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Business Advice & Stories

Faces of the Industry: Gail Reinhart

Finding her career in the landscape industry was a process of trial and error for Gail Reinhart. She grew up on a 500-acre farm and was an athlete in high school, but after she graduated, she had no idea what she wanted to do next. She tried college for a semester before going into the […]

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Business Smarts: Reviewing Snow Contracts

In the sweltering heat of July, snow is probably the last thing on your mind, but now is the time to be reviewing your snow and ice management contracts if you haven’t already. ā€œYou should be looking at all of your agreements annually for routine analysis of where you stand on the efficacy of the […]

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Growing in the Green Industry

REPLAY: Putting in the Time and $$: A Commitment to Continuing Education with Palmer Higgins

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape talk with Palmer Higgins, CEO ofĀ Mainely Grass, a New England lawn care company. Higgins first entered the landscaping and lawn care […]

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How I Do It: Breaking the Mold of the Average Tree Operation

Like many other companies in the industry, Limbwalker, based in Louisville, Kentucky, had humble beginnings. Cory Petry and Chris O’Bryan started the business with a truck, an old chipper, some chainsaws and climbing equipment in 2004. Now 18 years later, they have 45 employees and more ISA Certified Arborists on staff than any other company […]

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Sun Valley Landscaping Implements Navigator Program to Support Team Members

Last year, Sun Valley Landscaping, based in Omaha, Nebraska, struggled with employee turnover. These employees cited overwhelming personal circumstances that caused many of them to quit. Yet Paul Fraynd, LIC, co-owner of Sun Valley, says he felt like he was failing. ā€œWe don’t have a lot of people that leave to go work at the […]

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Reflecting Back and Looking Forward: Season 3: Episode 7 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In season 3, episode 7 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Brett Lemcke of R.M. Landscape and Macey Robinson with LandCare talk with each other. In this podcast, our hosts reflect back on the last six months and look forward to the next six months and how you get through those moments. […]

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Team Building: Creating a Talent Acquisition Team

You’ve probably heard the slogan ā€˜Always be recruiting’ before. But how do you make that motto a reality? For Brilar, based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, they decide to create a dedicated talent acquisition team six months ago. There are five people on the team currently, with two talent acquisition specialists, one talent acquisition associate, a […]

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Managing to Win Despite Challenges

Life will always challenge you in different ways. What matters is how you deal with the challenge of change. If you want to learn how to manage to win despite the circumstances, don’t miss the closing general session at ELEVATE on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Entrepreneur, former Super-Bowl winning NFL quarterback, and NFL analyst Joe […]

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REPLAY: The Twists and Turns of Finding Your Dream Job with Macey Robinson

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, Miles Kuperus, system architect at Include Software, and Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape, talk with Macey Robinson, a branch manager for LandCare in Dallas, Texas. Robinson has been with LandCare since 2017 when she came […]

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Lessons Learned from Field Trip at R.P. Marzilli & Company

The sixth annual NALP Field Trip took place at R.P. Marzilli & Company’s headquarters in Medway, Massachusetts, on June 23-24. This $53 million-dollar company specializes in high-end, high-quality residential work. More than 250 landscape and lawn care professionals assembled for an in-person tour of their facility. Over the two days, hosts Marty Grunder and Frank […]

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