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Business Advice & Stories

Growing in the Green Industry

Putting in the Time and $$: A Commitment to Continuing Education with Palmer Higgins: Episode 42 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In the 42nd episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape talk with Palmer Higgins, CEO of Mainely Grass, a New England lawn care company. Higgins first entered the landscaping and […]

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Networks

The Benefits of Joining NALP Networks

Networking and connecting with industry peers can help you both professionally and personally so if you are looking for some new ways to get plugged in, check out some of NALP’s free network options. Women in Landscape Network Powered by Bayer, the Women in Landscape Network is led by a group of over 20 landscape […]

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Level Up

Level Up: Plants Creative Landscapes Focuses on Their Purpose

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Plants Creative Landscapes’ owner Pam Dooley doesn’t look at her company’s size or revenue as a way to measure their growth, but rather their purpose. ā€œI am always curious about ways to just expand and evolve […]

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Mandy Moreland Reflects on 18 Years with McHale Landscape Design, Inc.

Guest Contributor Mandy Moreland first got into the landscape industry working at a local nursery. Those experiences drove her decision to major in landscape management at the University of Maryland. More than two decades later, Moreland is the Director of Operations and Nursery Management at McHale Landscape Design. For the last 18 years, Moreland has […]

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Digital Sales: A Strategy that Converts in the Digital Landscape

Guest Content Statistics show that today’s consumer does more than two months of online research before ever contacting a company directly. Realizing that a large portion of the sales process is achieved before that first contact, leading landscape companies are building out their digital sales processes and prequalifying machines, by creating content that aligns to […]

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Strategic and Profitable Company Growth with Seth Kehne: Episode 41 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In the 41st 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 of Lawn Butler, a maintenance and design-build firm in Knoxville, Tennessee. Kehne started mowing lawns in […]

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How I Do It: Switching to a Subscription Service Model

Cash flow is crucial in order to scale your business and one way to help remedy this issue is to switch your operations to a subscription service model. Blades of Green, based in Edgewater, Maryland, has been operating this way for five years now. Brad Leahy, vice president of the company, says he would never […]

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Green Expectations Opens Plant Shop During House Plant Craze

Green Expectations, based in Zephyrhills, Florida, was founded in 1996 and has undergone many changes over the years. One of their latest changes has been the addition of a plant shop and garden center. Derrick Paredes, owner of Green Expectations, started the plant shop in August of 2020 and has taken advantage of the COVID-driven […]

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How I Do It: Designing Virtually with Clients

While the landscape industry was deemed essential early on during the pandemic, companies still had to pivot and change some of their operations to continue doing business safely. One aspect of that is meeting with clients virtually to go over their landscape designs. Josh Robinson, design and sales manager for Todd’s Services Inc., based in […]

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Finding Balance: Episode 40 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In the 40th episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, and Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench chat with each other. In this podcast, our hosts dive deep and get real about finding balance in your life.Ā Discussion points include: what does a healthy balance […]

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