2023 - Page 28 of 37 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Year: 2023

Landscapes of the Month: Creating a Healing Environment for a Health Care Facility

Located in Kansas City, Kansas, this client desired to create a world-class healthcare facility that could house multiple divisions with their healthcare delivery system. The state-of-the-art medical facility is designed to provide flexibility and scalability to the healthcare community as well as use sustainable development and landscape techniques to shrink the effect on the environment […]

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Tips for Installing a New Tree to Share with Customers

Arbor Day is almost a month away and if you have clients asking questions about properly installing a tree, you can share these clearcut steps with them. First, discuss with your client what type of tree they’d like to plant. Make sure their desired species can thrive in the climate where they’re planting. Once those […]

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Safety Culture: Step Up Your Ladder Safety

Ladders can be used for a number of tasks in the landscape industry, including pruning trees, cleaning gutters, installing holiday dĆ©cor, or installing/maintaining interior plantscaping. Even a fall from a relatively low height can result in painful and permanent injuries. According to OSHA, ladders are number four in the top 10 standards most frequently cited […]

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How to Attract Recently Laid-Off Employees from the Tech Industry

For the past several months, the number of headlines about layoffs, particularly in the Silicon Valley realm, has been surging. Multiple factors are behind these layoffs, including tech companies scaling back to pre-pandemic levels or changing their service model, but opportunity also lies in this news. According to layoffs.fyi, 522 tech companies have laid off […]

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Report: Remodeling These Outdoor Features Bring Customers Significant ROI

“Is it really worth it?ā€ It’s a question that every client has to ask themselves when trying to decide if they want to go through with a certain outdoor project. Not only is there a question of how happy they’ll be after completing a project, but there’s also the question of its value when it […]

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Fight Back Against Negative Lawn Care Stories

It seems like everyone is in attack mode these days and our industry isn’t spared. Lately, lawns have come under attack in the media and on social media from people who don’t understand how they fit into a healthy ecosystem and benefit the environment.Ā  As we well know, turfgrass is a hard-working member of the […]

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Faces of the Industry: Sarah Greene

Sarah Greene has 20 years of experience in the landscape industry. She has been an account manager, floriculture manager, business development manager, garden manager, landscape designer and consultant. Greene acknowledges that her career path has been unconventional, but she was intentional about taking on all these different roles. She notes that her different jobs have […]

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Talking with Titans: Jennifer Lemcke

Jennifer Lemcke is the CEO of Weed Man, Mosquito Hero and TurfBot. She has been in the industry since 1993 and has led Weed Man in unprecedented growth over the years. She is driven by providing for her people. What has it been like working in every position in the company at Weed Man? It […]

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Coming Off the High of NCLC with David Grover and Jenn Myers: Season 3, Episode 44 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 3, episode 44 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software, Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench and Brett Lemcke with R.M. Landscape talk with David Grover, branch manager of Pacific Landscape Management as well as Jenn Myers, senior director of workforce development with NALP. As a branch manager […]

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Business Smarts: Implementing Plant Warranty Policies

Plant warranties serve as a sign you stand by your work and can possibly even give you an edge against a competitor if they don’t offer the same. However, plant warranty policies need to be handled with care to avoid future conflicts with clients when a plant inevitably dies. ā€œI think we as an industry […]

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