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Michael Hatcher & Associates, based in Olive Branch, Mississippi, has a fleet of over 70 vehicles on the road every day. They have achieved an average annual reduction of 95% in the cost of their auto claims and an 87% reduction in the frequency of auto claims. This is in part thanks to their partnership […]
ChatGPT was first launched in November 2022, and it, along with other large language models, has evolved drastically since then. āEven from a year ago, it’s a much bigger part, not just in the landscape industry, but it’s a much bigger part of our lives, generally speaking,ā says Skyler Westergard, learning & development specialist with […]
As your landscape companyās operations grow, one of the questions that will arise is if it is time to bring some of your services in-house. Starting out, it makes sense to subcontract others for specialties you aren’t particularly well-versed in or simply don’t have enough work to support throughout the season. Yet bringing your trades […]
When selecting tree species for your customerās landscape design, itās important to consider biodiversity, as having a variety of trees on a property not only creates a more dynamic space, but itās also beneficial for the surrounding ecosystem. āThe number one thing is with diversity, you will minimize the abiotic stressors such as insect and […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. For many landscape companies, seasonal color is just one service offering of the many they provide their customers. However, for Color Burst, based in Grayson, Georgia, the design, installation and maintenance of seasonal color is their […]
This article is written in an āAs Told Toā format. John Munie is the founder and president of Focal Pointe, a $50 million firm specializing in commercial landscape maintenance, based in Caseyville, Illinois. During the early years, I would look at the Top 100/150 lists and wonder what those guys knew that I didnāt. How […]
How often have you heard the formula that if you work harder, youāll be more successful and that will equal happiness? Despite how commonplace this belief is, over a decade of research has shown that being positive first is the key to greater success at work. āWe have been taught this from our schools, from […]
Environmental Management, Inc. (EMI), based in Plain City, Ohio, recently created a safety champion program in an effort to increase their teamās engagement and focus on safety. āIt’s hard to have people be engaged with safety,ā says Joe Payne, environmental health and safety associate director for EMI. āA lot of people were just like, āOh, […]
Adding a drug-free workplace policy to your lawn or landscape company can be intimidating if youāre afraid youāll lose your employees. Rob Ambler, president ofĀ Ambler Industries, based in Furlong, Pennsylvania,Ā says it was this fear that stopped him from enacting a drug-free workplace policy sooner. āYou canāt start it fast enough,ā Ambler says. āProfessionally, it was […]
Franz Witte understood the value of working with a partner from the very start when he founded Franz Witte Landscape Contracting, Inc., based in Nampa, Idaho, with a college friend in 1971. After his friend moved on to another career, Witte and his wife Vicki were the sole owners of the company until 2007, when […]
