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Talent Trends for 2026: How Landscape Companies Are Approaching Recruiting

For many in the landscape industry, finding skilled labor remains one of the primary business challenges they face. However, there have been improvements in recruiting efforts as owners have found that a mindset shift is the first step to remedying the situation. ā€œThe last few years, we’ve been focused a lot more on what we […]

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Finding Top Talent: Four Strategies from Landscape Company Recruiters

Bringing on a full-time recruiter can be extremely beneficial for your workforce pipeline and your retention efforts. ā€œThe way I look at recruiting is very similar to sales,ā€ says David Koehn, president of Koehn Outdoor, based in Jacksonville, Florida. ā€œYou’re building your pipeline; you’re following up. There are a lot of the same processes in […]

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The Workforce Shortage is Real … Here’s How the Landscape Industry Plans to Cope

Last week, the National Association of Landscape Professionals, through the Industry Growth Initiative, held a Workforce Development and Recruitment Summit at its office in Fairfax, Virginia, to address the industry’s workforce shortage. Approximately 50 attendees from major regional green industry associations, as well as experts from other major industries attended the event, sharing their respective […]

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