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November 2025

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Employee and customer appreciation done right: Tips from top landscape leaders

Landscape pros share their favorite ways to show appreciation to employees and loyal customers.

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Landscaping leaders reveal their must-have safety gear for the jobsite

Pros share pieces of equipment that provide peace of mind and help get the job done.

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How to delegate in five easy steps

A business grows beyond startup mode when owners delegate tasks and important roles.

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Why it’s crucial to acknowledge employee excellence and innovation

Focusing on acknowledgement, creativity and empowerment can improve employee retention and increase job satisfaction.

Snow removal helped Level Green grow in 2024. (Photo: Level Green Landscaping)

Level Green Landscaping’s secrets behind 29-percent growth

Making client budget worksheets a priority allowed Level Green Landscaping to increase revenue and plan ahead.

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Five Questions: Sam Rankin

LM's Seth Jones chats with Etch Outdoor Living's Sam Rankin about how he got into the business, client trends and more.

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How to navigate organizational structure while growing your business

Build from startup scramble to organized growth by specializing roles, building structure and balancing branch autonomy with centralized support.

A team player Autonomous mowers can now travel between sites, allowing them to work alongside crew members and boost efficiency. (Photo: The Toro Co.)

Experts explain the most recent advancements in autonomous mowers

Manufacturers provide updates on the autonomous mower market, where it’s headed and more.

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.

Bringing Barricor to life: The Barricor development team at Envu includes (from left) Debbie Koufas, Arunas Damijonaitis, Ph.D., and Kyle Denk. (Photo: LM staff)

New essential oil mosquito control from Envu

LM and PMP go behind the scenes to learn about Barricor Essential Mosquito Control.

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Grow with Grunder: A “Playbook” for business success

Marty Grunder introduces “The Landscape Pro’s Playbook,” a new resource in this month’s issue that offers practical, year-round business tips.

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Tips for building value before selling your business

To get top dollar when selling your business, focus on recurring revenue, profitability, strong leadership and an engaged team.

client data, goals of the system and maintenance calls helps your technicians easily get up to speed when arriving at a client’s property. (Photo: Artsiom Malashenko/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images)

How to properly winterize an irrigation system

Pro tips and critical winterization best practices for pumps, cast iron components, filters and valves — even in mild climates.

November’s Five Questions with Sam Rankin

LM's Editorial Director Seth Jones is joined by Sam Rankin, President of Etch Outdoor Living, at a McFarlin Stanford ACE peer group event in Tuscany, Italy.

Proper turf maintenance is the first step in preventing weeds. (Photo: TruGreen)

Practical and chemical preventative weed control methods

Practical and chemical control options for preventative weed management.

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Roots of the green industry: Shaping the American landscape since 1916

Ariens and Gravely are family-led brands known for building durable, reliable outdoor power equipment.

Latest and greatest: The Irrigation Show is a perfect opportunity to see the latest products and newest innovations.(Photo: Irrigation Association)

Education and innovation on display at the upcoming Irrigation Show

The Irrigation Show returns with new features and classic hits.

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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.

Winning combination: The 2025 NALP Field Trip at McHale Landscape Design in Annapolis, Md., which has won over 400 awards for its work. Here, hosts Kevin (left) and Steve (center) McHale pose with Marty Grunder from Grunder Landscaping Co. and The Grow Group, who facilitated the event. (Photo: LM staff)

LM Gallery: November 2025

Check out a few of the places where the LM team made its rounds recently

(From left to right) Amber Baker, an executive assistant with SiteOne Landscape Supply; Christina Moore, director of events at SiteOne; Emily Lindley, content and events manager at The Grow Group; and Payton Szymczak, LM’s digital media specialist at SiteOne’s Women in the Green Industry Conference. (Photo: LM staff)

SiteOne’s Women in Green Industry 2025: Vegas conference inspires and connects

SiteOne’s Women in the Green Industry conference brought together industry pros for education, networking and professional development.

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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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LM November 2025: Digital Edition

Check out the November 2025 issue of Landscape Management magazine.

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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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