Daniel S. GordonNov 3, 2023
While tax prep season doesn’t begin for many people until late January, now is the time to reduce your 2015 tax; waiting until 2016 is…
LM StaffAug 14, 2023
AmericanHort will host its NextLevel event Jan. 18-20 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. NextLevel is an opportunity to focus on company culture, vision, marketing strategy, succession…
Knowify, a business management company, is offering its customers a free trial of its landscaping business management tools. According to the company, the tools allow…
LM StaffNov 3, 2023
Ken Thomas of Envisor Consulting discusses why some landscape companies achieve their dreams, while others struggle to get by. The life cycle of a landscape…
Christopher NoonNov 3, 2023
It amazes me when fellow business owners get upset when one of their customers uses another company to perform a service they also offer. For…
Casey PaytonNov 3, 2023
The problem: Seth Kehne, owner of Lawn Butler in East Tennessee, started his company in 1999 in his senior year of high school. He watched…
Mel KleimanNov 3, 2023
What’s the most important buying decision you’ll ever make? No matter what your answer, there’s a proven system that ensures you always get the highest…
LMNov 3, 2023
Even though many landscape contractors have been in business for five, 10 or even 20 years, they still overlook the fundamentals when it comes to…
Marisa PalmieriAug 14, 2023
I like a good question. After all, I get paid to ask questions and report on the answers. That's probably why this Inc. article grabbed…
LM StaffNov 9, 2023
In partnership with Landscape Management Network and Caterpillar, the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) is bringing two-day landscape business workshops to five locations nationwide this winter.…
Beth GeraciAug 14, 2023
10 tips from student business owners featured in our April cover story “Persevere, be afraid to quit, have a willingness to work hard and continuously…
Marty WhitfordNov 3, 2023
A few years ago, I lost our son Jamie while I was looking for a new pair of jeans at a JC Penney store. After…
Award winning designer Susan Olinger, President of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD), discusses the importance of being a certified landscape designer and the…
Marcus vandeVliet of MV Enterprises discusses job costing, including why you need to job cost, how to set up your estimating system for job costing,…
Parking lot sweeping can boost commercial maintenance work. When Wixom, Mich.-based Bell’s Landscape Services started handling the maintenance work for shopping centers that also needed…
Rapid growth without a clear business plan has been a difficult road to navigate for one Florida company. Fast growth sounds more like a blessing…
If your business growth has slowed dramatically or stalled, the new economy may not be to blame! There's a very good chance that you're just…
Balancing old and new is challenging for a longstanding Montana firm. With a longstanding history in Bozeman, Mont., the family-owned Cashman Nursery & Landscaping is…
Bryan MoursNov 3, 2023
The payoff will be reduced waste and improved productivity. Landscape Industry managers typically focus on activities such as purchasing, delivery and construction. They spend little…
Letting go of poor performers is tough, but it pays off. Hanging on to the wrong employee was a mistake Eric Bruss made not once,…
Although it was 14 years ago, Brian Golembiewski says he’ll never forget the day his computer crashed. The data he lost affected almost every area…
Over the last 20 years Gelderman Landscaping has progressed in operational efficiencies. But when it came to the accounting side of business, including job costing…
A landscape business owner says he should have embraced taking risks. Risk taking often is a necessity when business owners want to get ahead. But…
Beth GeraciNov 3, 2023
Franchises have advanced, but franchisors aren’t too eager to mess with what’s long been a winning formula. With the advent of technology, increased emphasis on…
