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Greenzie secures $750,000 investment

Greenzie secured a $750,000 investment in a second round of funding to develop software to deploy a robotic mowing program. Atlanta Ventures (David Cummings) led the round with additional investors including Swift Straw (Matt Lowe), TechSquare Labs, Kenvil Power Mower (Glenn R. Beyerl), Reliance Advisors (Dan Campbell), Carswell Distributing Company (Will Parsley), Tom Noonan, Kyle […]

Aquascape introduces smart control app and devices

Aquascape released a new Smart Control App allowing pond owners to automate and manage their water feature settings from anywhere using a smartphone or tablet. The app allows users to organize, automate and control color-changing lights using the Smart Control Hub, adjustable flow pumps using the Smart Control Receiver and any outdoor electronics using the Smart […]

Landscape Development Inc. buys Zuke’s Landscape

Enhanced Landscape Management (ELM), the maintenance division of Valencia, Calif.-based Landscape Development Inc. (LDI), acquired Zuke’s Landscape of Rancho Cordova, Calif. The company currently operates from 13 regional offices throughout California and southern Nevada and was founded in 1981. This purchase expands the maintenance operations of LDI, which has been featured on Inc.’s 5000 list […]

Landscape Workshop purchases EcoLandcare

Landscape Workshop, a full-service grounds management company, recently acquired EcoLandcare, a landscape management and snow operation company in Lexington, Ky. Landscape Workshop has nine branch locations across the Southeast and already has a strong presence in the Kentucky market, having acquired former Lexington company Henkel Denmark in 2018. “EcoLandcare is a highly respected company that […]

Leaf Burrito launches reusable debris bag

Leaf Burrito’s new reusable yard debris bag is an eco-friendly reusable yard-debris system. Leaf Burrito’s flat-to-zipped design features custom durable mesh, zippers and handles that make transporting debris safer and more efficient. Rather than manipulating tarps or burlap, one 7-foot Leaf Burrito with 10 handles can hold six or more large leaf bags of leaves, […]

Rain Bird releases two-wire controllers

Rain Bird released the ESP-LXIVM Series, two new controllers for two-wire irrigation systems that provide large, challenging sites with advanced water management tools, diagnostics and a host of new features. The ESP-LXIVM standard model can support up to 60 stations, while the “Pro” model can manage larger sites with up to 240 stations. Both feature […]

Patent awarded for H2O Flow Pro Wireless Management System

H2O Flow Pro announced U.S. Patent No. 10512227 has been issued for the company’s water flow management systems and methods.  “The H2O Flow Pro wireless water management system allows consumers to monitor their daily activity, be alerted to out of limit high or low flows and conserve our most precious resource,” said Bret Berry, H2O […]

CPS Distributors opens western Colorado branch

CPS Distributors opened a branch in Grand Junction, Colo. The western Colorado location will carry a full line of irrigation and landscape supplies, agronomics, golf course products, sports field materials, tools and accessories and other products with a focus on servicing professional irrigation and landscaping contractors, golf course superintendents, sports field managers and other green […]

Columbus landscaping company sold to employees

GreenScapes Landscape Co., a Columbus, Ohio, based commercial and residential landscaping company, has been sold to its employees in an employee stock-ownership plan (ESOP), reports Columbus Business First.  Bill Gerhardt, founder and president of the 42-year-old company, sold the operation to 75 full-time employees. The ESOP allows the employees to have an ownership stake in […]

Vista Pro introduces customizable landscape lighting kits

Vista Professional Outdoor Lighting introduced Vista Pro Pack, a complete landscape lighting kit contractors can use as the base for new installations, then customize by adding additional fixtures. “The Pro Pack not only makes it easier to start a landscape lighting installation, but it also offers contractors and their customers an excellent value,” said Cruz […]

Smart Rain acquires Irrisoft, Weather Reach brands

Smart Rain purchased all assets of the Irrisoft and Weather Reach brands from Campbell Scientific. Irrisoft started in 2001 and developed technology to use weather conditions to automate landscape irrigation. The company’s most successful product was the Rain Bird ET Manager, a private-labeled product sold by Rain Bird for about a decade. Irrisoft’s follow-up to […]

