Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
The word “hero” is tossed around pretty freely these days. In fact, you can hardly turn on the television news program without mention of yet…
On April 22 homeowners and landscape professionals will no longer be allowed to use about 250 chemical products on their landscapes or lawns in Ontario,…
You're fired, You're hired: A Fayette, GA, newspaper reports that growing, modern Peachtree City, located just southeast of Atlanta, just signed a one-year contract with…
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PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, PA — Redexim Charterhouse announced the recipients of its Distributor of the Year Award at the Golf Industry Show in New Orleans. G.C. Duke Equipment,…
It looks like the Obamas are going to be gardening at the White House, so break out your hoes and rakes, and dust off your…
Only portions of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program apply to services that the Green Industry performs, but it’s going to greatly impact the…
The Ontario pesticide ban is scheduled to take effect in April. About 250 products are being taken away from residential lawn care. A rather remarkable…
In these tough economic times, the tree care industry is facing a puzzling reality: the decline of business from budget-conscious clients and a rise in…
Grounds workers for the Seminole County School Board may have to start looking for new jobs if the school board in this northeast Florida county…
Here's a great marketing idea from Bruce Allentuck, Allentuck Landscaping Co., Clarksburg, MD, and Mike McShane at Plantique in Allentown, PA — a "staycation." Bruce…
These extraordinary times call for creative thinking. And maybe partnering with folks you never thought about partnering with before.Today, I read an article about two…
A new bestseller by Harry S. Dent, Jr., “The Great Depression Ahead,” makes some interesting observations about immigration, and how it benefits the U.S. economy.In…
When U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack whipped out his trusty old jackhammer and started demolishing a slab of concrete in front of the USDA…
Biological control of weeds in turfgrass is the equivalent of the holy grail in lawn care, the reason why a new bio-herbicide from Scotts may…
If you're the owner or manager of a landscape, lawn care or irrigation service company, mark April 22 on your calendar. That's the day of…
American industry, including the Green Industry, is always hopeful that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bases its policies and decisions on science and not politics.…
You have to wonder about the continued health of trade shows. That’s not to suggest they’re going away soon, not the big ones anyway. These…
I’m familiar with Roswell, GA, and I know several people that live and work there in the landscape business, but I don’t know 37-year-old landscaper…
Mel Kleiman runs the Texas-based consulting business Kleiman/HR Exchange. I heard Mel speak at a Bayer “Healthy Lawns, Healthy Business” seminar a couple of years…
If this is any comfort in this economic climate (and in the spirit of misery loves company), landscapers in UK are experiencing the same challenges…
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ — College campuses are often venues for progressive ideas, and that’s certainly the case at Monmouth University as the school strives…
You know who your best clients are. They only complain when there’s a legitimate issue, they pay on time, they say good things about you…
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Most of us will be glued to our televisions midday Jan. 20, the third Tuesday this month, to watch Barack Obama take the…
