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Do you want to provide more for your team, but these initiatives often fall by the wayside as you focus on the priority tasks of running your lawn or landscape business? This was a struggle as well for Mark Ables, president and CEO ofĀ Ables Landscapes, based in Hollywood, South Carolina, who wanted to build his […]
What do TOMS, Patagonia, Ben & Jerryās, King Arthur Baking Company and New Belgium Brewing all have in common? They are all Certified B Corporations. Roscoe Klausing, CEO of Klausing Group, Inc., based in Lexington, Kentucky, says he started seeing the B Corp logo on brands he purchases and admires so he investigated the certification […]
If youāve been keeping up with the robotic mower market, youāve probably heard of the brand, Electric Sheep Robotics, Inc., based in San Francisco, California. While the brand initially launched as a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering, they have now pivoted to become a large-scale outdoor maintenance company powered by artificial intelligence and robotics. āWeāve spent the […]
Poor employee attendance can be extremely detrimental to your companyās productivity as remaining crew members have to pick up the slack and you never know how much of your team will be present on any given day. Even if a handful of your employees are tardy, this can result in later starts to the […]
When youāre out hiking a trail, you probably donāt give a lot of thought to how it was constructed or maintained, but there are entire companies dedicated to the craft of trail work. Judd Bryarly, CEO of Timberline Landscaping, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, says they first started doing trail work in the early 2000s. […]
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, […]
EarthWorks, Inc., based in Lillian, Texas, is a full-service landscape management company with four offices and more than 400 employees across the state ā a market position they achieved with no acquisitions and no outstanding debt. The company will hit $40 million in annual revenue this year. Founded in 1979, the company started in the […]
When you think of body cameras, you probably think of the ones police officers wear in the line of duty. However, this technology doesnāt have to be limited just to law enforcement. Josh Wise, CEO ofĀ GrassRoots Tree and Turf Care Inc.,Ā based in Acworth, Georgia, started using body cameras for his crews back in 2020 after […]
āI think every treeās life matters, honestly,ā says Dennise Vidosh, founder and CEO of RE-TREE. āOur ultimate mission at RE-TREE is to preserve and protect as many existing mature trees as possible.ā Too often, mature trees are cut down to make way for a new project. Vidosh created her company when she saw an opportunity […]
When RC Mowers announced their autonomous mower robots last fall, Steve Pearce, COO for Sebert Landscape, based in Bartlett, Illinois, says he was hooked after getting to demo the mowers. āRC last fall blew me away with how far along they were with it, so we committed to two of them right away,ā Pearce says. […]
