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Tim Martinez, executive vice president of LandCareās 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. āMy time in golf really gave me an appreciation for the technical aspects of the […]
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 companyās crew […]
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 […]
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 weekās podcast. Dooley began working in the green industry at the age of 13, spending summers […]
When you lack a mathematical process for your project estimating, you can end up losing significantly on your jobs. While you can get away with guesstimating, this isnāt ideal to ensure the long-term success of your lawn care or landscape company. āThey base their estimating on the experiences they’ve had or the gut,ā says Tony […]
If youāre tired of breaking even or even losing on jobs frequently, it may be time to review your current estimating practices. Like some other landscape contractors, you might not even have a formal estimating system. David Arnold, managing partner at Two Twelve Advisors, LLC, points out that while smaller companies might not have the […]
In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape, talk with Seth Kehne, president ofĀ Lawn Butler, a maintenance and design-build firm in Knoxville, Tennessee. Kehne started mowing lawns in high […]
In season 3, episode 11 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape, Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench and Macey Robinson with LandCare talk to Tommy Lather, founder of Takeoff Monkey. Lather has worked in the landscape construction world since he was eligible for a work permit at the age […]
While no one can know for sure what will happen with the economy over the next few years, landscape companies are not resting on their laurels. Despite having some of the best years of business recently, many are taking the necessary precautions to ensure their companies can weather the potential recession. Raising Prices With inflation […]
In 2017, Ideal Landscape Group, based in St. Louis, Missouri, really started putting effort into cultivating their company culture. Their efforts to create a better culture paid off as this year they were named one of the 2022 Top Workplaces in St. Louis by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. To be considered for this list an […]
