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Mergers and acquisitions can be an alluring form of growth, but it is important to approach this decision with eyes wide open as it has a direct impact on your operations and culture, not just your bottom line. Whether you are considering being backed by private equity or completing acquisitions on your own, this […]
Change is hard. Yet it is a necessary component of the M&A process. While it will take new team members time to adjust, how you approach integration plays a huge role in how effective you are at preserving what made the company worth acquiring in the first place. āWhen culture is honored and evolved, engagement […]
With mergers and acquisitions, a companyās numbers may get the deal done, but how well their culture is integrated will determine whether the partnership succeeds or unravels in the months that follow. Blending company cultures is not a sprint but a marathon that starts well before the papers are signed and continues long after the […]
āWho will protect what I built?ā is the question owners must ask when they reach the point where theyāre ready to retire or simply take a step back from the business. In response to this, Jennifer Jorge and other industry leaders have collaborated to launch Legacy Lawns, a new national lawn care platform, which unites […]
In September 2025, Olive Branch, Mississippi-based Michael Hatcher & Associates and Raleigh, North Carolina-based GreenView Partners came together to form the new Hatcher Landscape Partners. This landscape platform was created out of a desire to offer a new breed of commercial landscape company that blends operational excellence with authentic stewardship. āCommercial landscaping has too often […]
Turf Masters Brands, based in Roswell, Georgia, has completed 19 acquisitions and 12 in the last year alone. Andy Kadrich, founder of Turf Masters Lawncare LLC, senior advisor and board member to Turf Masters Brands, says he formed Turf Masters Brands along with All Turf Holdings, LLC and Green Group Holdings in 2022 with the […]
Itās a new year, and with it comes a fresh start to lead your landscape company to new heights. To help guide you in your business decisions for the near future, weāve outlined a roadmap of where we think things are headed centered around some of the industryās hot topics. The Future of Artificial Intelligence […]
For some lawn and landscape companies, mergers and acquisitions are only considered once private equity is involved. Senske Services, based in Kennewick, Washington, completed between 17 and 20 lawn care and plant health acquisitions well before partnering with private equity firm GTCR. āMany of these acquisitions were smaller companies that approached us because their owners […]
This article is written in an āAs Told Toā format. Brad Leahy is the vice president ofĀ Blades of Green, a lawn care and pest control company based in Edgewater, Maryland. Blades of Green was acquired by Senske Services in 2023. I often get asked what itās really like going from a family-run business to being […]
Most landscape companies spend years fine-tuning their business before diving into M&As or attracting the attention of a private equity firm. In HeartLandās case, acquisitions and private equity have been part of the business from the very beginning. Founded in April 2016, Ed Schatz Jr., founder & CEO of HeartLand, partnered with Great Range Capital […]
