2025 - Page 23 of 35 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Year: 2025

Targeting New Customers: Eco-Conscious & Pet-Friendly Solutions

Sponsored content by Sunday ​The lawn care industry is undergoing a significant transformation as homeowners increasingly prioritize sustainability, safety, and environmental responsibility. This shift is creating new opportunities for lawn care professionals to adapt their services to meet evolving consumer demands.​ The Shift Towards Eco-Friendly Lawn Care Recent trends indicate a growing preference among homeowners […]

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Level Up: Saluda Hill Landscapes Blossoms Through Builder Partnerships

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Saluda Hill Landscapes, based in Lexington, South Carolina, has carved out a niche for themselves by primarily serving homebuilders. The company has experienced steady, but fast growth since starting in 1991. ā€œBuilder landscaping remains our most […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Combining Rural Charm With a Manicured Lawn

Among the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, you’ll find a rural property with an exquisite lawn. But it wasn’t always that way. For years, the turf was plagued with weeds and unwanted grasses. These issues kept the home from reaching its full potential, so the owner contacted Oasis Turf & Tree, based in Loveland, Ohio, to […]

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Branching Into Tree Risk Assessments: Helping Clients Protect Their Trees and Themselves

Tree risk assessments are ideal for long-term client relationships and can help with preserving your customers’ trees.   If you are considering offering tree risk assessments as a service, make sure that you or someone on your staff has the proper certifications, like the International Society of Arboriculture’s Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) program, which […]

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Owner of Piedmont Landscape Management Recognized as Georgia’s Small Business Person of the Year

Small business owners demonstrate hard work, ingenuity and dedication daily. Often, they are striving to become industry leaders while facing failures and wins along the way. ā€œI believe it’s important to celebrate the wins,ā€ says Patrick Wells, president of Piedmont Landscape Management, based in Augusta, Georgia. ā€œToo often, we focus on the setbacks.ā€ As part […]

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The Nitty-Gritty Behind a Successful Organic Lawn Care Program

Choosing to provide organic services for your clients is not something that should be tacked on at a whim. Executing an organic lawn care program profitably requires a focus on soil health, thoughtful logistics, and effective consumer education. Building Your Organic Lawn Care Program Depending on whether you are opting to create an organic program […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Transforming the Heart of a Community

After 20 years of planning, this park has become a treasure for the town of Cary, North Carolina. With seven acres of land, the park includes botanical gardens, fitness areas, and event spaces. As the final design came together, the town worked with Ruppert Landscape, based in Laytonsville, Maryland, to bring the vision to life, […]

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Always Be Marketing: How One Landscaper’s Radio Waves Strengthened His Referrals

Like many other landscape companies starting out, Bret Achtenhagen’s Seasonal Services, based in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, initially worked with anyone and everyone. Bret Achtenhagen, president and CEO of the company, says in the beginning, they served middle-class clients and starter homes. Now their reputation has taken them to higher-end clientele. ā€œIt’s very referral-based, but I think […]

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From Burnout to Balance: Practices to Preserve Your Mental Health

Burnout can be a real threat to both your team and yourself if you are not taking care of your mental health. ā€œMental health is such a wide sweeping topic with a million and a half definitions – one for about every individual talking about it,ā€ says Brandon Sheppard, a Weed Man franchisor in the Mid-Atlantic. ā€œAt […]

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Lawn Care: The Myths and Realities of Offering Organic Services

As the terms ā€˜natural’ and ā€˜organic’ become more common in grocery stores, it is also sparking consumer interest in finding organic lawn care services as well. However, does that interest translate into actual profits? Dive into some of the reasons to consider creating organic lawn care, as well as the customer education required to be […]

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