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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.

Agrium program greening school lawns

Through its “Spread it & Forget it” school year program, Agrium Advanced Technologies (AAT) offers schools the opportunity to use a single application of the fertilizer in the fall to sustain healthy, green lawns and sports fields throughout an academic year, as shown by recent university research. “The “Spread it & Forget it” school year […]

SWAT accepting comments for nozzle testing protocol

Version 2.0, of the Irrigation Association’s Smart Water Application Technologies (SWAT) committee’s equipment functionality testing protocol for high uniformity sprayhead sprinkler nozzles, is open for public comment through Sept. 25. “Version 2.0 looks at how individual nozzles that fit into a sprayhead body perform compared to manufacturer-published information and how groups of nozzles with different […]

Bayer appoints 2 new managers

Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, appointed John Wendorf as market segment manager and Wes Kleffner as area sales manager for its North American turf and ornamentals business. Based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Wendorf will focus on business development and strategy to support the growth of Bayer’s portfolio of turf and ornamentals solutions […]

Swingle relocates 30,000-member bee colony

Tree removal technicians for Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape Care relocated a 30,000-member Western honeybee colony while working in southwest Denver. The Western bee is facing a decrease in its population, yet it has staunch importance to ecosystems. Swingle crews relocated the hive in late July, when they were called to remove a rotted cottonwood […]

Lewey wins business woman award

Kim Lewey, co-owner of Raleigh, N.C.-based Lewey Landscaping & LawnCare, was named a winner of the 2013 Women in Business Awards from Triangle Business Journal. She is one of 26 recipients selected from among more than 160 entrants and is recognized in the family business category for her leadership of the company she operates with […]

John Deere program aims to ease parts stocking

John Deere is expanding its John Deere Parts OnSite program, a comprehensive parts stocking and replacement system that in some cases removes the task of restocking altogether. Landscape contractors meet with their local John Deere dealer to implement the program and discuss the specific needs of their business. The program includes everything from belts to […]

Irrigation Association posts State Licensing Guide online

The Irrigation Association (IA) has released its Landscape Irrigation Contractor State Licensing Guide online, giving Green Industry professionals a handy resource for determining their states’ requirements for practicing irrigation contracting. The site lists states that require irrigation professionals to be licensed to practice landscape irrigation. It provides a list of all states that do not […]

Keep America Beautiful promotes National Planting Day

Native species provide ideal habitats for wildlife, are hardier, and require less water and ongoing maintenance than other ornamentals. Yet, they are losing ground to suburbanization, fragmented habitats, ornamental plants and invasive species, according to Keep America Beautiful (KAB). That’s why KAB, its affiliates and partners, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s People’s Garden Initiative and […]

PBI-Gordon herbicide permitted wider use in California

PBI-Gordon Corp.’s Katana turf herbicide received registration with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, allowing its use as a spot treatment on residential lawns. The herbicide holds Environmental Protection Agency registration and is available in most southern and transition zone states already. In conjunction with its California registration, it received expanded use directions on professionally […]

PLANET names new Trailblazers

The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) named four new Trailblazers, an honor based on nominations and bestowed for excellence and achievement in the areas of lawn care, design/build/installation, interior plantscaping, irrigation & water management and landscape management. The individuals, who will be recognized at PLANET’S  Green Industry Conference, include: Michael Becker with Estate Gardeners in Elkhorn, […]

PLANET honors companies for safety

PLANET revealed the recipients of this year’s Safety Recognition Awards Program, acknowledging landscape industry professionals who consistently demonstrate commitment to safety. The program is sponsored by CNA. “PLANET and CNA work together through this program to help companies maintain the highest safety standards,” said Craig Clark, chair of PLANET’s safety committee. “These awards are an […]

Solu-Cal debuts new packaging

Solu-Cal USA, based in West Wareham, Mass., produced new packaging for its flagship product, Solu-Cal Enhanced Calcitic Lime. The new 50-pound bag features improved coverage information, updated application rates and enhanced PHCA organic humic acid technology branding, all while retaining its wrap design. Spanish translation of product information and application rates are included in the […]

