September 15, 2026 - The Edge from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

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Day: September 15, 2026

Protecting Your Business: Finding the Leaks in Your Operations Before They Sink Profitability

Whether you have one gaping hole or a thousand tiny punctures in a ship, it will eventually fill with water and sink. The only difference is how long it will take. The same can be said for inefficiencies in your landscape business. ā€œMost landscape companies don’t struggle because of one catastrophic problem,ā€ says Fred Haskett, […]

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Talking with Titans: Edward Schatz Jr.

Edward Schatz Jr. is the founder and CEO of Heartland, based in Kansas City, Missouri. He founded Austin Outdoor in 1994 and sold it to Yellowstone Landscape in 2008. He served as regional president with Yellowstone until 2015. Then, in April 2016, he partnered with Great Range Capital to establish Heartland with their first acquisition […]

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Scaling Without Losing the Soul of Your Business

As your company grows, it can feel inevitable to lose small bits and pieces that make up the soul of your business, but this doesn’t have to be the case. Focal Pointe, based in Caseyville, Illinois, grew more than 200% in three years without sacrificing their culture, values and customer experience that fueled their growth […]

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