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Ideal Landscape Group, based in St. Louis, Missouri, has been using the H-2B program for close to 15 years. The company typically requests 45 visas. In 2019, only 25 percent or less of the companies in the St. Louis area that use the H-2B program received their workers. āWe were fortunate enough to get them,ā […]
Diversity makes companies stronger. That’s why the National Association of Landscape Professionals is launching an industry-wide discussion about how we can proactively encourage and support greater diversity in the industry. Find out how these companies achieve success through inclusive corporate cultures. Why Diversity Matters āThe more diverse we are, the better we can be as […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. When Valley Landscaping, based in Christiansburg, Virginia, opened in 1991 with owner and president, Todd Walters, he had a used pickup truck, three mowers, a trailer and a small loan. āWhen we started, we had 4 […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. When asked what ideal company size heād like to reach for Hidden Creek Landscaping Inc., based in Hilliard, Ohio, CEO Jason Cromley simply answered, āBigger. Always bigger.ā Founded in 1998, along with co-owner Matt Seiler, Hidden […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. StayGreen Lawn Services (now known as MissionGreen Services), based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, has only been in business since 2018 but in that time, it has grown to an annual revenue of $1.3 million. Owner Mark Kelbacher […]
On Manzerās Landscape Design and Development, Inc.ās website, they have a page on COVID-19 where the company highlights their new safety practices that they will be following as well as a number of complimentary services that will be offered to clients with heightened vulnerability to the virus. Based in Peekskill, New York, Manzerās encourages clients […]
With an influx of unemployed workers available due to COVID-19 related company layoffs, if youāre looking to upgrade or grow your team, hereās what NALP members are saying about hiring right now. āIn the past, maybe there was room for some āfluffā but when you’re operating day to day, week to week, and there are […]
Bobby Frisch, co-owner of Frisch & Sons, based in Orange, California, shared how to improve your productivity through better vehicle tracking during a webinar sponsored by MiX Telematics on May 6. If you missed that webinar, here are the key benefits of adding fleet tracking to your business. Frischās company specializes in landscaping, demolition and […]
COVID-19 has changed many landscape and lawn care businessesā routines. Some new operating methods are so successful, they may stick – even after the virus is gone. Staggered start times Rossen Landscape, based in Great Falls, Virginia, has implemented staggered start times with crews leaving at 6:30, 7, 7:30 and 7:45 in the morning. There […]
NALP has recently launched The Big Green Podcast. NALP CEO Britt Wood chats with landscape industry CEOs about how they are handling the coronavirus and its impact on their business. In the first episode of the podcast, Wood spoke with Rosco Klausing, with the Klausing Group based in Lexington, Kentucky, and in the second podcast […]
