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What's in a Name?

Guest blogger Jim Campanella, past-president of the Professional Lawn Care Association of America, PLCAA, shares his perspective on the change in branding from PLANET to the National Association of Landscape Professionals. As you all know by now, we are The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). There has been some controversy and questions as to […]

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National Association of Landscape Professionals

We are….The National Association of Landscape Professionals!  In April, the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) will become the National Association of Landscape Professionals. At our leadership conference, Great Escape, we showed this short video clip to announce our new name and brand.  We got help from a few members who read our new brand promise and […]

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The future of the lawn care industry looks like this…

Okay, we don’t have a crystal ball so we can’t say exactly what the lawn care industry will look like in 5-10 years, but we did gather together some of the smartest minds in lawn care along with futurist Glen Hiemstra to ponder that question at event that is part of FutureScape. Sure there wasĀ brainstormingĀ about […]

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Relax. Recharge. Renew. That’s the Great Escape Experience

I understand- I really do. There is family, there are friends, there is your health, then employees, payroll, jobs, clients, budgets, meetings, reports, equipment, quotas, tasks, to dos, the never-ending lists—and therein lies my point. The list and the responsibilities never stop, but how we respond to them can be positive and rewarding. I know […]

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Safety at its Best

Edward J. Snyder III, Owner Greenleaf Services, Inc. located in Linville, N.C. was one of PLANET’s recent Safety Recognition Awards winners but notably one of the seven recipients to have won the ā€˜Best of the Best’ award. This particular award honors the companies that have won the Overall Safety Achievement Award–Gold Performance status for the […]

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What is PLANET's Crystal Ball?

Early in 1970, a few members of the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) (now the Professional Landcare Network or PLANET) gathered together, agreeing that the green industry should become more proactive in determining its future. They believed that if landscape contractors could accurately predict future opportunities and roadblocks, they could plan to maximize opportunities, […]

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