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Students test their skills at NCLC. (Photo: LM staff)

National Collegiate Landscape Competition celebrates 50 years at Michigan State

NCLC drew about 800 students from 56 colleges and universities to campus.

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NALP opens participation for its 2026 Financial Benchmark Survey

The deadline to participate is June 5, 2026, and interested participants can take the survey on the NALP's website.

Almost all maintenance is done by hand, including deadheading, mulching and more. The team also mows the property, and maintenance takes about half a day on-site. (Photo: Myatt Landscaping and Construction)

Myatt Landscaping earns NALP award for garden estate blending artful design and expert maintenance

Myatt Landscaping earns a silver award from the NALP’s Awards of Excellence program in the maintenance category. 

Elevate trade show floor. (Photo: NALP)

NALP and PGMS to colocate Transform conference with Elevate

PGMS will co-locate Transform, with ELEVATE in Tampa and Anaheim, expanding education, the Expo, networking and industry connections for both audiences.

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Tri-C Plant Science team takes top honors at 2026 National Collegiate Landscape Competition

Josiah Hull finishes second overall among individual competitors.

With the property’s harsh angular lines, the goal was to soften them with plant material, including specialty specimen trees that offered flow and smoother edges. (Photo: Dave Koch at R\E Media Utah)

Sunline Landscapes wins gold for Utah County estate

Sunline Landscapes earns a gold award for its destination-style estate project.

A multi-faceted irrigation strategy designed to successfully navigate extreme environmental and logistical hurdles was key to Alpine Gardens’ work on the High Mountain Haven project, which earned the company a gold award in NALP’s Awards of Excellence program. (Photo: Alpine Gardens)

How Alpine Gardens engineered award-winning irrigation at Estes Park estate

Why Alpine Gardens’ Estes Park project earned an NALP gold award.

Lee says one of the standout plants in the landscape redesign is green island ficus due to its salt and hurricane tolerance, making it a popular Florida choice. (Photo: Landscapes by Randy Lee)

From ’90s pool to modern courtyard: Inside a gold award-winning waterfront landscape

How Landscapes by Randy Lee transformed a Dunedin waterfront home

The multiple pools add to the resort-style aesthetic of the property, requiring diligent turf and tree care to keep everything clean and manicured. (Photo: Gothic Landscape)

Inside Gothic Landscape’s award-winning maintenance of The Grand in Arizona

Gothic Landscape wins NALP gold award for maintenance of The Grand near Phoenix.

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Kevin and Lorraine Kehoe Foundation pledges $750K to the NALP Foundation

The gift, to be distributed in three annual installments of $250,000 from 2026 through 2028, is the largest contribution in the foundation’s history.

Ruppert began maintaining Fair Hill right after the racetrack and special event zone was constructed, and since then, the company and its partners have been responsible for the full grow-in, stabilization and now active management of the site. (Photo: Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland)

Ruppert Landscape wins gold maintaining Fair Hill’s five-star equestrian venue

The company won a gold award from the National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program.

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Elevate 2025 brought landscape professionals together in Phoenix

Elevate 2025 brought the landscaping industry to Phoenix for education, networking and a little Southwest hospitality.

In addition to low maintenance plantings and turf, the redesign came with several hardscape elements, like a louvered pergola, a new courtyard patio and stonework. (Photo: Singing Hills Landscape)

How this residential renovation made big moves in small spaces

The company worked vertically to add more character in the small space.

Keven Winkelmann, PLA, says weekly maintenance is done to mow the front yard plus hedge and prune all the plant material. (Photo: Kimberly Gavin Photography)

Inside an award-winning Spanish revival home makeover

This won a gold award from the National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program. 

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Beating the odds as a landscape business owner

Research, conversations and meetings suggest that this one practice separates the most profitable landscapers from those that are just getting by.

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From the source: Beating the odds as a landscape business owner

Research, conversations and meetings suggest that this one practice separates the most profitable landscapers from those that are just getting by

To maintain the site, Watts says a landscape crew assists her horticulture efforts a few hours every week with blowing, mowing, trimming and other tasks. (Photo: Myatt Landscaping and Construction)

Raleigh Iron Works: Transforming industrial heritage into an award-winning urban oasis

How Myatt Landscaping and Construction turned this historic warehouse into an urban award-winner.

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The evolution of Elevate; a Q&A with NALP CEO Britt Wood

NALP CEO Britt Wood talks about the association’s big event, where it’s been and where it’s going in the future.

LM’s recap of the Elevate Conference in Phoenix

Landscape Management's Scott Hollister and Seth Jones give recaps of their week at the NALP's Elevate Conference and Expo in Phoenix, Az.

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How Elevate became a go-to event for landscape professionals

Three landscape industry veterans share why they’re heading to Elevate 2025 and what they hope to get out of their week in the desert.

The central courtyard, made of decomposed granite, was created to provide an additional shared space with shade-tolerant plantings of dwarf palmetto palm, inland sea oats and fall aster. (Photo: Brittany Dawn Short)

Twistleaf’s transformation in Fredericksburg

Twistleaf transformed a historic Fredericksburg bed and breakfast into an award-winning boutique lodging experience

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Tips for navigating landscape industry events

Attending landscape industry conferences is invaluable, offering networking, hands-on learning and growth opportunities.

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2025 Elevate preview with Britt Wood

Editor-in-Chief Scott Hollister talks to Britt Wood, CEO of the National Association of Landscape Professionals, ahead of the 2025 Elevate Conference in Phoenix, Ariz.

The production studio is a complex site filled with a variety of landscape designs, maintenance areas and creative art pieces. (Photo: © 2025 Sony Pictures Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Cadre Landscape)

How Cadre Landscape gave Sony Pictures Studios a movie makeover

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

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