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Business

PLANET Releases Updated ‘Safety Benchmark Report’

PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, has released its updated “Safety Benchmark Report”.

September 9, 2013

Business

Website Caters to Professional Landscapers

Village Nurseries is helping landscapers out in a digital way. The company has launched a new website to help landscapers view its plant library easier and faster.

September 3, 2013

Design-Build

Ask Not What Your Community Can Do For You

Stop thinking about your business for a second. Yes, running a landscape company requires a lot of focus, especially since it’s your livelihood. But, to take your business and community presence to another level, you’ll need to open your eyes to the people and needs in your town.

September 2, 2013

Business

PLANET Delivers 359 Safety Recognition Awards

The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) and CNA have announced the recipients of this year’s Safety Recognition Awards Program.

August 22, 2013

Business

Ariens Debuts Industry First with Auto-Turn Technology

Ariens Company has introduced an industry first. The company has implemented Auto-Turn steering technology on its line of Sno-Thro snow blowers.

August 20, 2013

Business

Following in the Family Footsteps

When Eric Bruss went to college, his goal was to get as far away from the landscaping business as possible. Growing up surrounded by the industry, he wanted a break. “My family owned and ran a garden center,” Bruss says. “It was seven days a week. When I wasn’t at school, I was working there.”

August 15, 2013

Design-Build

Just Hours Left To Apply

After months and months of planning, the moment is finally here. The days have turned into hours and the hours are now turning into minutes as our deadline quickly approaches for our Landscaper of the Year program.

July 31, 2013

Business

Honda Mower Breaks Speed Record

Is cutting the lawn just taking too long? Well, Honda and TopGear Magazine have created a nice surprise for anyone in the landscaping industry. As part of a mission to create extreme lawn-care equipment, Top Gear and Honda have come together to create a 130mph mowing machine.

July 18, 2013

Business

Deadline Nearing On Design, Build, Installation Symposium

PLANET, the national landscape industry association, is hosting a symposium to help professionals in the landscape industry to better their design, build and installation skill sets. PLANET’s Design Build Installation Specialty Group will be presenting the “Design. Build. Installation” symposium July 28-30 in Chicago.

July 11, 2013

Business

Low-Tech Field? Think Again.

When the public thinks about landscaping, high tech doesn’t immediately come to mind. After all, this is work involving dirt, manual labor and plants. Mechanical engineering is represented in the form of a backhoe loader, for example, but that’s about as “technological” as the industry gets. Right?

July 2, 2013

Design-Build

Respect the Logo

It’s a known fact that a picture can say a thousand words, but did you know a logo could say much more than that? Creating a company logo is nothing to put at the bottom of the “to-do” list or shove off until next week. A company logo means more than just a sticker attached to a truck or a simple image hanging from a sign.

June 24, 2013

Landscaping equipment

How to get more from compact excavator

Whether it’s the need to fit through a gate or minimize ground disturbance, small equipment like compact excavators continue to have a well-deserved place in landscapers’ fleets. But these machines aren’t resting on their portable size to win over the industry.

June 19, 2013