2022 - Page 19 of 39 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Year: 2022

Innovator Series: The Future Is Robotics as a Service

Sponsored Content When Robin Autopilot started out in 2015, founders Justin Crandall and Bart Lomont used a ā€˜Uber-for-lawncare’ model for their traditional mowing services. However, due to labor gaps, they switched to robotic mowing and sold off the traditional business to Porch.com. They launched a franchise model to expand the business in 2018. In 2019, […]

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Computer Tablets: Valuable Business Allies

One of Ben Franklin’s most notable quotes is, ā€œAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.ā€ Nowhere is this more appropriate than in the landscaping industry. As you know, we live in difficult times filled with frequent client ā€œchallengesā€ such as claims for damages, refusal to pay valid invoices, assertions of incomplete work, […]

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Safety Culture: Implementing a Buddy System

As you grow your team or deal with turnover, one thing you have to deal with is training your new hires and bringing them up to speed. Safety is also critical for these new employees. In their first month on the job, these employees are three times more at risk for a lost-time injury than […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Creating a Prairie Around a Modern Home

Located in one of Denver’s most prestigious neighborhoods, the goal of this project was to build a residency that would present a modern appearance with a personal prairie in the surrounding landscape areas. Designs By Sundown, based in Littleton, Colorado, was hired to take on this project. Their client had decided to purchase two residential […]

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Landscape Professionals Volunteer at Arlington National Cemetery and The National Mall for Renewal & Remembrance

Approximately 500 landscape professionals from 27 states gathered for the 26th annual Renewal & Remembrance event on July 18, 2022. ā€œI think it’s one of the true hallmarks of our association,ā€ says Brandon Sheppard, a Weed Man franchisor in the Mid-Atlantic. ā€œWe’re measured by our deeds, more than our words. It’s the members that make […]

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Faces of the Industry: Gail Reinhart

Finding her career in the landscape industry was a process of trial and error for Gail Reinhart. She grew up on a 500-acre farm and was an athlete in high school, but after she graduated, she had no idea what she wanted to do next. She tried college for a semester before going into the […]

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Team Building: Offering Company Profit Sharing Ā 

Your company would not be where it is today without your team. One way to say thanks and give back is by offering a profit-sharing plan. This incentivized compensation program increases employee loyalty and can encourage them to be more vested in the business’s long-term success. There are a number of different options when it […]

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NALP Members in the News: Landscape Workshop, Pacific Landscape Management, Davey Tree, Massey Services, PBI-Gordon

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Landscape Workshop Acquires Maintenance Operations of Bailey’s Lawn Care & Landscaping Landscape Workshop recently acquired the landscape maintenance operations of Bailey’s Lawn Care and Landscaping based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 2010 by Hunter Bailey, Bailey’s Lawn Care and Landscaping offers landscape maintenance and […]

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Business Smarts: Reviewing Snow Contracts

In the sweltering heat of July, snow is probably the last thing on your mind, but now is the time to be reviewing your snow and ice management contracts if you haven’t already. ā€œYou should be looking at all of your agreements annually for routine analysis of where you stand on the efficacy of the […]

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Growing in the Green Industry

REPLAY: Putting in the Time and $$: A Commitment to Continuing Education with Palmer Higgins

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape talk with Palmer Higgins, CEO ofĀ Mainely Grass, a New England lawn care company. Higgins first entered the landscaping and lawn care […]

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