LM StaffJul 2, 2015
Officials in Mundelein, Ill., are considering enacting a ban on fertilizers containing phosphorus, according to the Daily Herald. Other cities in Illinois, including Libertyville, Lindenhurst,…
LM StaffAug 16, 2023
Mean Green Mowers, located in Hamilton, Ohio, added Russo Power Equipment as its new equipment dealer in the Chicagoland area. Russo Power Equipment has six…
Sarah PfleddererNov 3, 2023
President of GroGreen, Plano, Texas Who’s your mentor? I’ve been in the industry for 40-some years, so I’ve had several. Bob Maddux, he’s one of…
LM StaffJan 15, 2014
For its third straight year, Evanston, Ill.-based Nature’s Perspective Landscaping earned an Angie’s List Super Service Award. “Earning this award three years in a row…
LM StaffJul 31, 2018
Melanie Stanton accepted the position of executive director of Turfgrass Producers International (TPI). She joins TPI from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) in…
Sarah PfleddererSep 5, 2013
Wreaths and tinsel seemed a far better option to Gary Fouts than laying off employees from his landscape maintenance business for the eighth year in…
Sarah PfleddererAug 30, 2013
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the 10-year extension of the irrigation contractor license into law Aug. 2. Without this extension, the law would have required…
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, is slated to launch Esplanade EZ—a new vegetation preemergent herbicide for protecting municipal infrastructure—at the American Public Works…
LMAug 16, 2023
Spring-Green honored Virginia-based franchisee Charlie Marshall at the company’s National Training Conference in Bloomingdale, Ill., earlier this month. Selected from a national network of franchise…
LM StaffAug 1, 2018
OAK BROOK, ILL.—The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA) has announced the dates and location for its new Green Industry trade show, iLandscape: The Illinois Landscape…
CHICAGO—The Mid America Horticultural Trade Show (Mid Am) Board of Directors has unveiled a complete redesign of the show’s floor plan for Mid Am 2013,…
LM StaffNov 3, 2023
Commercial cutters are warming to the COST SAVINGS and environmental benefits offered by alternative fuels. Tall and outgoing, Eric Hansen’s youthful enthusiasm keeps him investigating…
Marty WhitfordNov 3, 2023
Chris Gardner, author of the best-selling autobiography ‘The Pursuit of Happyness,’ shares his street smarts with Green Industry professionals. Every time I see the movie…
