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Game Design in Landscape Architecture
A class at Ball State University recently developed a game the celebrates the unique aspects of landscape architecture. Through a class titled, “Games & Play for Designers: Revealing Landscape Architecture,” assistant professor Chris Marlow lead a class in combining the worlds of video games and landscape architecture.
October 25, 2012
Business
HindSite Software Releases Go iLawn Integration
HindSite Software today announced the release of a new integration with Go iLawn to their field service industry customers. The integration enables HindSite Software customers to leverage the power of Go iLawn to measure properties from within the HindSite field service management software solution.
October 24, 2012
Business
Mitsubishi Fuso Offers GIE Attendees Discount Program
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) has announced a special discount program for attendees of the Green Industry & Equipment Expo, to be held October 25-27, 2012 at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, KY. GIE+EXPO attendees who visit Mitsubishi Fuso’s Booth (#5176) and have their GIE+EXPO badge scanned will be eligible to receive a $500 discount off the purchase price of a new FUSO Canter at any authorized Mitsubishi Fuso dealer in the U.S., Canada or Puerto Rico.*
October 24, 2012
Business
Plant in Clay Soil
Though the task of working with it can be challenging, the process of amending clay soil to workable condition is practical and well worth the effort.
October 23, 2012
Business
On His Back, But On Top of His Game
It’s hard to keep a good man like Jason Gordon down. But today his injured back has reduced him to laying on a pillow in the backseat of his pickup truck while being interviewed about his business, Total Turf. Inc in Westchester County, New York.
October 23, 2012
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Bobcat announces non-DPF Tier 4 engine offering
Bobcat Company has announced a plan for Tier 4 solutions that include a Doosan-built engine added to some of its equipment lineup for 2014. Development of the new Tier 4-compliant engine was a collaboration between Bobcat, Doosan and some of the world’s top engineering consultants and engine design firms — Ricardo, FEV and others.
October 23, 2012
Business
Green Roofs a Plenty in New York City
Be prepared when visiting Michael Madarash, owner of Kokobo Greenscapes, to take plenty of elevators in order to see his firm’s work way above the bustling streets of Manhattan.
October 18, 2012
Business
Yanmar Partners with Toro
Yanmar America Corp., a division of Yanmar Company Ltd., has announced a new partnership with The Toro Company to provide diesel engines for select commercial turf maintenance equipment. The Yanmar diesel engines will allow Toro to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 4 emissions regulations, which go into effect January 1, 2013.
October 17, 2012
Business
Detours Before the Debate
Not many landscaping crews have to labor under the cautious and watchful eye of the Secret Service. But that was the case today in Danville, Kentucky where the Vice Presidential debate is scheduled to occur.
October 11, 2012
Business
Ewing Kicks Off New Landscape and Irrigation Workshops
Green Industry professionals can learn new skills, earn CEUs, and gain business ideas with Ewing’s new classes for 2012-2013. New curriculum focuses on the latest trends, technologies, and best management practices to help landscape and irrigation professionals become more competitive and profitable.
October 5, 2012
Business
Sustainable Landscape Proposed Credits Open to Public Comment
The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) invites public comment on proposed revisions to the Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks 2009, the most comprehensive set of voluntary, national guidelines yet developed for sustainable landscapes.
October 3, 2012
Business
Flair for Details
Ryan Youngblood sets high standards for design/ build and estate-maintenance projects that clients appreciate. Serving a roster of high-end residential landscaping clients is a tightrope walk. A good example, says Ryan Youngblood, are the owners of a multi-million-dollar, 6-acre, residential property he has maintained for three years.
September 20, 2012
Business
Rocky Beginning, Perfect Wedding
Last March, we profiled Nikos Phelps as a 2012 TLC Landscaper of the Year finalist and owner of Utopian Landscapes in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a year into transforming a run-down, 8-acre nursery and various buildings into a comfortable home, a base for his business and a showcase for his landscaping talent.
September 3, 2012
Business
Love of Design & Knack for Construction
Ben Fotusky has a talent for design, construction and listening to customers. Given his size, he could have been a linebacker in high school, but back then, Ben Fotusky had more important things to do than sports. At age 14, he started working after school to get the money to buy a car, and when he got the car, he used it to get more work.
September 1, 2012
Business
Finding Jobs for Veterans
The Grounds Guys of Jacksonville owner and veteran, Rick Santo, joined forces with First Lady Michelle Obama at Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Florida, for the announcement that more than 2,000 companies had hired or trained 125,000 veterans and military spouses since the initial launch of the Joining Forces White House initiative in 2011.
August 30, 2012
Business
Syngenta to Acquire DuPont
Syngenta will acquire the DuPont Professional Products insecticide business, including a number of registered trademark brands. As a result, Syngenta can pursue markets such as the ornamental horticulture and consumer markets. This transaction came a year after DuPont’s Imprelis herbicide was linked to tree deaths around the country. For more on the Imprelis affect, view […]
August 29, 2012
Business
How to: Building a retaining wall
Retainig walls can be a great addition to the services you offer and solve a variety of landscape problems. “Anywhere you might use a poured-in-place (concrete) gravity wall, natural stone or railroad ties,” says Charles Gamarekian, chairman/CEO of Cambridge Pavingstones, “mortarless, segmental retaining walls will provide a more durable, cost-effective and maintenance-free wall system.”
August 25, 2012
Business
School Spirit
A Murray State University alum found a unique way to show his school spirit. Contractor Dennis Smith commissioned a special paint job for his company’s, Pinnacle Construction in Benton, Kentucky, new Case TR270 compact track loader. The machine displays Murray State Racers’ logos on the loader frame and bucket, as well as a multi-tone blue paint trimmed in yellow flames on the lift arms. Completing the design is the inscription “Hottest Team in Town” and autographs from the school’s head football and basketball coaches.
August 24, 2012
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