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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 […]
Earlier this year, the State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously to implement a statewide ban on the watering of nonfunctional turf in the commercial, industrial and institutional sectors in California that runs for one year. The board also put regulations in place requiring local agencies to implement water use restrictions as water supplies may […]
Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Scythe Robotics Expands Team Scythe Robotics, a manufacturer of commercial-grade autonomous solutions, has brought on two employees to head manufacturing and talent acquisition as the company scales to meet surging demand. Brian Merkel has been brought on as head of manufacturing and Jen Mongeois […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Hursthouse Landscape Architects, based in Bolingbrook, Illinois, was started 32 years ago after Bob Hursthouse left the landscaping company he had spent a decade working at. He was interviewing with other landscaping companies when his former […]
