Gregg RobertsonNov 3, 2023
April is National Lawn Care Month, which is fitting because it puts front and center our most popular landscape feature, residential lawns. They cover up…
If you want to get a vigorous debate going among a group of landscape contractors, ask them how they feel about state licensure for our…
One of the big challenges facing the future of the landscaping industry is water. Or more precisely, the lack of water. The western United States…
The issue of government regulation of invasive plants has been relatively quiet for the past several years. But recent developments are placing invasive species regulations…
The “small window that's closing fast” for immigration reform to happen before the end of the year slammed shut in November, at least for the…
A small window that’s closing fast is how Craig Regelbrugge, the American Nursery & Landscape Association’s (ANLA) vice president of government relations and research, describes…
A small but growing number of local governments are now mandating that landscapes in their jurisdiction use only “native” plants. (See this recent article in…
Gregg RobertsonNov 9, 2023
Many landscape contractors don’t recognize the acronym “MS4,” but they should. It’s a federal program that could have a very positive impact on our industry.…
You can't be with a group of landscape contractors long before the conversation turns to the topic of the difficulty finding and retaining good employees.…
Last week the U.S. Senate passed S. 744, Congress' first serious attempt at comprehensive immigration reform since 2007. The bill, hammered out by a bipartisan…
Last winter, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program pulled together a "panel of experts" to look at lawns, lawn care and the impact…
LM StaffAug 1, 2018
The Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association (PLNA) has announced that Gregg Robertson, who has served as president for more than 11 years, will step down…
