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A lot of different factors go into why employees want to work for your company and stay long-term. Aside from paying competitive wages and offering benefits like health insurance, providing a career path and professional development can attract those who want something more than just a job. There are a number of professional development options […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. LandPatterns, based in Dallas, Texas, was started in 2000 by landscape architect Marc Funderburk.  He started the company with the primary goal of providing quality landscape architecture, installation and maintenance to a discerning clientele. “We […]
Creating a safety culture requires a concerted effort from the top down to those in the field. Training employees from day one safe operating procedures can reduce many common accidents from occurring. According to OSHA, 49.6 percent of the people involved in accidents had been with their employer for less than one year. This drives […]
In season 2, episode 2 of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, and Macey Wollenberg, branch manager at LandCare, chat together. In this podcast, our hosts cover a lot of territory, focusing on mentors and mentorship (is it better […]
Michael Hatcher & Associates (MH&A) based in Olive Branch, Mississippi, has completed an acquisition of Green King through their lawn care division Master Lawn. With this acquisition Master Lawn’s residential customer count has increased by 233 percent. For the immediate future, the Green King brand will remain in use with Green King customers. All of […]
Read more about these NALP members and partners in the news. Brooklawn Services Acquires Chemscape, Inc. Brooklawn Services based in Muncie, Indiana, recently acquired Chemscape, Inc. a lawn and landscape maintenance company out of Montpelier, Indiana. Jason Brooks, president and founder of Brooklawn Service, and Troy Batten, owner of Chemscape, Inc., discussed a possible merger […]
When one of Landmark Landscapes, Inc.’s clients reached out to them about their degrading patio on a bluff what started out as one project ultimately turned into three unique spaces that combined form and function. The homeowners had hired Landmark in the past for some small enhancement projects, but it was after the company had […]
In Flagstaff, Arizona, Foxglove Gardening has been offering fine gardening and landscape maintenance services for over 35 years. Founded by Joan Abbott, the company was purchased by married couple Jason Minshew and Annie Taylor when they learned she wanted to retire. Previously, Minshew and Taylor had worked together at a landscape architecture firm called Gardens […]
You might consider strategic planning and exit planning as two different things but Jennifer Murray, vice president of McFarlin Stanford, leader of their valuation and financial advisory practices, argues they are one and the same. “Having a proactive forward-looking value creation mindset I think is additive to any business, whether you’re just starting out, or […]
Hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software and Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape, kick off the second season of Growing in the Green Industry Podcast with Britt Wood, CEO of the National Association of Landscape Professionals. Wood is an association executive who has over 25 years of experience in association management. In […]
