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Healthy Green Spaces Coalition Provides Science-Backed Guidance on Water-Efficient Landscapes

In response to drought conditions, many municipalities have rolled out water restrictions that result in tree deaths and increase the heat island effect as they label turfgrass and green spaces as part of the problem. Recognizing this challenge for the irrigation and landscape industry, the National Association of Landscape Professionals, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Hunter Industries, Rain […]

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Making Your Marketing Dollars Count: How To Spend Smarter

Marketing is an important line item in your budget, but you can easily end up wasting your money if you aren’t regularly measuring and adapting your methods to changes in the market. Setting Your Budget It can be tempting to not increase your marketing budget as you grow to limit your expenses, but it’s best […]

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Turning Data into Action: How to Move from Data Overload to Data Mastery

As you implement more technology in your landscape business, you can easily become overwhelmed by the amount of data at your fingertips.   “Paralysis by analysis is a real malady today because you’ve got so much stuff that you’re just inundated with on a daily basis, and you get a lot of disparate data that’s […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Delivering Elegance to a Historic Neighborhood

Among the busy streets of Washington, D.C., is a historic home with an elegant landscape. Not long ago, the owners purchased two properties to add a guest house to the main home. The family also wanted to renovate the existing landscape to match the beauty of the surrounding neighborhood. They brought in McHale Landscape Design, […]

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How I Do It: Becoming A Public Benefit Corporation

Klausing Group, PBC, based in Lexington, Kentucky, has always believed that businesses can be a force for good. They decided to take that belief one step further by becoming a Certified B Corporation. CEO Roscoe Klausing announced his company’s decision to pursue B Corp certification at Leaders Forum in 2023 as part of their strategy […]

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Business Smarts: How To Respond to Inconvenient Growth

Guest post by Bob Williamson, pest & lawn director for Cetane Associates We all like convenience in every aspect of our lives. No one likes to wait, and it’s easy to become frustrated when things aren’t resolved promptly or when we don’t get what we want right away. Growing your business means being ready to […]

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Don’t Be An Easy Target: How to Cut Down on Equipment Theft

Equipment theft is a costly headache that causes a ripple effect throughout your operations as you scramble to fill the gap. Economic pressures have been known to drive more individuals to theft, as well as the increased value of assets. AMAROK anticipates thieves will increasingly target the construction, landscaping, and trucking industries for valuable equipment […]

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How an ESOP Can Facilitate a Business Transition and Drive Growth

When it comes to exit plans, ESOPs are often overlooked. Yet Larry Ryan, founder and chairman of Ryan Lawn & Tree, made the bold decision to sell the company to his employees just 11 years after its founding. He wanted to grow the business to $100 million by 2030 by creating a team of long-term, […]

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The Future of Battery Charging: Risks, Rates, and New Tech

Manufacturers are currently in pursuit of battery cell technology that will allow them to provide faster charging times for landscape companies. As technology advances, below are some of the areas to be mindful of as you scale with battery power and what to expect in the near future. Faster Charging Considerations   One of the […]

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Gen Z Trades Textbooks for Toolbelts: How To Attract Them to The Landscape Industry

Gen Z has started to be dubbed the ‘toolbelt generation’ as more of them are forgoing traditional 4-year colleges and pursuing the trades instead. In fact, for the third consecutive year, vocational community colleges have had substantial growth in enrollment (+11.7%, +91,000), according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Since spring 2020, enrollment in […]

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