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Landscape Management's staff brings together collective experience in journalism, research, writing, and editing. Our team stays tapped into the pulse of the industry, covering a wide range topics with a commitment to delivering compelling stories and high-quality content.

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LawnPRO makes tenth acquisition with Green Image Lawn Care

Green Image, based in York and Lancaster, Pa., provides lawn care services and fertilization, soil testing, tree care and more.

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Trex RainEscape releases the Clean-Edge Butyl Tape for deck builders

Clean-Edge Butyl Tape is designed specifically for use with the Trex RainEscape system.

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PlanIT Geo launched TreePlotter Projects for urban forestry initiatives

The initiative aims to simplify the management of urban greening efforts by allowing users to track milestones, generate automated reports and focus resources on areas of need for maximum impact.

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KeyServ acquires Trim All Lawn Service to expand Florida footprint

Trim All Lawn was acquired in 2004 by Jason Lee, a veteran, and his wife, Wendy.

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MANTS 2025 hosts more than 10,400 horticulture professionals

The show drew more than 2,970 non-exhibiting buying companies.

Mariani Premier Group makes its 24th acquisition with TCIROOD

With this acquisition, Mariani Premier Group continues its commitment to providing landscaping services across the U.S.

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Ewing Outdoor Supply opens new supercenter in Richmond, Va.

This new supercenter is designed to serve the needs of landscaping professionals, contractors and homeowners.

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Veseris expands into the turf and pool markets with Tessman acquisition

Tessman and Lynde will continue day-to-day operations, remaining business as usual during the transition.

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Propane-powered mowers as an eco-friendly landscaping option

The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) highlights propane as an economical and eco-friendly alternative to traditional fuels.

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Yellowstone Landscape partners with Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions

Funds managed by Harvest Partners, a private equity firm based in New York, N.Y., are retaining majority ownership of Yellowstone.

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Ditch Witch released the JT21 directional drill

The JT21 delivers up to 40 percent more downhole horsepower than its predecessor.

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Advanced Turf Solutions and The Aquatrols Company release new soil surfactant

Advanced Turf Solutions and The Aquatrols Company released their new, co-branded soil surfactant, HydroPak Adapt.

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LawnPRO Partners makes its ninth acquisition with Meehan’s Lawn Service

The company provides lawn fertilization, tree and shrub care, perimeter pest control and more to residential customers in Northeast Ohio.

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Snow products to help your company survive the winter

VBX+ spreader COMPANY: Boss Snowplows The VBX+ offers enhanced control and precision for snow and ice management. It features an advanced controller for accurate material distribution, optimized spread width and flow rate and material tracking for up to 10 job sites. The company says simplified material calibration enables easy material tracking and supply planning, helping […]

The outdoor demo area allowed attendees to test equipment, including this zero-turn mower from Bad Boy Mowers. (Photo: courtesy of OPEI)

Onward and upward: A recap of the 2024 Equip Exposition

This year marked the third straight year of attendance growth for the event after setting records in 2022 (25,000) and 2023 (27,000).

New York Times bestselling author Shawn Achor was the keynote speaker during Elevate’s Opening Session. (Photo: National Association of Landscape Professionals)

Show and tell at Elevate 2024

2024 Lifetime Leadership Award winner Jeff Buhler, the senior vice president of customer service for Massey Services, informed the crowd at Elevate 2024, which took place Nov. 3-6 in Charlotte, N.C., just how exciting these times are during his acceptance speech at the event’s Opening Session.

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Experts comment on the state of the industry

What’s the state of the green industry as we head into 2025?

Atticus files lawsuit against FMC

The lawsuit, framed as a declaratory judgment action, will allow Atticus to secure legal certainty and to use that certainty when it begins commercializing its CTPR portfolio.

Researching the red-headed flee beetle and its effect on nurseries

These pests are smaller than a grain of rice and can cause nursery growers millions of dollars’ worth of damage by chewing holes in leaves, skeletonizing foliage and stunting growth.

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SiteOne continues expansion with acquisition of OakStreet Wholesale Nursery

The company is continuing to expand the number of markets in which it offers the full range of landscape supplies and services to landscape professionals.

Mariani Premier Group expands with addition of Back to Nature Home & Garden

The Mariani Premier Group (MPG) announced the addition of Back to Nature Home & Garden, a design/build landscape architecture firm based in New Jersey that has completed projects throughout the greater New York Metro area including parts of New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. This move will grow MPG’s growing portfolio of landscaping companies across the […]

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Pro’s Toolbox: Top Rated 2024

We asked and you told us: Your favorite tools to get the job done

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Tyler Bock becomes new owner of the SpringGreen franchise serving the Galesburg, Ill. area

Bock graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in agribusiness and farm management and started his first lawn mowing business in junior high.

The Grow Group to host Virtual Sales Bootcamp 2.0 for landscape professionals

During the event, Marty Grunder and a Landscape Management columnist will share the strategies, tips and tactics he’s used to win at sales in his nearly 40 years of selling landscaping work.

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