Bayer CropScience celebrates anniversary by volunteering

More than 200 employee volunteers from Envioronmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, gathered on Bayer’s 150th anniversary, Aug. 1, to foster a healthier space for people in need at Zuma’s Rescue Ranch. The occasion was part of Bayer’s planned series of events and projects throughout the year to mark its 150th anniversary. Zuma’s is […]

Davey Tree names new vice president

The Davey Tree Expert Co. appointed Don Winsett to vice president of national business development. Winsett joins the Kent, Ohio, company with about 20 years in the industry, including time spent at ValleyCrest, Brickman and his own Florida-based grounds maintenance company that grew to more than $20 million before it was sold. “Our clients will […]

Heron Lawn & Pest Control promotes manager

Heron Lawn & Pest Control promoted Chris Caliendo to branch manager of its Sanford, Fla., branch. Caliendo began his career with the Central Florida-based company as a quality manager. He got his start in the lawn and pest control industry more than 14 years ago and has more than 18 years of experience in the […]

D&W Group joins JCB’s North American dealer network

With the addition of D&W Group in Ontario, Canada, JCB’s North American dealer network continues to expand. An agricultural equipment provider since 1950, D&W Group will now represent the full agricultural line of JCB equipment and will sell the JCB compact excavator and hydraulic tracked excavator ranges. Within those two new product ranges, D&W Group […]

ASLA survey: Uneven economic picture

Landscape architecture firms are experiencing sluggish but steady growth as they emerge from the recession, according to the American Society of Landscape Architects’ second quarter 2013 Business Quarterly survey. In the survey, which fielded information from 324 primary firm contacts regarding billable hours, inquiries and hiring plans, more firms reported stable or rising billable hours […]

Morbark establishes Boxer distributor network

Since acquiring the Boxer Equipment line from Mertz Manufacturing toward the end of last year, Winn, Mich.-based Morbark, a manufacturer of forestry, recycling, tree care, sawmill and biomass equipment, has been working to establish a worldwide distributor network for the compact utility loaders. Boxer Equipment distributors signed in the past seven months are: Abele Tractor […]

SITES certifies 8 new landscape projects

The Sustainable Sites Initiative certified eight new projects that achieved certification under the nation’s most comprehensive rating system for the sustainable design, construction and maintenance of built landscapes. These projects, as part of a group of 150 projects participating in a two-year pilot program, have applied the 2009 SITES guidelines and met the requirements for […]

Landscape workers arrested for using false Social Security numbers

Twelve workers belonging to Botanica Landscaping, based in West Palm Beach, Fla., were arrested and indicted for using fraudulent Social Security numbers to gain employment with the company. After an investigation by the Florida Department of Financial Services Fraud Division, the suspects were booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and charged with identity theft […]

U.S. Secretary of Commerce visits Vermeer Corp.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker traveled to Pella, Iowa-based Vermeer Corp., a manufacturer of tub and horizontal grinders, horizontal directional drilling systems and agricultural products, recently as she continues her nationwide listening tour. She met with businesses and thought leaders to hear about their priorities, concerns and ideas on how the public and private […]

FMC, Trad’s Pest Control rid school of fire ants

In northern Florida, this summer’s excessive rains have caused fire ant populations to explode. At one school, the fire ant problem was so bad that Trad’s Pest Control, a Jacksonville-based pest control and lawn care firm, stepped up to help for free. The company donated a fast-acting fire ant treatment to the grounds of San […]

Irrigation Association seeks Smart Irrigation Month promos

The Irrigation Association (IA) is asking companies that promoted Smart Irrigation Month throughout July to enter its Smart Marketing Contest. Companies of all sizes and from across the full industry spectrum—from agriculture dealers to landscape irrigation contractors—that supported this year’s initiative are encouraged to enter. Campaigns ranged from in-store specials and sales to contests and […]

ValleyCrest rewards safe employees

Integrated landscape services firm ValleyCrest Landscape Cos. celebrated its 2013 National Safety Awareness Day by rewarding four of its many safe employees with new trucks. The presentation of the trucks was a featured part of safety events held across the country, where more than 10,500 employees gathered to recognize superior performance in workplace safety. Over […]

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