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Jill Odom is the senior content manager for the National Association of Landscape Professionals.
As you are growing your lawn care or landscape company, eventually, there will come a time when it is imperative to add business software to help with your efficiency. āWhen a business gets a certain size, there is no way for a person, or people, to remember everything needed to make the business work as […]
Sponsored Content When Robin Autopilot started out in 2015, founders Justin Crandall and Bart Lomont used a āUber-for-lawncareā model for their traditional mowing services. However, due to labor gaps, they switched to robotic mowing and sold off the traditional business to Porch.com. They launched a franchise model to expand the business in 2018. In 2019, […]
As you grow your team or deal with turnover, one thing you have to deal with is training your new hires and bringing them up to speed. Safety is also critical for these new employees. In their first month on the job, these employees are three times more at risk for a lost-time injury than […]
Approximately 500 landscape professionals from 27 states gathered for the 26th annual Renewal & Remembrance event on July 18, 2022. āI think itās one of the true hallmarks of our association,ā says Brandon Sheppard, a Weed Man franchisor in the Mid-Atlantic. āWeāre measured by our deeds, more than our words. It’s the members that make […]
Finding her career in the landscape industry was a process of trial and error for Gail Reinhart. She grew up on a 500-acre farm and was an athlete in high school, but after she graduated, she had no idea what she wanted to do next. She tried college for a semester before going into the […]
Your company would not be where it is today without your team. One way to say thanks and give back is by offering a profit-sharing plan. This incentivized compensation program increases employee loyalty and can encourage them to be more vested in the businessās long-term success. There are a number of different options when it […]
Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Landscape Workshop Acquires Maintenance Operations of Bailey’s Lawn Care & Landscaping Landscape Workshop recently acquired the landscape maintenance operations of Bailey’s Lawn Care and Landscaping based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 2010 by Hunter Bailey, Bailey’s Lawn Care and Landscaping offers landscape maintenance and […]
In the sweltering heat of July, snow is probably the last thing on your mind, but now is the time to be reviewing your snow and ice management contracts if you havenāt already. āYou should be looking at all of your agreements annually for routine analysis of where you stand on the efficacy of the […]
In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape talk with Palmer Higgins, CEO ofĀ Mainely Grass, a New England lawn care company. Higgins first entered the landscaping and lawn care […]
Ever wonder how a landscape industry-specific version of Family Feud would play out? Then you donāt want to miss The Ultimate Green Battle presented by the NALP Foundation during ELEVATE this September. Support the NALP Foundationās mission to strengthen the future of the landscape and lawn care industry through education, research, and scholarships by attending […]
