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Author: Jill Odom

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

Recommended Practices for Preventing Heat Illnesses

In October 2021, OSHA issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for heat injury and illness prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings. The ANPRM cites a high risk of heat-related illnesses and a significant number of workplace violations in a variety of industries including landscaping. ā€œWhile heat illness is largely preventable and commonly […]

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Building Relationships with Your Service Partners with Katie Raymond: Season 2, Episode 52 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 52 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software and Macey Robinson with LandCare talk with Katie Raymond, regional director of operations for Case Facilities Management Solutions. Raymond is a director of national operations at Case FMS. She has been there for 11 years and […]

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Four Retention Tips from Lawn Care and Landscape Professionals

Once you’ve found new employees to hire at your landscape or lawn care company, that’s only half the battle. Then comes the task of ensuring you retain your new staff members so you are able to grow, rather than constantly fill the same roles time and time again. As anyone in the industry can tell […]

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Tree Care: Helping Trees Recover from Mulch Volcanos

You’ve probably seen them plenty of times. Mulch volcanos erupting throughout spring as property owners want to freshen up their landscapes. Yet despite their frequency, mulch volcanos are very harmful to trees. These massive piles of mulch around the base of trees can result in disease, decay, root rot and the eventual death of the […]

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NALP Members in the News: Green Lawn Fertilizing, AriensCo, STIHL and Davey Tree Ā 

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Green Lawn Fertilizing’s Senior Vice President of Operations Graduates From Harvard Business School Josh Willey, Green Lawn Fertilizing / Green Pest Solutions senior vice president of operations, recently completed Harvard Business School’s General Management Program (GMP). This four-month program focuses on strategy, leadership and […]

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Faces of the Industry: June Hawkins

June Hawkins has been in the landscape industry for 37 years, but she majored in interior design in college. She also minored in horticulture and art. Her mother always felt Hawkins’s calling was landscape architecture, and Hawkins ended up working for a landscape architecture firm right out of college for 12 years, where she did […]

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Go Behind the Scenes at R.P. Marzilli & Company During NALP Field Trip

On June 23-24, learn how R.P. Marzilli & Company grew to $53 million in annual revenue and manages to recruit and retain their employees. Hosts Marty Grunder, president and CEO of Grunder Landscaping, and Frank Mariani, executive chairman of Mariani Landscape, will dive into the company’s inner workings during the sixth annual NALP Field Trip. […]

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Highlights of H-2B with Andrew Bray: Season 2, Episode 51 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 2, episode 51 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software and Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape talk with Andrew Bray, VP of government relations for NALP. Bray is a government relations professional with over 15 years of legislative, regulatory, campaign and legal experience. As vice president […]

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Team Building: Making Recognition and Incentive Programs Effective Ā 

Recognition and incentive programs can be used to encourage specific behaviors within your team. Using them both can help ensure you motivate different types of employees. While recognition can push performance with praise, incentives can pull performance with the concept of a prize. ā€œWe are a big supporter of incentive programs because if done correctly, […]

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Industry Trends: Rising Rates and Risks in the Economy

During the Nursery & Landscape Association Executives of North America annual conference, Robert Dietz, Ph.D., chief economist and senior vice president for the National Association of Homebuilders shared his forecast for the housing market and the general economy. Due to elevated inflation, the Federal Reserve is moving to aggressively tighten its policies in order to […]

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