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LM Staff

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.

Grasshopper helps veteran realize lawn care dream

The Grasshopper Company is doing its part to ease the transition for a veteran who returned home from combat with the dream of launching his own lawn care business. The riding mower manufacturer partnered with the Military Warriors Support Foundation (MWSF) and comedian Jeff Foxworthy to donate a commercial zero-turn mower to Tom Trotter, a […]

Versa-Lok: Square Foot Versa-Lifter

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Installing Versa-Lok Square Foot retaining walls just got easier with the Square Foot Versa-Lifter. Crews can lay more block in less time – with less strain – using a simple tool that has proven itself with Versa-Lok’s Standard SRW system. The design of the Square Foot Versa-Lifter works on the same principle as the original model. […]

Syngenta: Caravan G

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Caravan G insecticide/fungicide is a broad-spectrum combination product, delivering the disease control of Heritage G fungicide and the insect control of Meridian 25WG insecticide. Depending on application timing and geography, one application of Caravan G made between May 15 through July 15 can yield season-long grub control — and up to one month preventive brown […]

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Honda Engines: GX Series

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The new generation GX Series, Honda’s family of commercial-grade engines, brings improvements in power, fuel efficiency, emissions performance and quiet operation to the already popular engine line. Featuring four all-new models, the large GX engine line combines increased power and versatility with greater fuel economy in the same envelope. The new GX240, GX270, GX340 (pictured) […]

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The Dwyer Group: The Grounds Guys

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The Grounds Guys is the newest service franchise opportunity in the landscaping and lawn care industry. It’s a new name, but comes with more than 20 years of landscape management experience. Patterned upon the success of its Canadian counterpart, Sunshine Grounds Care, The Grounds Guys franchisees are bringing the proven systems of success and excellence […]

Paladin Construction Group: FFC Tree Spade

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The FFC Tree Spade provides a quick and efficient way to accomplish your tree and debris digging, carrying and placing needs while maintaining visibility. It has no moving parts, requires virtually no maintenance, has a low original purchase cost and is simple to operate. The FFC Tree Spade is available in 36-, 40-, 44- and […]

Project Portfolio: Living Wall Turns Heads

The Mission: Create a “living room of intimate space.” The Winter Garden is a 22,000-sq.-ft. contemplative and restful gallery-type space in a modern and minimalist style combining art, sculpture, water and lots of plants—including a 1,950-sq.-ft. living wall. Rennie Gotell, general manager of Greenery Office Interiors, characterizes the Winter Garden, located in a commercial office […]

The killer in black and white

By Joe Boggs, Amy Stone and Dan Herms Unless you live where the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) (Anoplophora glabripennis) has been found in North America, you may view this huge beetle as just another non-native pest on what seems to be an ever-lengthening list of alien invaders. However, this exotic import is very different from […]

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Boulder Designs

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Keep your crews busy regardless of the weather selling boulders you build. Boulder Designs boulders are natural-looking, cost-effective site markers and signage for addresses, businesses, parks, schools, recreation facilities and memorials — and are often allowed by zoning regulations where other signage is not. Add to your product line and your bottom line with Boulder Designs. As pictured, our […]

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FMC Professional Solutions

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Bark beetles and borers, such as Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), are some of the most devastating and difficult-to-manage pests. Protect the health of both your trees and your business relationships with Onyx insecticide. Onyx is a preventive treatment for reliable, long-term protection against beetles and borers. While several organophosphates traditionally used to control these pests […]

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Dodge Chrysler

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The new Ram 3500/4500/5500 chassis cabs features a 5.7-liter Hemi V that produces 383 hp, and come with a best-in-class standard single 52-gal. fuel tank for excellent driving range. They also offer the largest brake rotors and pads in its class, with available integrated trailer brake controller. Their trailer tow rating is up to 18,750 […]

October 2012 Web Extra: Time management system resources

In “How to better manage your time” from Landscape Management’s October 2012 Business Planner, Green Industry consultant Phil Harwood shares his secret for staying organized: the time management system outlined in the book, “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen. Here are a few resources you can use to help you […]

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Bayer

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  Tribute Total is a novel herbicide that provides golf course superintendents and lawn care managers a complete solution for post-emergent treatment in Bermudagrass. Its combination of active ingredients replaces the need for tank-mixing multiple products to achieve desired weed control. Tribute Total is effective against a broad spectrum of grassy and broadleaf weeds, sedges […]

