Tag: Inside Out Design

Business

[Video] Why You Need to Be the Next Landscaper of the Year

For more than six months, the staff at Total Landscape Care has been promoting and seeking applications for its annual program, Landscaper of the Year.

July 14, 2014

Business

How To Grow Your Business

Marketing tips, pitfalls to avoid and ways to reach your expansion goals. For a plant to thrive, it needs a good environment, the proper nutrients, regular pruning and plenty of room to grow.

May 8, 2014

Design-Build

No Speed Limit to Growing Business

Slow and steady wins the race, right? Maybe not, according to my sources for “How To Grow Your Business,” which will be featured in the April issue. Going into this story, I expected to hear reasons landscapers should be cautious about expanding their companies too fast – such as spreading themselves thin, sacrificing quality, losing […]

April 2, 2014

Design-Build

Pro tip: Give clients plant care info

What’s worse than spending hours installing expensive plants for a client, only to come back months later to see all of the plants are dead? You might be a horticultural expert — but that doesn’t mean your clients know anything about their new foliage. So instead of adding plants and leaving, give clients a care […]

March 5, 2014

Business

How To Bring the Inside Out

If true beauty lies within, why do so many landscapers focus solely on the outside? Andrea Wilson Mueller and Michael Mueller, Total Landscape Care’s 2014 Landscapers of the Year, shaped their Frankfort, Kentucky, business around incorporating elements from in and out, hence their company name: Inside Out Design. While now at the top of their […]

February 5, 2014

Business

Inside Out Design Named 2014 Landscaper of the Year

Total Landscape Care named Andrea Wilson Mueller and Michael Mueller, owners of Inside Out Design in Frankfort, Kentucky, the 2014 Landscapers of the Year. The winners, along with the other 11 finalists, enjoyed a three-day cruise to the Bahamas Nov. 15-18 provided by Case Construction Equipment. During this relaxing trip, the landscapers shared business advice […]

November 19, 2013

Design-Build

Stay Busy Year Round

As colorful leaves and flakes of snow replace the once-green grass, many landscapers are getting their businesses ready for winter hibernation. But why? The change in weather shouldn’t completely control a company’s cash flow. Fall is a great time to trim shrubs, install plants, add lighting features or take a look at what the company […]

November 18, 2013

Business

Congrats, Landscaper of the Year Finalists!

This year’s Landscaper of the Year entrees were all extremely talented and had impressive businesses, making our job even more difficult to pick only 12 finalists.

September 11, 2013