Always time for Tex-Mex: Luke Hawthorne, COO, Emerald Lawns, Austin, Texas (center), took time out of his evening to treat LM Publisher Bill Roddy (left) and Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones to a fine Tex-Mex dinner. (Photo: LM Staff)
Check out a few of the places where the Landscape Management team made its rounds recently.
Three buds at Stubb’s: (Left to right) Eric Barnes, hydrate manager, Plants Creative Landscape, Scottdale, Ga.; Pam Dooley, owner, Plants Creative Landscape; and Ben Mason, VP of sales, Weathermatic, at Stubb’s BBQ during Weathermatic’s third annual SmartCon. (Photo: LM Staff)
Coffey takes the stage: At
SmartCon 2024, attendees were treated to a barbecue dinner and a country music concert by Coffey Anderson, singer of Mr. Red, White and Blue. (Photo: LM Staff)
Florida men: Austyn Roth, owner of Lucky Landscaping in Jupiter, Fla., (left) and John Amarosa, COO of Pine Lake Nursery and Landscape in Lutz, Fla., didn’t have to travel far for the 2024 LMN Mastermind Summit in Orlando.
Social media meetup: Ryan Markewich, founder of Creative Roots Landscaping Kelowna, British Columbia, (left) might be a familiar face if you’re a regular visitor to Landscape Management’s LinkedIn page. LM’s Rob DiFranco met up with Markewich at the LMN Mastermind Summit. (Photo: LM Staff)
Always time for Tex-Mex: Luke Hawthorne, COO, Emerald Lawns, Austin, Texas (center), took time out of his evening to treat LM Publisher Bill Roddy (left) and Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones to a fine Tex-Mex dinner. (Photo: LM Staff)
Class is in session: We visited the Conklin AgroVantage Lawn Care class in Kansas City, Mo., and caught up with (left to right) Steve Bonar, Executive VP, Conklin; Rachel and Brian Benfer, directors with Conklin and owners of Envirocare Turf Management; and Dan Wilgohs, product specialist, Agrovantage System at Conklin. (Photo: LM Staff)
Lone stars: Brett Anderson, VP of marketing, Weathermatic, with Roddy, at Stubb’s in Austin. (Photo: LM Staff)
Everything is bigger in Texas: Including the smiles on friends Bob Grover, president, Pacific Landscape, Portland, Ore., Jones and David Grover, branch manager, Pacific Landscape. (Photo: LM Staff)
Italy travel friends reunite:
The last time we saw Josh Amigo (left) G and G Landscape, Charlotte, N.C., and Paul Myers, McFarlin Stanford, it was as we waved goodbye to them in the mountains of Tuscany, Italy following the Aces Wild trip. We ran into them again at Grow! 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: LM Staff)
A three-hour tour Roddy and Jones started their tour of RJ Lawn & Landscape right — by meeting up with co-owner Ryan McCarthy during Grow! 2024 in Des Moines. (Photo: LM Staff)
Men in black Gage Roberts, senior director of sales at Aspire Software, with Mike Mason, CEO, Weathermatic, at SmartCon 2024. (Photo: LM Staff)
How about those Chiefs?!?: One surefire way to get your photo in the magazine is to wear something with Seth’s beloved Chiefs on it, to an industry event. Dustin Grizzoffi, Embassy Landscape Group, Riverside, Mo., (in Chiefs hat) proves that, with (left to right) Roddy, Jason Mathers, Monarch Landscape Management, Houston, and Nick Novak, Embassy Landscape Group. (Photo: LM Staff)
