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Cultivating Unity: Navigating Growth While Preserving Organizational Identity

Whether you are growing organically, through mergers and acquisitions or a mixture of both, scaling your culture with your team is critical. This task can be challenging as you work to accommodate a larger workforce with multiple locations as communication breakdowns can lead to misunderstandings, misalignment, and a lack of cohesion. ā€œConsistency across the board, […]

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Conquering Challenges: Overcoming Seasonal Flooding at Riverfront Property

This project earned Landvisions a Gold Award for Residential Design/Build in the 2023 Awards of Excellence. The banks of the Red River near Shreveport, Louisiana, are not your typical landscape setting, as the river frequently has seasonal flooding that impacts nearby homeowners. This family was looking to create a landscape that would match their homeā€™s […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Maintaining a Diverse Landscape

This property in Carlisle, Massachusetts, has everything from wetlands to gardens. For several years, the team at A Blade of Grass, based in Sudbury, Massachusetts, has maintained each area to keep them healthy and looking their best. Heather Jones, the marketing director and the maintenance division’s senior account manager, shares her thoughts on winning a […]

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Host School BYU ā€“ Provo Wins 48th National Collegiate Landscape Competition

NALP CEO Britt Wood summed up the 48th National Collegiate Landscape Competition, presented by NALP and powered by STIHL, in one word: ā€œAwesome.ā€ During the closing ceremony on March 16, 2024, Wood thanked the host school, Brigham Young University ā€“ Provo, as well as the many industry partners, including elite partners Aspire, Caterpillar, Stanley Black […]

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Studentsā€™ Energy and Focus Stands Out During 48th National Collegiate Landscape Competition

Quiet focus radiated from the 650 students participating in 30 different competitive events at the 48th National Collegiate Landscape Competition, presented by NALP and powered by STIHL, hosted at BYU in Provo, Utah, on March 15. As they created landscape designs on computers, identified various plant species and navigated various obstacle courses with machinery, students […]

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Team Building: Overcoming Concerns About Adopting Cultural Fit Hiring

If you ask a lawn or landscape company owner some of their keys to successfully retaining their employees, hiring for cultural fits is typically among their advice. ā€œThatā€™s well and good for them,ā€ you might think. ā€œI donā€™t have that luxury.ā€ Edward Coady, CEO of Mainely Grass, based in Bedford, New Hampshire, says they started […]

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Industry Professionals Inspired by Studentsā€™ Passion at NCLC Career Fair

As soon as the doors opened, students dashed into to secure their seats for the opening ceremony of the Ā 48th National Collegiate Landscape Competition, presented by NALP and powered by STIHL, on March 14. This yearā€™s NCLC is hosted by Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and Dr. Michal Stark, associate dean of the College […]

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Talent Retention in Turbulent Times: Nurturing New Hires Amidst H-2B Visa Setbacks

If the odds werenā€™t in your favor and you didnā€™t receive your H-2B visas this year, your focus has probably been on recruiting enough labor to be fully staffed up for the spring season. However, even after you reach your desired headcount, there is still more work to do. Now comes the task of training […]

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Faces of the Industry: Brian McGrady

Brian McGrady served in the Marine Corps for 20 years before retiring at the rank of gunnery sergeant. A fellow Marine introduced him to the landscape industry, and he has been in the industry for roughly five years now. ā€œWe have always had similar goals and values,ā€ McGrady says. ā€œHe knew that this would be […]

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Protecting Your Business: Ingraining Defensive Driving Tactics

Even with the best route density, your crews spend a significant amount of time behind the wheel. One way to help reduce the risk of accidents occurring while theyā€™re out in the field is to train them in defensive driving tactics. ā€œNo matter how skilled a driver is, the road is littered with potential hazards, […]

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