Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
This year's Green Industry Expo, the landscape trade show founded in 1990, will be the last GIE. At least as we've come to know it…
Some of the methods that Mark Hecker used to kill weeds at the pesticide-free park in Lawrence, KS, have included a machine known as a…
The Home Depot will pay a $425,000 fine and is changing the way it handles pesticides and fertilizers after being cited by the Connecticut Department…
The Airforce Times magazine carried a recent article about Project Evergreen's "GreenCare for Troops — Serving You While You Serve Us" program, which began May…
Can it be 12 years and a day since the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found in the courtyard of Nicole's…
Even with security at maximum level because of a visit by President Bush earlier this week, someone drove off with landscaper Lee Helmberger's pickup and…
Environmental stewardship is becoming a huge issue in the landscape industry. It will grow. All of us are going to have to realize this. Yes,…
One government agency in England recently said that, per head, there is more water in some parts of Sudan than there is in London. Parts…
Some big numbers are being thrown around about how many legal immigrants might be coming to the United States and becoming red-blooded Americans (just like…
LM Staff and LM StaffMar 19, 2015
Green Industry employers struggle to staff crews locally. Part three in our series, A Question of Labor.
An English springer spaniel named Wanda saved a female landscaper from a painful ordeal the last week of May. According to a report in the…
In a refreshingly lighthearted look at the current comprehensive immigration reform debate, Santa Monica Mirror writer Steve Stajich writes a column this week on "Jobs…
Two recent incidents involving landscape workers underscore the continuing need for safety reminders. This is true even among veteran landscapers.Jesus Samaguey, 55, died when the…
We have the means to reduce illegal immigration using technology. Already some folks are talking about bio-metric identification cards. There are even more sophisticated ways…
You've heard me mention Google alerts before: The system at google.com where you can set up news alerts on specific topics to be delivered to…
This morning's Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper carried a front page article with these "facts" (among others) regarding lawn care.7 million — approximate number of birds…
TruGreen is now in UK in a big way with 60 lawn care franchises and many more on the way. There are an estimated 20…
About 80,000 people suffer lawn mower-related injuries annually in the United States. The most common types are objects being flung out by the blades and…
The folks in London, Ontario, Canada, have been in a furious debate concening the use of lawn care chemicals. Some people want to ban their…
Just got back from an event in Washington D.C. sponsored by BASF The Chemical Company. A nice affair that featured Charlie Cook, editor and publisher…
Here's a news flash that both stuns and enlightens — Chemists at the Colorado School of Mines recently announced that they discovered pesticides in tobacco…
“Business Principles of Landscape Contracting” is a practical book on the “business” of running a landscape company. It's a "must have" for young managers or…
Global Horizons, a big labor recruiter based in Los Angeles, signed an agreement with the United Farm Workers of America to improve wages, benefits and…
Remember AstroTurf? Of course, you do. In fact, the trade name became so well known that an entire generation used it to describe synthetic turf…
