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Having a strong return to work program at your company is always a good idea, but with workers’ comp costs predicted to rise in the near future, this practice is even more pertinent. A return to work program allows an injured worker to remain at work in a temporary or light duty capacity while recovering […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. It was seven years ago when Tim Hawkins, LIC, decided to take the leap and start his own landscaping company. The business he was working for at the time had just been bought and he had […]
Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. GoMaterials Expands Plant Sourcing Service to Four More States GoMaterials, an online marketplace for sourcing plant materials, has expanded its wholesale plant procurement into four more states. After launching in Texas in 2021, the free service will now be available to professional landscapers in […]
In season 2, episode 46 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software and Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape talk with Doug McDuff, president and co-owner of Landscape America. McDuff has a bachelor’s degree in urban forestry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an associate’s degree in landscape […]
When you take on a new lawn care client, you may think you know what products should be applied based on what you’re seeing in the turf. However, there is a lot more going on than meets the eye and this is where soil tests come in. “It’s like going to the doctor,” says Mike […]
Tara Piergies-Baker has been in the industry since 2004. She was steered towards landscape architecture by her professor Roy DeBoer at Rutgers University thanks to her love of the outdoors and working outside. She took on the role of design/build construction sales manager at Milosi, based in Hendersonville, Tennessee, last August and she says it’s […]
In Loveland, Ohio, a homeowner had just moved to the area and built a new home on a 4-acre property where there was once a dilapidated house. Thanks to Oasis Turf & Tree’s strong presence in the area, she contacted the Loveland, Ohio-based business with the goal of creating a lawn and landscape that would […]
Nursery stock is grown in several different ways, and you might think that as long as you can get the trees you need for the job, it doesn’t matter how they arrive. However, no production method is the best for all situations. You should consider the availability, price and adaptability to local site conditions. Check […]
When Focal Pointe Outdoor Solutions started working with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on implementing the university’s sustainability goals, it came to their attention that they didn’t have an internal structure for sustainable practices. While they recognized sustainability was part of who they are, Focal Pointe didn’t have a collective approach to their operations […]