Inside the ropes: During a tour of Hidden Creek Landscaping at GROW! 2025 in Columbus, Ohio, LM’s Scott Hollister (left) and Bill Roddy (right) connected with Dara Dolinsky of Team Engine. (Photo: LM staff)
Check out a few of the places where the LM team made its rounds recently!
Selfie time: During one of the main stage presentations at GROW! 2025, Hollister and Roddy had the chance to grab a selfie with (from left) James Cali from McFarlin Stanford, Marty Grunder of The Grow Group and Gene Freeman with Complete Landsculpture — which will host the tour during next year’s GROW! event in Dallas — along with 1,000 of their closest friends. (Photo: LM staff)
Lean and mean: Hollister and Roddy had a chance to catch up with LeanScaper’s Mark Bradley during the tour of Hidden Creek Landscaping at GROW! 2025. (Photo: LM staff)
Man of the hour: He was a busy man during GROW! 2025, but Marty Grunder took time to snap a photo with Roddy and Hollister prior to one of the main-stage presentations at
the event. (Photo: LM staff)
Signs of GROW-th: The team at Hidden Creek Landscaping welcomed GROW! 2025 attendees with this custom sign that Roddy and The Grow Group’s Vince Torchia (left) used as a backstop for this photo during the tour of the company cofounded by Jason Cromley. (Photo: LM staff)
Greene gathering: Roddy with (from left) Chip Soltesz from Dyna-Green, Josh Whitaker from Performance Lawns and John Perry, Greene County Fertilizer founder, president and CEO, at Greene County’s Lawncology event in February. (Photo: LM staff)
Tour teammates: Roddy got the full industry scoop during the tour of Greene County’s facility in Greensboro, Ga., from (from left) Richard Pearl with Veragreen, Deidra Huff with Greene County and Numerator Technologies’
Jim Turner. (Photo: LM staff)
Triple trouble: LM’s associate editor Nathan Mader (center) chatted with Ben Molitor (right) with Best Lawn Care and
Jesse Smith with Royal Greens at Lawncology. (Photo: LM staff)
Barcade bonding: At Weathermatic’s SmartCon 2025 event, Justin White with K&D Landscaping (center) hosted a reception for his new online community, The Disruptors. He’s pictured here with Hollister and Colleen Parris from Nasim Landscaping. (Photo: LM staff)
Smile: A selfie taken from the stage at Weathermatic’s SmartCon 2025 event in Phoenix. (Photo: LM staff)
Pinball wizards: Hollister joined (from left) Rush Feldhacker, Kelly Dowell (second from left) and Weathermatic’s Gage Roberts at SmartCon. (Photo: LM staff)
Mountain climbers: A group hike with keynote speaker Travis Hearne was on the agenda at SmartCon 2025. (Photo: LM staff)
