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Business Advice & Stories

How to Work on Your Business, Not in It

Do you find yourself constantly stuck handling the day-to-day aspects of your business? Chances are you have team members who can step up and own certain leadership roles without your involvement. When you let your team manage the daily functions of the company, you can start working on your businesses. ā€œWorking ON the business could […]

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REPLAY: Robotic Mowing 101: Teaming Up with Technology with Matt Gramer

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape, talk with Matt Gramer, president of NatureWorks Landscape Services, Inc. Gramer has a B.S. […]

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Safety Culture: Preparing Your Business for Natural Disasters

It’s typical to think of your home when it comes to emergency preparedness, but your business should also have a plan and procedures in place to ensure it can recover from natural disasters as well. Having an emergency preparedness plan can make the difference between staying in business afterwards or losing everything. According to FEMA, […]

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The Importance of Knowing Your Why

You know what your company does and how you do it, but have you taken the time to figure out your why? The why of your company should be inspirational, specific to your organization and help every employee understand how what they do is contributing to your company’s purpose. ā€œWhy ask why?ā€ says Pam Dooley, […]

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How I Do It: The Importance of Implementing Water Budgets

Water efficiency in the landscape should be a critical consideration when designing, installing and maintaining your client’s property. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, during the week of Aug. 23, 2022, 46.91 percent of the United States is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought conditions. Meanwhile, 99.76 percent of California is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought […]

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Faces of the Industry: Tim Martinez

Tim Martinez, executive vice president of LandCare’s West division, has been in the green industry for over 30 years. He spent the first 20 years on the golf course maintenance and operations side before moving into commercial maintenance with LandCare. ā€œMy time in golf really gave me an appreciation for the technical aspects of the […]

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Estimating and Building Relationships with Sean Monahan: Season 3: Episode 15 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 3, episode 15 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Brett Lemcke of R.M. Landscape and Macey Robinson with LandCare talk to Sean Monahan, a construction estimator with R.P. Marzilli & Company. Monahan works for R.P. Marzilli in the pre-construction/estimating division of the company. He started at Marzilli in 2017, directly […]

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Business Smarts: Cultivating Successful Relationships with Snow Subcontractors

Snow season will be here before you know it. While staffing up for the growing season is hard enough, snow work has its own set of challenges and hiring subcontractors is one way to help mitigate this labor challenge. Ā  Even if you have enough in-house employees, snow subcontractors can help bolster your company’s crew […]

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REPLAY: Modern Management: Communication, Transparency and Adaptation with Ashly Neneman

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Neal Glatt of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke of R.M. Landscape, and Macey Robinson of LandCare talk to Ashly Neneman, general manager of Sun Valley Landscaping, based in Omaha, Nebraska. As general manager of Sun Valley Landscaping, Neneman leads the company through the many […]

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WILN Takeover – Coping with Burnout: Season 3: Episode 13 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 3, episode 13 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, members of the NALP Women in Landscape Network (WILN) took over the podcast. Pam Dooley with Plants Creative and Claire Goldman with R&R Landscaping hosted this week’s podcast. Dooley began working in the green industry at the age of 13, spending summers […]

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