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Level Up: Education Is Key for Emerald Lawn Care, Inc.

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. It was third time’s the charm for Mark Utendorf when he found a career in the landscape industry that he wanted to do for life. Throughout high school and college, he worked for nursery businesses. After […]

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Level Up: Di Stefano Landscaping’s Talented Team Drives Their Success

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Growing up working on his family’s Christmas tree farm and nursery, Chris di Stefano was instilled with a strong work ethic and a love for the outdoors at an early age. While he knew he didn’t […]

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Level Up: The Formal Garden Reaches Their Sweet Spot

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Even at the young age of four, Andy Miller knew he either wanted to “draw flowers or grow flowers” when he grew up. Miller attended vocational school for landscape and floral design in high school. He […]

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Level Up: Landscapes Unlimited Has Grown 25-30 Percent Each Year

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Landscapes Unlimited, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, was started in 2008. Founder Chris Holmgren had worked in the landscape industry for 15 years before creating his own company with the goal of building the biggest and […]

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Level Up: Deep Roots Landscape Grows To Be a One-Source Solution for Clients

As early as elementary school, John Baxter and Ben Filchak were talking about owning businesses and working together. Baxter started cutting lawns in middle school and continued all the way through college. While he attended the University of North Georgia studying business management, he took a course on small business and created a business plan. […]

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Level Up: Allied Landscape Is Focused on Growing People and Partnerships

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Loren McIrvin grew up in the industry, helping his parents run a small landscape company in the San Francisco Bay area, which built his appreciation for nature. It wasn’t until he turned 18 that he knew […]

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Level Up: Relationships Fuel Sunline Landscapes’ Growth

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. It only took Curtis Atkinson one semester in college to know he wanted to start his own company. He had been working for another landscape company since high school, mowing lawns and working his way up […]

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Level Up: EarthCraft Landscaping Seeks to Continually Improve and Learn

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. You could say a love for the landscape industry is how EarthCraft Landscaping, based in Indiana, Pennsylvania, came to be. Husband and wife owners Aaron and Shanna Scordo had previously worked for another landscape company that […]

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Level Up: Ambler Industries Looks to Add Cultural Fits to Their Team

Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Rob Ambler grew up with an entrepreneurial spirit, always thinking of new business ideas and ways to make money. Because his father traveled a lot working for corporate America, Ambler knew he did not want that […]

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Top 5 Level Up Stories of 2022

The Level Up series is a collection of articles that share the successful strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies reach the next level. Check out some of the most-read stories in this series in 2022. Click on each company’s name to read the full Level Up article. 5) Level Up: Mullin Focuses on […]

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