Owner of landscape company sent to prison, fined for role in fraud

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio reports Doug Evans, owner of Evans Landscaping in Newtown, Ohio, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined $25,000 for wire fraud. Evans and Jim Bailey, vice president of operations for Evans Landscaping, were convicted following a jury trial in December 2018. Evans Landscaping […]

Kichler releases new 12V integrated hardscapes kit

Kichler Lighting introduced the 12V integrated LED hardscapes. This new design boasts 180 degrees of pivot rotation for direct to surface install and can pivot 270 degrees when installed with mounting bracket. The new line is suited for illuminating retaining walls and lighting outdoor kitchens and steps and can be installed as a traditional downlight, […]

FX Luminaire adds transformer, 3,000K lamp to offerings

FX Luminaire offers a 150-watt stainless steel EX transformer model, which provides a power and control option for harsh environments and coastal regions that require additional corrosion resistance. “The stainless steel EX transformer combines the high quality of FX Luminaire products with the convenience of a lower price option,” said James Cervantes, product marketing manager. […]

Growmark purchases Solu-Cal USA

Growmark FS has purchased Solu-Cal USA, a supplier of enhanced calcium products in the turf care industry. Solu-Cal will continue to operate as an independent brand within the Growmark System, as part of the Growmark FS agronomy subsidiary based in Delaware. The company’s operations will be managed from the new parent company’s turf operations center in […]

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SafetyWatch: Morning prep advice

Many costly mistakes can be avoided if your morning prep is done correctly and consistently. Profit margins are often thin on landscaping jobs. It’s been estimated that an hour of wasted time on the job can ruin a project’s daily budget. Where are those profits recovered? Perhaps in wages, bonuses or even layoffs. If landscape […]

Grunder Landscaping, Ruppert Landscape win NALP community partnership awards

The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) named its 2019 Community Partnership award recipients. The Community Partnership award is presented to companies that are actively engaged in community outreach and demonstrate leadership in helping restore or revive communities, according to NALP. The two honorees this year include Grunder Landscaping Co., Miamisburg, Ohio, and Ruppert Landscape, […]

ASLA adds Urban Design category for 2020 awards

The American Society of Landscape Architects added urban design as a new 2020 award category for students and professionals in landscape architecture.

Applications open for Irrigation Association’s SWAT awards

Applications for the Irrigation Association’s (IA’s) 2020 Smart Water Application Technologies (SWAT) awards are now open. These awards are intended to recognize water providers that are moving the needle on outdoor water conservation through stakeholder engagement, education and programs that promote efficiencies in outdoor water use. Cities, counties and utilities involved in programs that promote […]

Toro updates mower line with new push mowers and zero-turn mower

The Toro Co. released two new push mowers in the TurfMaster HDX line. These mowers boast a 30-inch, 13-gauge steel deck, MV702 transmission and 1-gallon gas tank. These mowers have rubber tires with co-polymer wheels and precision ball bearings. They also quickly change from rear bagging, to side-discharge, to mulching. Other features include a two-bail […]

Editorial Advisory Board: November 2019

What’s your best advice for landscape company owners looking to exit their businesses? Landscape Professionals Richard Bare Arbor-Nomics Turf Norcross, Ga. “If I were trying to sell my business, I would call one of the knowledgeable brokers that specializes in these types of sales and get him busy smiling and dialing!” Paul Fraynd Sun Valley […]

PBI-Gordon Corp. announces EPA approval of new fungicide

PBI-Gordon Corporation announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved Union Fungicide SC (pending state registration). It will be available for sale in early 2020. Testing has shown that Union is effective in the preventative and curative treatment of Pythium diseases (blight, damping-off, root dysfunction, root rot), brown patch, anthracnose, cool-weather brown patch, […]

Scepter introduces SmartControl fuel containers

Scepter debuted its newest fuel container recently at the 2019 GIE+EXPO, the Scepter SmartControl fuel container. The spout design of SmartControl makes it easier to fuel equipment with a clean and fast pour. The user-controlled flow valve with flame mitigation device makes it easy and safe to direct the amount of fuel dispensed. The container […]

Toro adds power to snow blower line

The Toro Co. updated its line of Power Clear single-stage snow blowers. These models can throw snow up to 40 feet with 252-cc 4-cycle OHV engines. The units come with Toro’s Power Propel self-propel system and curved rotor and inverted funnel housing to efficiently remove snow while reducing clogging. The Power Clear single-stage snow blower […]

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