2022 - Page 38 of 39 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Year: 2022

Serpico’s Shift to Battery Power

One of Serpico’s founding core values is resource conservation and it guides how they approach every large undertaking. Their latest effort is the shift to 100 percent hybrid-electric-powered landscape maintenance by 2028. Their hybrid-electric routes will be identified as ā€œGreen Power+ā€ which includes battery-powered equipment and hybrid-electric Ford F-150 Powerboost trucks. ā€œWe look for ways […]

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Hoffman Landscapes Earns NALP’s Decade Award

At the 2021 Awards of Excellence reception, Hoffman Landscapes was presented with the Decade Award for exterior landscape maintenance. NALP members who have received a Grand/Gold Award and have managed their project continuously for 10 years can submit for this award. If they submit their project and score the equivalent to a Gold award again, […]

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Faces of the Industry: Zech Strauser

Sustainability has always been important to Zech Strauser, founder and owner of Strauser Nature’s Helpers, based in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He started his company in 1998 and they serve Class A and HOA properties throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York from their locations in East Stroudsburg, Lehigh Valley, and Lancaster. His company’s goals include leading […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Creating a Colorful Mountain Landscape

A residence in Beaver Creek, Colorado, desired a mix of perennials and annuals that would provide vibrant color all summer long. Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes, based in Eagle, Colorado, was hired for a complete landscape renovation of this property through a relationship with a local landscape architect. It took two years to complete the renovation […]

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Sebert’s Commitment to Sustainability Is Ingrained in Every Level

Sebert Landscape, based in Bartlett, Illinois, has always had a goal to create a better environment since they started in 1985. CEO Jeff Sebert says in the last 12 years, they’ve taken a hardcore approach to sustainability. ā€œSustainability is progressive and contagious,ā€ Sebert says. ā€œAs our business has grown tremendously so has our commitment. The […]

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Pacific Landscape Management Puts Water Conservation at the Forefront

Bob Grover says that he knows the landscape industry sometimes gets a bad rap when it comes to environmental consciousness. But the president of Pacific Landscape Management in Portland, Oregon, believes most people get into the industry because of a love for nature — and being outdoors. That was certainly the case for him and […]

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Technology Toolbox: Speed Up Your Lawn and Landscaping Estimates

The lawn and landscape industry has come a long way from having to do everything with pen and paper. Because time is money, you can impress potential clients and cut down on long work hours by taking advantage of the different types of estimating software available. There are several different types of estimating software options […]

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Team Building: Improving Team Communication

Communication is one of the keys to customer satisfaction in the landscaping business but it’s just as important to have strong communication on your teams and between departments. Even if you think your current team communication is good, there is always room for improvement. Effective communication leads to better productivity and fewer misunderstandings, missed deadlines […]

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Taking the Leap with a Start-Up Company with Joseph Mills Season 2, Episode 34 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 34 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape and Macey Robinson with LandCare, talk with Joseph Mills, owner of Riverside Landscape and Design LLC. Mills started Riverside Landscape and Design, LLC in 2019, right after he graduated […]

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Services for All: How Chorbie Adds Value and Comfort to Properties

Like many in the industry, the company Chorbie’s origins began with a man, a truck and a mower. Since starting in June 2019 Chorbie, based in McKinney, Texas, has grown to reach $6.2 million in revenue. The business was founded out of what was previously Weed Xtinguishers and Emerald Lawn Care, which began in 2006. […]

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