April 2022 - Page 2 of 3 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Month: April 2022

A Touch on Mental Health with Paul Fraynd: Season 2, Episode 48 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 48 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus with Include Software, Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape and Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench talk with Paul Fraynd, CEO of Sun Valley Landscaping. Fraynd leads the company’s growth and strategy while maintaining core values and operating in a way that […]

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How I Do It: Celebrating Earth Day

For landscape and lawn care companies, one could argue that every day is Earth Day. However, holidays can help bring attention to a specific topic. Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate why you do what you do on a daily basis and educate others in the community about the importance of caring for the […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Transforming a Parking Lot into a Retention Pond

When new construction required MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, to add a stormwater detention pond to capture excess runoff, they decided it provided a good opportunity to make the new detention area a naturalized wetland to restore native habitat to an urban location. They turned to Lawn Management Company, Inc., based in Houston, […]

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Faces of the Industry: Triston Parsons

To Triston Parsons, landscaping isn’t just a commodity. He sees the value that plants add to a person’s home and life. Parsons developed a love for beautiful landscapes as he grew up helping care for his family and his grandparents’ properties. In high school, he started knocking on doors and quickly had 15 yards that […]

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If You’re Not Growing, You’re Dying: How Breckenridge Landscape Wins With STACK 

Sponsored Content April is National Lawn Care Month, a reminder that spring is here and it’s time to focus on lawn care and planting. It provides an opportunity to explore resources and evaluate your landscaping business to ensure workflow efficiency and maximized profits. Whether it’s dusting off the zero-turn mower, networking with a new supplier, […]

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If You’re Not Putting Yourself Out There, You’re Not Growing with Teddy Russell: Season 2, Episode 47 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 47 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software, Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape, Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench and Macey Robinson with LandCare talk with Teddy Russell, CEO of Russell Landscape Group. Russell grew up in a family business that his father began in 1987. […]

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Helping Make the Impossible Possible

Sponsored Content Syngenta understands that your customers have high expectations when they hire a lawn care company. One of the top concerns from homeowners is weed control, which is why Barricade® herbicide is the first choice for reliable pre-emergence control of tough weeds such as crabgrass for well over a decade. However, if the pre-emergence […]

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Join NALP for an Epic Ending to Our First ELEVATE

If you needed one more reason to attend NALP’s new national conference and expo, ELEVATE, you don’t want to miss the closing party on Sept. 20, 2022, as we’ve reserved The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ – Hogsmeade™ at Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park just for you! You read that right. All night long, […]

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How I Do It: Creating an Employee Waitlist

Can you imagine having potential new hires sign up for a waitlist to be hired by your company? At Local Roots Landscaping based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this is a reality at certain times of the year. Patrick Murray, managing partner of Local Roots, says this isn’t always the case but they do have periods throughout […]

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OSHA Initiates Enforcement Program for Completion of OSHA Forms 300, 301 and 300A

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulations. OSHA released the “pre-publication” version of its proposed rulemaking (NPRM) intended to “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses.” OSHA is initiating an enforcement program that identifies employers who failed to submit Form 300A […]

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