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Year: 2022

How I Do It: The Importance of Implementing Water Budgets

Water efficiency in the landscape should be a critical consideration when designing, installing and maintaining your client’s property. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, during the week of Aug. 23, 2022, 46.91 percent of the United States is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought conditions. Meanwhile, 99.76 percent of California is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought […]

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GreenCare for Troops Provides Opportunity to Serve Military Families

If you’re looking for a way to give back to your community’s military families, Project EverGreen’s GreenCare for Troops program helps connect you with an active duty deployed service member’s family where you can provide complimentary lawn and landscape service during the length of the deployment. Phil Fogarty, master franchise consultant for Weed Man USA, […]

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Estimating and Building Relationships with Sean Monahan: Season 3: Episode 15 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 3, episode 15 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Brett Lemcke of R.M. Landscape and Macey Robinson with LandCare talk to Sean Monahan, a construction estimator with R.P. Marzilli & Company. Monahan works for R.P. Marzilli in the pre-construction/estimating division of the company. He started at Marzilli in 2017, directly […]

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Faces of the Industry: Tim Martinez

Tim Martinez, executive vice president of LandCare’s West division, has been in the green industry for over 30 years. He spent the first 20 years on the golf course maintenance and operations side before moving into commercial maintenance with LandCare. ā€œMy time in golf really gave me an appreciation for the technical aspects of the […]

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NALP Members in the News: Ground Works Land Design, Piscataqua Landscaping & Tree Service, LandOpt, Russo Power Equipment

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Ground Works Land Design Raises Over $100K for Alzheimer’s Association Ground Works Land Design has raised over $112,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association. When president and founder Tony Nasrallah’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 56, he made it his personal mission […]

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Heritage Landscape Supply Group Concert Supports NALP Foundation

If you are attending ELEVATE in Orlando, Florida, during Sept. 18-21, don’t miss out on Heritage Landscape Supply Group’s benefit concert being held on Sept. 19 from to 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the House of Blues. This concert is free to conference attendees from the landscape industry and features performances by 2022 ACM […]

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Lawn Care Corner: Managing Mature Weeds

Sponsored Content Managing mature weeds is an uphill battle. Biologically, they’re at a stage in their life cycle when they’re producing seeds or other reproductive structures, perpetuating their survival for potentially years to come. Their leaves are nice and thick and covered with thick, waxy cuticle or leaf hairs, and roots have grown deep into […]

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Proactive Sales: How to Build and Drive an Extraordinary Client Experience

It can be easy to settle for reactive sales, but this can also result in lower margins and a customer-controlled business. ā€œTo overcome these challenges, you must use a tactful approach that starts by driving the process with clear communication that highlights the value your company can bring,ā€ says Alison Blobner, director of marketing and […]

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Business Smarts: Cultivating Successful Relationships with Snow Subcontractors

Snow season will be here before you know it. While staffing up for the growing season is hard enough, snow work has its own set of challenges and hiring subcontractors is one way to help mitigate this labor challenge. Ā  Even if you have enough in-house employees, snow subcontractors can help bolster your company’s crew […]

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REPLAY: Modern Management: Communication, Transparency and Adaptation with Ashly Neneman

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Neal Glatt of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke of R.M. Landscape, and Macey Robinson of LandCare talk to Ashly Neneman, general manager of Sun Valley Landscaping, based in Omaha, Nebraska. As general manager of Sun Valley Landscaping, Neneman leads the company through the many […]

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