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The parking area was updated for larger, modern cars and use. LoBello says the car in the driveway was loaned for this special photoshoot. (Photo: Tony Soluri)

Mariani Landscape’s award-winning restoration of a Frank Lloyd Wright residence

Mariani Landscape modernized a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home and won a 2024 NALP Gold Award

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Trading FaceTime for face time in the landscape industry

Despite working remotely in a hands-on industry, Hollister finds value in attending industry events and connecting personally with professionals.

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Three lessons in residential landscaping

Landing a big client or project can be just as risky as it is rewarding.

Majerus says he’d been playing with large scale concept lines and other geometric shapes on other projects, and he wanted to try out a Fibonacci spiral-inspired design. This project was the perfect opportunity. (Photo: Sirna Productions and Patrick Hughes)

Hardscape Solutions: Redefining lakeside luxury

Landmark Landscapes won a gold award from the NALP’s 2024 Awards of Excellence program for this project.

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SpringGreen participates in Renewal & Remembrance event at Arlington National Cemetery

SpringGreen contributed to this year’s efforts, which included large-scale landscaping projects at Arlington National Cemetery and the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.

Behringer says it’s inevitable that some plants won’t survive the winter, but thanks to many years of managing the wall and diligent monitoring, they can accurately predict how much will need replacing. (Photo: John Mini Distinctive Landscapes)

The Big One: Wall-to-wall excellence

John Mini won a gold award from the NALP’s 2024 Awards of Excellence program for this project.

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Applications open for NALP’s Safety Recognition Awards

To apply, provide your 2024 safety data, including the number of vehicle accidents, injuries/illnesses and days away from work, to the NALP online submission form.

Lighting played a large part of the design, especially at night, and the usage is subtle to not take away from the lake views. (Photo: David J. Frank Landscape Contracting)

Hardscape Solutions: Expect the unexpected

David J. Frank Landscape Contracting turned a challenging sloped yard into an award-winning lakeside sanctuary

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NALP’s Renewal and Remembrance unites landscape pros in Washington, D.C.

For nearly 30 years, Renewal and Remembrance has seen landscapers donate their time, skills and equipment to honor America’s veterans and public servants.

1. The stadium surrounds its sitting areas and walkways with vivid annuals, bountiful perennials, formal hedges and shaded tree canopies to encourage a fun and pristine aesthetic. (Photo: Ruppert Landscape)

The Big One: Maintaining a top tennis venue

Learn how Ruppert Landscape maintains Credit One Stadium, home to the largest women’s-only tennis tournament in North America.

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Participation opens for 2025 NALP Financial Benchmark Survey

The deadline to participate is June 20, 2025, and interested participants can take the survey on the NALP's website.

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NALP opens registration for Elevate 2025 with discounted price

Registration for Elevate is now open, with the best prices available through June 30.

Smith had to remove the existing river birch trees in the atrium and replace them with new ones. Clara hawthorn, variegated flax lilies, sandy leaf fig for ground cover, Lily of the Nile and more rounded out the rest of the vegetation used. (Photos: Bryan Malloch Photography)

Hardscape Solutions: Confined construction

After two months of excavating, planting, installing and more, LMC won a silver award from the 2024 National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program for this hardscape project.

Windhauser says a weekly two- to three-man crew provides full- service maintenance on-site. Windhauser personally visits the property two to three times a month and will typically walk the site with the client during one of these visits.

The Big One: JMA wins gold from NALP Awards of Excellence

This multi-layered masterpiece won a gold award from the 2024 National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program

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NALP announces 2025 Field Trip event location

This upcoming event offers a behind-the-scenes experience at McHale Landscape Design in Upper Marlboro, Md., from Sept. 23–24, 2025.

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NALP’s Elevate Expo named one of the fastest-growing trade shows

Elevate Expo recently earned top honors across multiple categories from Trade Show Executive magazine, a leading authority in the exhibition industry.

Winkelmann says the vegetation was designed to highlight and focus attention on certain features of the property, such as the mature fastigiate spruce trees surrounding the fountain space. (Photo: Ron Ruscio)

How one hardscape home is turning heads in Denver

DBS won a gold award from the 2024 National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program for this project.

Stay smart: Using loud equipment in excess or in large quantities is a fast way to gather noise complaints in a busy commercial or residential area. (Photo: MCCAIG / istock / getty images plus / getty images)

Staying ahead of noise ordinances

Pro landscape insiders offer five strategies to best manage and navigate local regulations on gas-powered equipment.

Sunline Landscapes performs every maintenance element except for healthcare for trees more than 12 feet tall. (Photo: Sunline Landscapes)

The Big One: A taste of Europe

An overview of Sunline Landscapes' maintenance on this beautiful Europe-inspired property.

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NALP offering online technician and business management training as a free member benefit

Through the NALP Learning Hub, landscape contractors have access to an extensive suite of on-demand training courses covering both technical and business management content.

The new landscaping included plantings such as royal and coconut palms, clusia hedges, blue daze and other salt-resistant options. Lee says the tall vegetation helps with privacy. (Photo: Landscapes by Randy Lee)

Hardscape Solutions: Light it up

Landscapes by Randy Lee won a gold award from the National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program for this project.

The sizeable circular bed in the middle of the circular drive with Russian sage, a boxwood hedge and white begonias is visible from the street. (Photo: David J. Frank Landscape Contracting)

The Big One: Lakeside love

The National Association of Landscape Professionals gave David J. Frank Landscape Contracting a silver award for its work on this property.

2025 NCLC brings plenty of new faces together to celebrate the green industry

The 2025 National Collegiate Landscaping Competiton drew a record number of students and schools to Colorado State Univeristy.

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Project EverGreen’s nationwide fundraiser returns to support military families

During GreenCare for Troops Awareness Month, participants are challenged to log 19,000 steps between June 22-28.

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