Landscape ManagementApr 29, 2013
Joe Auteri, owner of Joseph Auteri Hardscape Consultingtook home a new iPad 2 courtesy of LM by posting thelow score in a 3-way, five-hole shoot…
The calm before the storm. A shot down an empty aisle shortly before the show opens. GIE+EXPO is wrapped up for another year. The…
GIE+EXPO begins next week. There's always a mix of excitement and dread before the big Green Industry show. Excitement because it's an opportunity to see…
Got an interesting question from a reader earlier today, and we thought you might be able to provide some feedback. First a little background. The…
Burton Sperber, FASLA, founder and chairman of the board of directors of The ValleyCrest Landscape Cos., passed away a few days ago, just a few…
One Portland, OR landscaper got a surprise recently when he spotted a semi truck that had dragged an enormous boulder down the highway. According to…
Jody ShilanMay 26, 2015
Q. Many companies offer “free drawings” to get installation work. We’ve always charged for our landscape plans, but often lose work because of this. What…
Here in Northeast Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie, drought isn't a problem and even when there are brief dry periods there are no…
LM StaffJun 30, 2016
Thirty-five year landscape professional Bruce Moore, Sr., president of Eastern Land Management, says companies should develop a water usage management plan.
Turns out sheep aren't the only eco-friendly animals to work in the landscaping market. It seems a trio of pigs have joined a Loughborough, England…
Turfgrass Growers Association in the United Kingdom this week provided water companies with new information to help educate homeowners that there's no need to water…
Summer 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of the second of two U.S. Senate sub-committee hearings on pesticide use by the lawn care industry. The first…
Feel strongly about water conservation issues? Now's your chance to put your passion --and creativity -- to good use. Create a short film about responsible…
Boulder, CO, with the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop, is a beautiful city and home to the University of Colorado. Those leaning to the right…
Tom Oyler loves to sell. He founded and sold U.S. Lawns, and has sold millions of dollars of products, services and companies over the past…
We all know it's a lot cheaper to keep customers than it is to go out and find new ones. Customer loyalty is a tenuous…
"Green" or "sustainability" or whatever term you want to give to this new era of resource preservation and ecological regeneration is resulting in some far-fetched…
Word comes that some Canadians are buying pesticides online or crossing into the United States to get weed killers and insecticides. The authorities have been…
Rarely do we feature products on this blog. The LM staff's postings are not for sale. Our criteria for posting is simple — helping readers…
John Levonsky, JK Landscaping, speaking to WINK News in southwest Florida, referred to the thieves that hit his company as “being like ghosts.” They cut…
The Ohio State University turf team has put together a very nice digital publication, “The Benefits of Turf.” This is something you may want to…
$175.3 billion. That's serious cash money. That was the estimated total economic contribution (revenue) for the U.S. Green Industry in 2007. Landscaping services contributed $86.6…
A tip of the hat and hearty “well done” to the staff at The Lawn Institute for a very creative series of video vignettes to…
