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Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Lou Penning Landscapes, Inc., based in Napa, California, has served the Bay area since 1988 and has been growing as the market has evolved there. Ben Penning, president of Lou Penning Landscapes, Inc., is the second […]
Brigitte Orrick, director of talent development for The Davey Tree Expert Company, based in Kent, Ohio, is an inspiration to women in the landscape, lawn care and tree care industries. She is passionate about promoting the wide range of careers in the industry offers to everyone. Her willingness to lead and create a field that […]
Jeff Buhler of Massey Services, based in Orlando, Florida, has been actively involved in NALP, serving on the board and as president, as well as the leader of a number of other non-profit organizations and associations throughout his career. For his selflessness as a leader, Buhler was named the 2024 Lifetime Leadership Award winner. āI’m […]
Nate Farley is the founder and CEO of NationScapes. He took his company from three employees to more than 35 and has grown their annual revenue from $600,000 to $4 million in less than four years. His success in the industry and commitment to providing fulfilling careers for his team earned him the 2024 Young […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. For many landscape companies, seasonal color is just one service offering of the many they provide their customers. However, for Color Burst, based in Grayson, Georgia, the design, installation and maintenance of seasonal color is their […]
Ivan Giraldo founded Clean Scapes Landscaping, based in Austin, Texas, with Rex Gore in 2005. He has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and served as a branch manager with TruGreen before starting his company. In 2021, Giraldo and Gore transitioned Clean Scapes to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Did you […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. Jeff Rossenās passion for landscaping was born when he was gifted some unhatched Japanese koi eggs. He built his first pond for these fish, and it progressively got bigger each time he rebuilt it. Around 13 […]
Our Level Up series shares the strategies that help landscape and lawn care companies get to the next level. When Yardniqueās CEO Brian DuMont was considering where to go to college, all he wanted to do was play baseball. It was when his father asked, āWhat are you going to do with your life, son?ā […]
Bob Grover and his son David, have been working together at Pacific Landscape Management, based in Hillsboro, Oregon, since David graduated from high school. While technically David had been working for the business before then, doing odds and ends, Bob was adamant his son not work for the business in earnest until he was in […]
Skyler Westergardās journey through the landscape industry has given him multiple viewpoints including that of a student, a technician, a landscape company owner, a branch manager and a professor. Now the learning and development specialist at LandCare, LLC, based in Frederick, Maryland, Westergard says his foundation as a college professor and working as a branch manager for […]