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BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals

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New Plilar G fungicide combines pyraclostrobin and triticonazole for broad-spectrum disease control in convenient granular formulation.Turfgrass diseases controlled by Pillar G include dollar spot, anthracnose, patch diseases (brown patch, large patch, take-all patch, and summer patch), snow mold and leaf spot. Professionals can apply it when they only need a spot treatment or in conditions inhibiting […]

Project Portfolio: Friendly, and eco-friendly, too

The Mission Maintain, in an environmentally sustainable way, a traditionally cultural open space for this restaurant’s customers—and the public. The Beach House Restaurant on Kauai, Hawaii, has faced many challenges over the past three decades, including restoring the entire property after two separate hurricanes (Iwa, in 1982, and Iniki 10 years later) wiped out the […]

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Bobcat launches online comparison videos

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WEST FARGO, ND — Bobcat.com has a new attachment section to showcase more than 70 front-end implements and attachments. In addition, five attachments have brand-new competitive comparison videos to help contractors compare Bobcat attachment performance, durability and overall manufacturing quality with that of other manufacturers’ attachments. These videos are similar to the Bobcat Advantage series, produced for […]

Stay Green takes sustainability to the road

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SANTA CLARITA, CA — Stay Green, Inc. walks the walk when it comes to sustainability — and now the award-winning landscaping company is driving the drive, too, by replacing higher-mileage pickup trucks with fuel-efficient Ford Fusions. Working in cooperation with Enterprise Fleet Management, a full-service fleet management company for businesses with medium-sized fleets, Stay Green has replaced 10 […]

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Santana joins Valent as regional T&O manager

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WALNUT CREEK, CA — Valent Professional Products announced that Robert “Bobby” Santana has joined the company as the territory manager for Southeast Florida. Santana will be responsible for cultivating Valent’s best-in-class lines of turf and ornamental products. Santana joins Jerid Wendling as one of two territory managers exclusively dedicated to serving Florida’s horticultural, turf and lawn care […]

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IA members join in Renewal and Remembrance Day event

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FALLS CHURCH, VA — The Irrigation Association (IA) joined forces with the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) for the 2012 Renewal and Remembrance Day at Arlington National Cemetery on July 9 and Legislative Day on the Hill the following day. In conjunction with PLANET’s activities on the Hill, IA held its first-ever Landscape Irrigation Advocacy Day, July 8 – 10, […]

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Drafix Software PRO Landscape Version 18 in Spanish, Italian

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The new Spanish and Italian language releases of the PRO Landscape Version 18 design software include the same tools and capabilities found in the English version. The program and the documentation have been translated, making the software just as easy to learn and use as it is in the English language version. And just like […]

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New England Grows announces 2013 program highlights

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BOSTON — New England Grows is scheduled for Feb. 6-8, 2013 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Mark your calendars and register before mid-January to save. New England Grows is an educational partnership among the New England Nursery Association, Massachusetts Arborists Association, Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals, Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association, and its network includes more than 40 allied […]

Turfco

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Turfco introduces the optional 3-in-1 Auxiliary Tank for its patented and patent-pending T3000i spreader/sprayer. The 3-in-1 Auxiliary Tank fits securely on the front of the T3000i without obstructing the view or inhibiting the hands-free speed control system. Using the same liquid in the 15-gal. Auxiliary Tank and the primary 16-gal. tank enables the operator to […]

Hunter inducted into Green Industry Hall of Fame

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SAN MARCOS, CA — Edwin J. Hunter, inventor and founder of Hunter Industries, has been posthumously inducted into the Green Industry Hall of Fame, an organization dedicated to honoring individuals who have made lasting contributions to the betterment of the Green Industry. Inclusion in the Hall of Fame is a distinct honor and Hunter Industries is […]

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NJLCA participates in Renewal and Remembrance event

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ELMWOOD PARK, NJ — The New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association’s (NJLCA’s)Executive Director Jody Shilan and Vice President Chris Hricik, CLT, made the annual visit to theProfessional Landcare Network’s (PLANET’s)Renewal and Remembrance and Legislative Day on the Hill in Washington during the second week of July. Shilan and Hricik participated, along with more than 400 volunteers from […]

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