 2021 - Page 2 of 3 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Month: August 2021

Green Ink with Brian Horn: Season 2, Episode 13 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 13 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, Jenn Myers, senior director, workforce development at NALP, and Lisa Stryker, VP communications & marketing at NALP serve as the hosts and talk with Brian Horn, editor of Lawn & Landscape magazine.   Horn has been reporting on the green industry since […]

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NALP Members in the News: Takeoff Monkey, McHale Landscape Design, Davey Tree, Massey Services

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Takeoff Monkey Partners with GoMaterials to Provide Integrated Procurement Solution Takeoff Monkey, an on-demand takeoff and pre-construction service provider, and GoMaterials, an online landscape marketplace, have partnered to create an integrated planning and procurement solution for landscape contractors. This new solution allows Takeoff Monkey’s […]

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Business Smarts: Adding Holiday Lighting As a Service

Holiday lighting can become quite a lucrative business for your landscape or lawn care company if you go about it properly. In the case of Scott Young, owner of Certified Christmas Lights, he started with his father’s pest control business and was able to scale it to $5.8 million with holiday lighting. Some of the […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Supporting a Community’s Commitment to Sustainability

Since 2005, Babcock Ranch, located in Punta Gorda, Florida, has been committed to building a one-of-a-kind community with a focus on sustainability and innovation. The community is located on over 17,000 acres of nature preserves. The developer wanted to reduce the environmental impact by protecting important ecological site features like wetlands and forests. A 440-acre […]

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How to Hire the Right Person, the First Time

Hiring new employees is expensive. Ideally, you want to hire the right people the first time, instead of having to turn around and try to fill the position again when it doesn’t work out with the current hire. “Studies estimate that it costs more than a thousand dollars to hire an entry-level employee, from the […]

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Team Building: Minimizing Conflict in the Workplace

While conflict is inevitable and a normal part of life, you obviously want to minimize it as much as possible in the workplace so you can keep your lawn care or landscape company running smoothly. Not only does reducing conflict help your company operate efficiently but it also improves your company culture and workplace morale […]

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Trusting the Process with Savana Craven: Season 2, Episode 12 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 12 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape, talk with Savana Craven, a landscape designer with Sunline Landscapes, based in Draper, Utah. Craven is a landscape design and horticulture professional. […]

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LawnStarter Acquires Fellow On-Demand Provider, Lawn Love

LawnStarter, based in Austin, Texas, has acquired Lawn Love, based in San Diego, California, in a cash and stock deal. Both companies are on-demand lawn and outdoor care providers. This acquisition will allow both businesses to capitalize on the growth of on-demand services. Ryan Farley, COO of LawnStarter, says both brands have seen much higher […]

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Level Up: Martin Landscape Trains to Retain Employees

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Wade Martin started his company Martin Landscape with a desire to provide a place where people could grow. Ever since opening their doors in 2004, the Port Royal, South Carolina-based company has invested in their employees. […]

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Systematizing Your Business Model To Maximize Growth

When you’re starting out in the lawn care and landscape industry, it’s easy to want to be all things to all people as customers request you do complete various tasks that might not be your specialty. Mike Rorie, CEO of GIS Dynamics/GroundSystems, says this can put you in a deep hole of doing a little […]

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