Thirty-four lawn care professionals traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the third annual Landscape Management Lawn Care Forum, Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, at Reunion Resort.
Matt Noon, president of Noon Turf Care in Marlborough, Mass., was a first-time attendee of the Lawn Care Forum. He said the event was beneficial overall, but the networking aspect stood out as most notable.
“The quality of the attendees, (from them) I’ve learned millions of dollars of ideas in two days that I can implement.”
To participate in the 2015 Lawn Care Forum, contact LM Editor Marisa Palmieri at mpalmieri@northcoastmedia.net.
Among the golfers were David Herr, Lawn Solutions, Kiel, Wis.; Adam Manwarren, FMC; Bobby Jenkins, ABC Home & Commercial Solutions, Philadelphia, Austin, Texas. Slideshow: LM
Barret Ersek and Matt Noon participated in ziplining at Zip Orlando. Slideshow: LM
Bayer’s Pete Farno meets an attendee during an individual sponsor meeting. Slideshow: LM
NexGreen’s Bill Hoke, Imtiaz Tootla and Kevin Jardine sit across the take from Quali-Pro’s Jerry Corbett and Harold Wilhelm during a Lawn Care Forum sponsor meeting. Slideshow: LM
During their downtime, attendees had the opportunity to meet with lawn care industry experts during “office hours.” Slideshow: LM
Chip Soltesz from Dyna-Green in Mentor, Ohio, meets with Tom Delaney from the Professional Landcare Network during expert office hours. Slideshow: LM
Josh Bare and Dick Bare of Atlanta’s Arbor-Nomics Turf chat with Dan Gordon, CPA, of TurfBooks in Newton, N.J. Slideshow: LM
Keynote speaker and LM columnist Mel Kleiman warmed up the crowd at dinner before his talk, “Hire Tough, Manage Easy.” Slideshow: LM
A breakfast panel including Josh and Dick Bare, Brad Johnson of LawnAmerica and Matt and Chris Noon of Noon Turf Care. Slideshow: LM
