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How I Do It: Inside a Gold Safety Award Winner’s Operations

At Duke’s Landscape Management, safety has always been a number one priority for owner Eric Cross. Based in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Duke’s provides commercial landscape maintenance, commercial snow and ice management, landscape design/build and holiday display services. Last year the company earned several NALP Safety Recognition Awards: a gold level – Overall Safety Achievement award, […]

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Modern Management: Communication, Transparency and Adaptation with Ashly Neneman: Episode 38 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In the 38th episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. and Macey Wollenberg, branch manager at LandCare talk with Ashly Neneman, general manager of Sun Valley Landscaping, based in Omaha, Nebraska. As general manager of Sun Valley Landscaping, Neneman leads the […]

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No Job Is Too Big for Stratton and BrƤtt Landscapes

Zack Stratton, CEO & president of Stratton & BrƤtt Landscapes, says he has dirt in his blood. Stratton’s ancestors started fruit farming in the early 1900s and by the 1960s his grandfather started doing golf course installations and maintenance. Growing up, Stratton worked on the family’s fruit farm and helped maintain the golf course. The […]

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Level Up: Nanak’s Landscaping Continues to Grow Despite Adversity Over the Years

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. When Deva S. Khalsa acquired a lawn company, Nanak’s Landscaping, in Miami in 1977, in true entrepreneurial spirit, he threw caution into the wind and moved to South Florida. He soon discovered the previous owner was […]

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Business Smarts: Developing a Sales Scorecard

Just like any part of the business, you need to monitor the metrics to see how your team is performing. With your sales team you can develop a sales scorecard for each rep that looks at key performance indicators (KPIs). These scorecards can help track and improve the performance of your reps. Unlike a sales […]

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NALP Members in the News: Schill Grounds Management, CASE Construction Equipment, ServiceTitan, Davey Tree, Joe Williams

Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Schill Grounds Management Purchases The Ohio Valley Group’s Commercial Division Schill Grounds Management has purchased the commercial division of The Ohio Valley Group in a carve-out acquisition that expands Schill’s service area to the east side of Cleveland. Schill will take over all of […]

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The Key to Finding and Retaining Great Employees (hint: Be a Better Employer) with Mick Mulhall: Episode 37 of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast

In the 37th episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape talk with Mick Mulhall, president of Mulhall’s, an Omaha, Nebraska-based family of green industry businesses. Mulhall’s grandfather immigrated from Ireland in 1953 to […]

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Take Advantage of NALP’s Exclusive Insurance Programs

In March 2019, the National Association of Landscape Professionals partnered with Axis Insurance and Rancho Mesa to offer NALP members a competitive risk management option. ā€œBuying your insurance as part of a large group/program can give you more pricing leverage and may provide more stability long term as insurance rates can be subject to large […]

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What to Know About the 2021 National Collegiate Landscape Competition

Registration for the National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) is now open. This year’s event will take place virtually from March 15 – 19, 2021. ā€œThough we are not in-person, we still have a very robust event that will incorporate a lot of the elements that make the in-person event so fantastic,ā€ says Jenn Myers, senior […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Estate Gardens in Fairfax, Virginia

An existing client of Chapel Valley Landscape Co. hired the company to handle an installation project on a wooded lot that was formerly the home of three different residences. Sterns Lott, business development executive for Chapel Valley, says they have worked for this family on several other projects over the last couple of decades, including […]

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