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Jill Odom is the senior content manager for the National Association of Landscape Professionals.
As if labor challenges and supply chain issues werenāt enough, the recent increase in gas prices is another topic keeping lawn and landscape company owners up at night as they try to adjust to this newest complication. The highest recorded average price for regular unleaded gas was hit earlier this month at $4.33, according to […]
As a lawn care or landscape company providing a service, you are bound to encounter difficult clients. While you canāt control another personās behavior, you can control how often you end up working with these individuals and how you respond to them. If handled properly, you can even transform these āproblemā customers into loyal proponents […]
In season 2, episode 44 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software, Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench and Macey Robinson with LandCare, talk with Elizabeth Elliott, owner of Himmelās Landscape and Garden Center. Elliottās dream of owning Himmelās Landscape and Garden Center started 20 years ago as an employee. […]
Homeowners associations (HOAs) exist to uphold their bylaws and protect ownersā property values. Because people residing in the community are paying dues to the HOA to manage neighborhood common areas and sometimes their own property, expectations are high. āHOAs are often unfairly stereotyped as nitpicky for the way that they choose to enforce the standards […]
Jina Rockwell entered the landscape industry by happenstance. She graduated from Miami University with a degree in consumer sciences and earned a marketing MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. Before starting her own landscaping company, she had a successful career in purchasing, supply chain, marketing, and business development across multiple industry sectors. Now she is […]
In Bethesda, Maryland, a client wanted a multi-functional outdoor space to match their newly-built modern house. Rossen Landscape, based in Great Falls, Virginia, was able to accommodate this request and overcame the challenges of the narrow space. Their work creating a modern marvel earned them a Gold Award in the 2021 Awards of Excellence. āItās […]
At the end of the 46th National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) on March 19, 2022, students from across the country were fired up about the lawn and landscape industry. During the closing ceremony, Doug Halsey, chair for NCLC, noted the energy and camaraderie that he had seen throughout the week. He thanked the host school […]
At times, it can seem the industry trade press is reporting about another lawn care or landscape company being acquired on a monthly or even weekly basis. While the frequency of these acquisitions can make it feel like soon there be just a handful of larger landscape companies, the fragmentation of the industry prevents this […]
On Friday, March 18, 2022, students from 43 schools scattered across North Carolina State Universityās campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, to compete in 31 different industry events as part of the National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC). āIt’s just like taking a car for a test drive,ā says Doug Halsey, chair of NCLC. āThere’s no commitment […]
Itās been two years since the National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) was held in person and the excitement has been tangible. Hosted at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, the 46th NCLC officially kicked off on March 17. During the opening ceremony, several different leaders in the industry passed on their advice to […]
