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Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. At the age of 18, Steve Corrigan, president of Mountain View Landscapes, Inc., based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, landed his first commercial client when an apartment manager told him they were looking for someone to cut the […]
As a leader, itās important to pause from time to time and be reminded about certain concepts, as well as learn new things. Brian Helgoe, CEO & founder of Monarch Landscape Companies; Teddy Russell, owner & CEO of Russell Landscape; and Terell Weg, president & CEO of MSNW Group, discussed lessons theyāve learned running their […]
An R&D department sounds like something only multimillion-dollar corporations can afford to have, but Milosi, based in Hendersonville, Tennessee, has started a bit smaller by creating an R&D committee at the end of 2022. Taylor Milliken, owner and president of Milosi, says heās wanted to start an R&D committee for years. āWith Create and Innovate […]
Wouldnāt you love to have a crystal ball that tells you exactly what to expect for the next year? Attendees at Leaders Forum in Litibu, Nayarit, Mexico, got the next best thing on Jan. 18 as Taylor St. Germain, an economist with ITR Economics, shared various economic indicators and how landscape company owners can respond […]
Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Ruppert Landscape Acquires The Greenery Ruppert Landscape has expanded their services in South Carolina with the acquisition of The Greenery of Charleston. The Greenery of Charleston is the leading commercial landscape maintenance and installation provider in the Charleston market and was owned and operated […]
While there are numerous considerations to be mindful of when designing rooftop gardens, with a creative mindset, the skyās the limit to what can be installed in these spaces. āRooftop gardens will present challenges when utilizing specific design elements, but these are just bumps in the road,ā says Samantha Barrett, design manager for John Mini […]
Automation may sound like something reserved for manufacturing lines, but it can help improve your lawn or landscape companyās efficiency by condensing time-consuming processes. Lawson Thalmann, chief technology officer for Chalet, based in Wilmette, Illinois, says they have been using email automation for six years. It started with their e-commerce efforts, which was a natural […]
In the forests of Dover, Massachusetts, youāll find a modern house surrounded by rocky ledges and pine trees. This unique setting inspired the homeowners to create a landscape that would blend in their home with the natural surroundings while keeping their property tidy and functional for entertaining. From the start, NatureWorks Landscape, based in Walpole, […]
Glenn Jacobsen passed away on Jan. 8, 2024, at the age of 65, after a battle with glioblastoma brain cancer. Jacobsen founded Jacobsen Landscape Design & Construction in 1979 and was president of NALP in 2013. Like many others in the industry, Jacobsen got his start mowing neighborhood lawns. He built his Midland Park, New […]
If you mainly use your social media accounts to promote your landscape companyās service offerings, you could be missing out on a whole other genre of posts. Social media is intended to foster a sense of community and isnāt just another channel for traditional marketing efforts. Featuring your employeesā stories on your social media accounts […]
