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September 2024

Availability of parts and quick service are several key factors for landscape pros when choosing a zero-turn mower. (Photo: Exmark)

Recommender: What’s your favorite brand of zero-turn and why?

Industry leaders share their favorite brand of zero-turn.

Editorial Advisory Board graphic (Graphic: LM Staff)

Editorial Advisory Board: September 2024

Industry leaders share tips for first-time trade show attendees to get the most out of their experience.

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The challenge with superstar employees

Jeffrey Scott shares tips to manage inconsistent or unreliable employees from his years coaching and consulting with top landscape firms.

KeyServ’s latest acquisition, Landscape Landmark Group, expands its presence further into Alabama. (Photo: Keyserv; 150 icon: pialhovik / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Getty Images)

Performance tracking drives KeyServ’s growth

Ensuring all the companies under its umbrella employ effective software has not only helped KeyServ track performance, but it’s also provided another level of transparency and encouraged growth, says CEO Jeff Domenick.

Start to finish: Keeping your trees healthy in the spring is key to ensuring they thrive through the winter. (Photo: Davey Tree)

Top tips for healthy trees in the fall

Pros provide tips and insights to boost your fall tree prep regimen.

Teams work: A solid team is a crucial leg in the “three-legged stool” approach to business success. (Photo: Harrell’s)

Building — and sustaining — a profitable business

An industry veteran says a broad approach and a focus on fundamentals are key to creating and maintaining landscaping and lawn care success.

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LM September 2024 Issue: Digital Edition

Read the September 2024 issue of Landscape Management magazine. Equip Expo "golden ticket" winners share experiences and takeaways. Top tips from experts for healthy fall trees. How to prepare water features for the cold.

Summer Growth Summit in KC: We were excited to attend the 2024 Jeffrey Scott Summer Growth Summit in our hometown (at least for some of us!) of Kansas City. Our own Scott Hollister, editor-in-chief (second from left), kicked off the event with Corine Koornhof, Jeffrey Scott and Anna Koornhof. (Photo: LM Staff)

LM Gallery: September 2024

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

The main entrance consists of bermuda, buffalo and ryegrass to give a year-long green look at the cost of being tricky for irrigation teams due to their differences in water requirements. (Photo: Superscapes)

The Big One: Like, really big one

Superscapes won a silver award from the National Association of Landscape Professionals’ Awards of Excellence program for Cypress Waters, a massive 1,000-acre development filled with offices, entertainment, retail and more.

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Ask McFarlin Stanford: Keeping growth going

Jason New of McFarlin Stanford answers a reader question regarding how to increase leadership skills and drive growth in a business.

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Scott’s Thoughts: A celebration of showtime

Editor-in-Chief Scott Hollister discusses the importance of trade shows and upcoming events in the industry.

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Five Questions: Garret Hergert

LM's Seth Jones chats with Garret Hergert, CEO of GRO, about his most memorable day at work, tools to get the job done and more.

More than meets the eye: Water features can add a lot to your landscapes, so knowing how to care for them is critical. (Photo: Atlantic-Oase)

Water winterization: How to prepare your water features for the cold

Tyler Fisher, Northeast regional sales manager for Atlantic-Oase, shares tips landscapers should be thinking about regarding winterization for water features.

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Grow with Grunder: The power of a platform

Marty Grunder discusses the importance of having a platform and GLC's CEO Seth Pflum's three mantras while working with a team.

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Equip Exposition Golden Ticket winners share their biggest takeaways from the show

With the 2024 version of Equip Expo set for Oct. 15-18, Landscape Management caught up with a handful of last year’s winners to see how they utilized the opportunity they won and discuss how the experience affected their businesses in 2024.

The thick, stiff leaves of nutsedge not only grow faster than other turfgrasses, but they often cut unevenly and unsightly when mowed. (Photo: Chris Butcher; Getty Images: DNY59 / E+, boschettophotography / iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Turf School: Controlling nutsedge

Nutsedge can be found ruining lawns and landscapes throughout North America, usually preferring moist soils.

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