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Author: Jill Odom

Jill Odom is the senior content manager for the National Association of Landscape Professionals.

REPLAY: Leaders Never Stop Learning with Jenny Girard

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape and Macey Robinson, branch manager at LandCare, talk with Jenny Girard, area manager with R.M. Landscape. Girard earned her associate degree in science and mathematics before moving on […]

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What Does It Take to Grow Your Landscape Company?

This information came from a session during the 2022 ELEVATE conference and expo. Don’t miss the 2023 ELEVATE in Dallas on Sept. 10-13. Most lawn and landscape company owners want to grow their businesses. How to go about doing that will vary, as there is no one perfect method, but several others in the industry share what […]

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Sustainability: A Deep Dive on Greywater Irrigation

If you’ve looked into water conservation methods that can be utilized in the landscape, you’ve probably run across the term greywater or greywater irrigation. Greywater is the used water from showers, tubs, bathroom sinks and washing machines. It is not used water from toilets, kitchen sinks or dishwashers. That is known as blackwater. In a […]

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DHS to Release Nearly 65,000 Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2023

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in conjunction with the Department of Labor (DOL), will be issuing a regulation that will make an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023. These visas are in addition to the 66,000 H-2B visas that are normally allocated each fiscal year. DHS hopes that […]

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Managing Client Expectations Through Supply Chain, Inflation and Labor IssuesĀ 

This information came from a session during the 2022 ELEVATE conference and expo. Don’t miss the 2023 ELEVATE in Dallas on Sept. 10-13. While the demand for landscape services has remained high, client expectations are also incredibly high. This can be a problem as there are a number of challenges landscape professionals face on a daily basis, […]

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Being More Environmentally Conscious with Trista Imrich: Season 3: Episode 21 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 3, episode 21 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Neal Glatt of GrowTheBench and Macey Robinson at LandCare talk to Trista Imrich, owner of Wild Works of Whimsey. Imrich is a Virginia Certified Horticulturist and Designer and Level 2 Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional in design and installation (CBLP-ID).Ā  A Navy […]

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How To Handle Change Orders on Design/Build Landscape Projects

You can’t foresee everything that might happen on a landscape installation project, and sometimes this can result in necessary change orders. Improving your design process can help eliminate some of these occurrences, but they can still happen from time to time. Sometimes it is because the issue at hand is something that could not be […]

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Level Up: Natural Concerns, Inc. Focuses on Growing Their People, Not Their Revenue

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Roland Harvey founded Natural Concerns, Inc., based in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, in 1989 with the desire to provide quality landscaping services utilizing a natural approach. He had worked for other landscape companies but decided to go […]

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Team Building: How to Develop a Diverse Workforce

This information came from a session during the 2022 ELEVATE conference and expo. Don’t miss the 2023 ELEVATE in Dallas on Sept. 10-13. Having a diverse workforce has many benefits, including having higher rates of productivity and performance and increased creativity and innovation. However, you might not know how to go about increasing the diversity […]

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NALP Members in the News: Sperber, SavATree, Davey Tree Expert Company and Ruppert Landscape Ā 

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Sperber Landscape Companies Partners with Trautman Lawn & Landscape Company Sperber Landscape Companies has added Trautman Lawn & Landscape Company, based in Nampa, Idaho, to their portfolio of companies. This partnership expands Sperber’s service offerings throughout Idaho. The company was founded in 1988 by […]

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