Winning combination: The 2025 NALP Field Trip at McHale Landscape Design in Annapolis, Md., which has won over 400 awards for its work. Here, hosts Kevin (left) and Steve (center) McHale pose with Marty Grunder from Grunder Landscaping Co. and The Grow Group, who facilitated the event. (Photo: LM staff)
Check out a few of the places where the LM team made its rounds recently!
Toot your own horn: Landscape Management’s Bill Roddy (left) and Scott Hollister (right) grabbed a selfie with Emily Lindley, who despite her key roles at both Grunder Landscaping Co. and The Grow Group, had never made it into the pages of LM before now. (Photo: LM staff)
Growth opportunity: At Aspire Software’s Ignite 2025 event in Anaheim, Calif., Roddy (second from left) and Hollister (second from right) hung out with (left to right) Matthew Bakker from Landscape Design Services, Holland, Mich., Grunder and Vince Torchia with The Grow Group. (Photo: LM staff)
Take off!: Roddy and Hollister grabbed a few minutes with John Foley, a former Blue Angel pilot who was Ignite 2025’s keynote speaker. (Photo: LM staff)
A fond farewell: Ignite 2025 marked the end of a storied run with Aspire for founder Mark Tipton (second from left). He took time to grab a photo with (from left) Hollister, Aspire’s Jon Gohl and Roddy. (Photo: LM staff)
The Californians: While in Southern California for Ignite, Roddy took the opportunity to visit with Hunter Industries and two good friends of LM — Tessa Norton and Luke Reardon. (Photo: LM staff)
Fun times in Florence: The ACE Domination peer group, hosted by McFarlin Stanford and The Grow Group, spent a day in Florence, Italy. Back row: Bret Schmitz, High Prairie Outdoors; Bob Marks, emi landscape; and Aaron Zych, ILT Vignocchi. Middle row: Robyn Schmitz, High Prairie Outdoors; Brie Marks, emi landscape; and Donna Vignocchi, ILT Vignocchi. Front row: Seth Jones, Landscape Management, and his wife Adrianne; Paul Myers, McFarlin Stanford and Tracy and Scott Wallingford, McFarlin Stanford. (Photo: LM staff)
Got your Christmas card photo!: Seth nabbed this photo of Nate and Jaime Jensen, Jensen Gardens, as they enjoyed a beautiful sunset in the mountains of Tuscany. (Photo: LM staff)
Some Americans in the American bar: From left to right are Tom Groh, Minnesota Sodding Co., Paul Myers, McFarlin Stanford, Garrett Matthews, Matthews Landscape, and Sam Rankin, Etch Outdoor Solutions. (Photo: LM staff)
Americans in the American bar, take two: After ACE Domination left, ACE
Calibrate arrived. Vince Torchia of The Grow Group (left) joined Nick Jensen, Jensen Gardens, Kayden Glynn and Jones for week two. (Photo: LM staff)
Another day well spent: Jones didn’t want this sunset to pass by without a photo with Aaron Zych and Bob Marks. (Photo: LM staff)
Keeping Up with the
Joneses: Seth and Adrianne met up with the Grohs — Tom and Dana, of Minnesota Sodding Co. — outside the Duomo in
Florence. (Photo: LM staff)
