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If you want to establish strong relationships with landscape architects outside your company or strengthen the current ones you have, there are a number of mistakes you can avoid making. Ā āWhat I have learned is that many of the LAs we deal with have had negative experiences with contractors that want a shortcut,ā says […]
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, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape, and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape, pose questions for each other. In this podcast, the panelists discuss their questions for each […]
The Carolina Inn is an upscale hotel located on-campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is known to host university-related gatherings, including alumni weddings and other private events, which lead to the hotelās need for a landscaping update. Due to the hotel’s distinguished location and entertainment duties, the client brought on […]
If your lawn or landscape company has multiple locations, whether itās a few cities or a few states over, consistency can be a challenge to ensure that each team receives the same level of safety training. Individual instructors have their own experiences, capabilities and biases so trainees at different locations can receive different messages. You […]
When Sharon Chao was recruited out of college by Gachina Landscape Management, based in Menlo Park, California, the company only had 60 employees. The company was growing with one accountant and Chao was brought on to help with payroll. Since then she moved up to accounting manager, controller and is now director of finance. Previously, […]
When youāre looking to improve your companyās efficiency, one aspect you can consider is outsourcing some parts of the business that make up your overhead. Just like how youād bring on a subcontractor to handle some of the tasks that arenāt your companyās specialty, outsourcing certain departments allows you to pass on duties that need […]
Not all landscape designs may come from your in-house designers. When you have the opportunity to work with outside landscape architects, not only can you enjoy a fresh design perspective but you can also foster a relationship that leads to future business. By maintaining strong relationships with landscape architects, they can direct new clients your […]
What do icons like Maya Angelou, Bill Gates, Jane Goodall and Pitbull have in common? They are all individuals that author Alex Banayan has interviewed during his seven-year quest to discover the high-performance habits of successful people. He distilled these mindsets and tools into his book, The Third Door. During the opening general session at […]
In season 3, episode 3 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape, Luke Melegrano with Mariani Landscape and Neal Glatt with GrowTheBench talk with Jan Johnsen, principal with Johnsen Landscapes & Pools. Johnsen and her husband ran a design/build firm for over 30 years and today it is […]
On June 8, 80 landscape professionals from 18 different states headed to Capitol Hill to carry the H-2B reform message and share their stories. This fly-in was hosted by NALP in collaboration with Seasonal Employment Alliance, the Federation of Employers and Workers of America and AmericanHort to push for H-2B reform this summer as there […]
