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Nancy Mann Jackson is a freelancer for NALP.
Healthy plants depend on pollinators and other wildlife to flourish. However, much of the American native prairie, woodlands, and wetlands have disappeared, replaced by concrete, asphalt and non-native plantings that require more upkeep and do not support the local ecosystem. āIn England in the 1700s and 1800s, the norm was to have lawns around the […]
For most landscaping businesses, long-term success depends on a solid customer base and customers who call back year after year. Those who stand out against the competition arenāt just able to provide valuable landscaping services. They also have the soft skills ā such as communication and flexibility ā needed to build strong relationships with customers […]
Depending on your location, your landscaping business may be slower during the fall and winter months, but your customersā landscapes still need attention. One of the most important landscaping tasks during the cooler months is caring for trees. Customers often forget that trees need TLC, just like the rest of their landscapes. But you can […]
Landscape professionals depend on trucks, mowers and other equipment to accomplish their work. But trucks and mowers often need maintenance or repairs to continue performing properly. āNot doing the work due to not having equipment is something we work hard to avoid,ā says Nelson Alvarado, fleet manager at Russell Landscape Group, headquartered in Sugar Hill, […]
āNative plants give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours,ā Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States from 1963-1969, famously said. āI want Texas to look like Texas and Vermont to look like Vermont.ā More than 50 years later, the landscape industry ā and many of its […]
