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In season 2, episode 46 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software and Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape talk with Doug McDuff, president and co-owner of Landscape America. McDuff has a bachelorās degree in urban forestry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an associateās degree in landscape […]
When you take on a new lawn care client, you may think you know what products should be applied based on what youāre seeing in the turf. However, there is a lot more going on than meets the eye and this is where soil tests come in. āIt’s like going to the doctor,ā says Mike […]
Tara Piergies-Baker has been in the industry since 2004. She was steered towards landscape architecture by her professor Roy DeBoer at Rutgers University thanks to her love of the outdoors and working outside. She took on the role of design/build construction sales manager at Milosi, based in Hendersonville, Tennessee, last August and she says itās […]
In Loveland, Ohio, a homeowner had just moved to the area and built a new home on a 4-acre property where there was once a dilapidated house. Thanks to Oasis Turf & Treeās strong presence in the area, she contacted the Loveland, Ohio-based business with the goal of creating a lawn and landscape that would […]
When Focal Pointe Outdoor Solutions started working with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on implementing the university’s sustainability goals, it came to their attention that they didnāt have an internal structure for sustainable practices. While they recognized sustainability was part of who they are, Focal Pointe didnāt have a collective approach to their operations […]
In season 2, episode 45 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus at Include Software and Brett Lemcke with RM Landscape talk with each other. In this podcast, our hosts talk about the changes that take place when spring arrives. They touch on communicating with your team, setting expectations, and how […]
Jim Funai, Ph.D., plant science and landscape technology professor at Cuyahoga Community College, has been named the Outstanding Educator of the Year for 2022 by the NALP Foundation. Funai attended The Ohio State University and was studying engineering at first because he didnāt know there were career paths in the landscape industry. After searching for […]
As temperatures warm up across the country, the time for conducting spring irrigation startups has started or is just around the corner for your landscape company. Russ Jundt, founder of Conserva Irrigation, based in Glen Allen, Virginia, calls this process summerization because it is the opposite of winterization and there is far more to summerizing […]
Over the last two years, NALP has been working with The Corps Network and Jobs for the Future to develop a pre-apprenticeship program at Civic Works in Baltimore, Maryland. Working together, these organizations have been mapping Civic Works’ existing landscape program to the NALP Landscape Management Apprenticeship Program (LMAP), and initiating and supporting employer engagement […]
Sponsored Content Thereās no specific season when your handheld equipment is more likely to break down, but you definitely donāt want it to happen during the spring busy season. Being proactive with your equipment maintenance is the key to preventing early wear and tear. āAny of the products are subject to two major causes of […]
