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Author: Christina Herrick

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Christina Herrick

A Journalist graduate from Ohio Northern University, Christina is known for sharing her insightful experiences on the road with her audience. Christina is a former Editor for Landscape Management.

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Seth Jones

Seth Jones is the editorial director of Landscape Management, and the editor-in-chief of Golfdom and Athletic Turf magazines. A graduate of Kansas University’s William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Seth was voted best columnist in the industry in 2014, 2018 and 2023 by the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association. He has more than 23 years of experience in the golf and turf industries and has traveled the world seeking great stories.

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Time well-spent at the LM Growth Summit

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“If you’re not here, you’re missing out” seems to be the consensus from attendees of the 2019 LM Growth Summit. “Anyone who has thought about attending and hasn’t should reconsider and come,” says Brandon Hyde, vice president of Hyde Park Landscape in Norwich, Conn. “It will be an experience they won’t forget.” As lawn care […]

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Small trenchers and augers

Earth movers like trenchers and augers can be used for endless design/build tasks. But as equipment manufacturers can attest, landscapers increasingly want land movers with a smaller footprint and more maneuverability for smaller jobs. “For the last five years, we’ve been pressured to make things that are smaller in size, no more than 48 inches […]

While landscape companies say work was plentiful in 2019, it was often hard to find workers like those pictured here. (Photo: GreenSweep)

LM 2019 Industry Pulse: Labor report

LM Industry Pulse survey respondents say 2019 was a good year for business but a struggle to find people to help complete jobs.

Kioti’s Greg Bibee gives LM’s Sarah Webb the rundown on Kioti’s CS2210 tractor. (Photo: Kioti)

LM travel log: November 2019

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November proved to be another busy month for the Landscape Management editorial team members. LM Associate Editor Sarah Webb had the opportunity to take part in the Kioti dealer event Nov. 12 near Raleigh, N.C., and Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones, Editor Christina Herrick and Digital Editor Tyler Gunter covered the LM Growth Summit Nov. 11-13. With […]

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Pythium blight: often a case of mistaken identity

With Pythium blight, it’s often a case of mistaken identity, says Jim Kerns, Ph.D., associate professor of etiology, epidemiology and management of warm- and cool-season grass diseases at North Carolina State University. “Most people think they have Pythium blight when, indeed, it’s gray leaf spot,” he says. “I hear a lot of people talking about […]

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The scoop on pond installs as an add-on service

When it comes to ponds and aquatic works, there are many options available, from small water features to something as large as a few thousand gallons. But is adding an aquatics division the right move for your operation? For Mark Harpenau, owner of A+ Lawn & Landscape and A+ Watercare and Fountains in Des Moines, […]

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Keep spray equipment in top shape

When it comes to maintenance of hoses, nozzles, sprayers and reels, there’s no secret formula to keeping your equipment in top form. It boils down simply to time — as in taking the time to follow through on the little things. “Like with any mechanical equipment, maintenance is key,” says Kurt Upham, president of OhDeer […]

Fostering diversity in the workplace depends on building a strong culture of inclusion. (Photo: Sean Rayford)

Diversity: Creating company culture that fosters diversity

Whether a business with a large Latino workforce succeeds or fails usually comes down to one thing: culture, says Pam Berrios, president of Alexandria Landscapes in Alexandria, Va. Berrios, past president of the board of directors for the National Hispanic Landscape Alliance, also operates her own training and consulting company where she sees firsthand when […]

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Diversity: Getting involved in the industry cultivates diversity

Ed Wallace, owner of Midwest Landscaping in Long Beach, Calif., is active within associations representing the landscape industry. He was the first African American president of the Orange County chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association. He’s proud of the diversity within his own chapter, noting that diversity ripples out into the association at the […]

Diversity: Look beyond H-2B to solve staffing issues

Maurice Dowell, co-owner of Dowco Enterprises, in St. Louis, Mo., says the cost of H-2B labor has started to get him to rethink his approach to staffing. “We’re blessed to have a facility almost adjacent to our clientele,” he says. “The problem is it’s not adjacent to the talent that we need to build our […]

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Diversity: Gachina Landscape Management joins Movember movement

It’s no secret that men outnumber women in the green industry, and while H. Jaclyn Ishimaru-Gachina, president and CEO of Gachina Landscape Management in Menlo Park, Calif., says her upper management and executive team is 50 percent female, her operation’s focus has been to foster and encourage women in entry-level positions within the organization. In […]

Diversity: Creating a thriving female-owned business

“Getting work has never been an issue,” says Trina Julian, owner of Country Girl Gardens in Hayden, Idaho. But embarking in the landscape industry as a woman wasn’t an easy road at first. When Julian started the business about 10 years ago, she struggled to be taken seriously by other landscape businesses when she needed […]

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