Phil HarwoodAug 1, 2024
Phil Harwood shares why it’s important to understand why we have a labor shortage in the first place before we can begin to focus on solutions.
Charles Brian QuinnSep 11, 2023
Discover how autonomous mowing technology transforms the commercial landscaping industry and empowers landscapers to work more efficiently.
Christina HerrickNov 10, 2023
Representatives from the industry’s top 150 revenue-generating firms share how their operations work to overcome labor woes.
LM StaffMar 15, 2023
At the 2022 LM Growth Summit, experts in the green industry shared some solutions that helped them overcome their operation's current labor challenges.
Seth Jones, Christina Herrick and Rob DiFrancoNov 9, 2023
It is a wild time to be in the landscape and lawn care business, but experts remain bullish on the future of the industry.
Christina HerrickNov 3, 2023
Not new kids on the block, these pros share how inputs and equipment save their operations time and maximize their current labor pool.
Phil HarwoodNov 3, 2023
Phil Harwood asks landscape business owners to take a close look at services provided to identify areas to eliminate due to a lack of labor.
Rob DiFrancoNov 3, 2023
Ranking at No. 119 on the 2022 LM150 list, Conserva Irrigation shares how it has taken on the labor crisis with a new, bold strategy.
Marty GrunderNov 3, 2023
Marty Grunder shares why putting an emphasis on being a great place to work for can help boost a company's employee engagement and retention.
Christina HerrickNov 23, 2021
With labor being a challenge for many, Josh Flynn, CEO of Seabreeze Property Services in Portland, Maine, shares how he keeps his team employed year-round.
LM StaffNov 7, 2023
Landscape Management Editorial Advisory Board members share their advice for cracking the labor crisis in the green industry.
LM StaffFeb 27, 2023
Kevin Kehoe, founder of Aspire Software, and Greg Herring, CEO of The Herring Group to share strategic shifts businesses should consider to combat labor woes.
In this blog, Phil Harwood explains why it's important to communicate an intended message when giving gifts to your employees.
Abby HartNov 9, 2023
For the second year, the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) gathered landscape professionals together for a forum on the industry’s labor shortage. Company representatives…
For years, demographers, economists, movie-makers, politicians, scientists and others have been famously making false predictions of future events. Remember the doomsday predictions leading up to…
LM Industry Pulse survey respondents say 2019 was a good year for business but a struggle to find people to help complete jobs.
Emily SchappacherNov 3, 2023
Implementing robotic mowers is one way to ease the landscape industry’s labor shortage and cut down on man-hours at jobs.
The cover of the March 1995 issue of Landscape Management addressed a problem many landscape companies are still facing 24 years later. The magazine gave…
Marisa PalmieriNov 3, 2023
With an unemployment figure near a record low and a problematic seasonal guest-worker program, landscape companies are strapped for legal labor options. Some landscape company…
Missy HenriksenNov 10, 2023
It may at times seem like there’s no help in sight for the chronic workforce shortage that most industry companies face. But many groups and…
A lack of skilled technicians is taking its toll on the irrigation industry The struggle to find quality workers is hitting irrigation harder than almost…
Why—and how—some landscape companies are recruiting workers from Puerto Rico. Late last year, William Merkler was on vacation in Puerto Rico, thinking about how he…
LM StaffMay 25, 2016
Cape Cod landscape companies—even the ones that don't rely on H-2B workers—are singing the labor shortage blues. “It’s nuts,” Bob Maffei, owner of Maffei Landscape Contractors…
Phil HarwoodAug 6, 2018
Recently, I’ve been noticing the abundance of nice properties without fresh mulch installed yet. These same properties are typically mulched in the early spring, but…
