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Business

Equipment matters: How to master the backhoe

Whether digging a hole for a pond, installing an irrigation system or excavating a site, you only need one piece of equipment for all of these tasks: a backhoe.

September 20, 2013

Business

PLANET Announces Top Selling Publication for 2013

Featuring a video series accompanied by training manuals, PLANET’s top selling publication for 2013 will be available at GIC.

September 16, 2013

Business

2013 Irrigation Show & Education Conference Gearing Up

From Nov. 4-8, irrigation industry professionals alike will be hitting the tradeshow floor in Austin, Texas for the Irrigation Show and Education Conference.

August 23, 2013

Business

PLANET Adds Four Trailblazers

The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) has welcomed four new Trailblazers into its program.

August 20, 2013

Business

Historic Landmark Sees Beginning of Landscape Renovation

A National Historic Landmark in the Berkshires of Massachusetts is getting a five-phase landscape facelift.

August 15, 2013

Business

Therapeutic Garden To Be Place of Research, Healing

Gardens have been known to provide comfort and therapeutic healing, and one medical center in Portland is taking advantage of that research. The Legacy Emanuel Medical Center’s Family Birth Center and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit is going see the installation of a therapeutic terrace garden.

July 5, 2013

Business

New Name, Prizes for PLANET Award

PLANET, the national landscape industry trade association, has rebranded its award program. Originally called the Environmental Improvement Awards, the new name has been changed to the National Landscape Awards of Excellence.

May 31, 2013

Business

Where Clients Are Spending Money on Landscapes

PLANET, a national trade association of landscape industry professionals, in partnership with Harris Interactive have conducted a U.S. online survey asking consumers about their spending on a range of professional lawn and landscape services.

May 1, 2013

Business

Product to Make Paver Projects Last

Edgetite has released a new product to help make installing pavers easier and stronger. The product features an angled tip design, which helps with the separation problem that can occur.

April 26, 2013

Landscaping equipment

Getting Out of Tight Spots

Working in a tight space can create a variety of problems. However, even though this equipment may appear small, it can get the job done efficiently and pack a powerful punch.

April 18, 2013

Design-Build

Don’t Murder Crape Myrtles

You may have seen the protest signs: “Stop Crape Myrtle Murder!” It seems for every vibrantly blooming and well maintained example of Lagerstroemia adorning properties from Texas to Savannah, there is one with its limbs hacked off by the uniformed. Enter, the Save the Crape Myrtles Organization whose mission is to prevent the odious practice of over pruning these graceful trees. Its founder, Robert Donohue, provides these non-litigious general care pointers:

November 30, 2012

Design-Build

All Aboard!

Chicago-area residents left the frenzy of the city for a glimpse into a peaceful town with this stop on the “Through the Garden Gate” tour, which featured seven unique garden spaces at homes throughout the architecturally rich community.

August 7, 2012