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Houzz survey highlights popular landscaping trends
The Houzz Landscaping & Garden Trends Study, conducted in February 2016, revealed that 88 percent of survey respondents took on complete outdoor renovations in 2015.
March 30, 2016
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Tomorrow’s landscapers congregate for annual collegiate competition
Students gathered at Mississippi State University campus Wednesday for the National Collegiate Landscape Competition, prepared to learn more about landscaping.
March 16, 2016
Students listen to instructor Rip Tompkins talk about the best practices of arboriculture. Photo: Jill Odom
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Longtime landscape industry consultant Charles Vander Kooi dies
Charles Vander Kooi, a respected green industry business and landscaping consultant for more than three decades, died early Saturday in Akron, Ohio.
March 16, 2016
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Landscaper builds his business by building trust
Despite being in the landscaping business since he was in high school, every day is a learning experience for Austin Marcum, owner of PROSCAPE Inc., in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
March 1, 2016
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Landscape architect embraces jobs – one at a time
Landscaping was not John Russell’s first passion, but the winding path that led him to landscape architecture still influences his work today in Birmingham, Alabama.
February 18, 2016
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Concrete Craft targets landscapers with product, franchises
California-based Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) has completed its rebranding as “Concrete Craft” – a name landscape contractors can expect to hear regularly.
February 18, 2016
This home’s driveway features a decorative, stained surface from Concrete Craft. Photo: Concrete Craft
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Hilti introduces concrete saws with no-choke start
Hilti eliminated manual choke with its new “Easy Start” technology in the DSH 700-X and DSH 900-X handheld concrete saws, recently unveiled at World of Concrete.
February 9, 2016
The DSH 700-X, seen here, has a 70cc engine and comes in 12- and 14-inch models. Photo: Hilti
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Sno Melter mats provide alternative to snow-removal services
The latest winter innovation, EasyHeat Sno Melter mats, are designed to keep up with the average snowfall, minimizing accumulation of snow on the heated surface.
January 12, 2016
Designed for both commercial and residential settings, Emerson’s EasyHeat Sno Melter mats can be installed in concrete or (as seen here) under pavers to keep driveways, sidewalks and other areas clear of snow and ice. Photo: Emerson
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Porous Pave wins top product-design award at Canadian exposition
Porous Pave was a Gold-level winner for product design in the 2015 IIDEXCanada Innovation Awards competition, among only 5 attaining the Gold-level standard.
December 31, 2015
A pour-in-place, permeable paving material, Porous Pave was recognized for excellence in product design at Canada’s National Design and Architecture Exposition & Conference. Photo: Porous Pave
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Willow Creek Paving Stones introduces new line of pavers
Willow Creek Paving Stones is introducing a new line of durable pavers for 2016 called “Eurostone,” featuring the texture of natural stone in five colors.
December 24, 2015
The company says its products are ideal in the harsh freeze-thaw climate of the Midwest. Photo: Willow Creek Paving Stones
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Cambridge Pavingstones, i-lighting LLC announce marketing deal
Cambridge Pavers, maker of outdoor fireplaces, kitchens, & more says it’s now the sole distributor for i-lighting LED Landscape & Hardscape Lighting in 15 states.
December 17, 2015
Cambridge Pavers Inc., in addition to its flagship Cambridge Pavingstones products, offers a wide variety of components for outdoor living installations, from fire features to water features, pizza ovens to pergolas. Photo: Cambridge Pavingstones
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Design software company Vectorworks releases 2016 update
The company landscape designers may know as Nemetschek Vectorworks is rebranding itself as simply Vectorworks. The rebrand was announced at the same time the company released the English language version of the 2016 update of its design software. Called Vectorworks 2016, the software release includes more than 100 updates and new features, according to a […]
November 25, 2015
The software maker says landscaping companies will find significant new features for hardscaping in the 2016 version, such as the slope indicator shown here. Photo: Vectorworks
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Hardscaping never looked so easy with this RoadPrinter
Laying each individual block in a brick road can be a time-consuming process, but this machine from RP Systems has made the process a little less time consuming and much more fun to watch. Tech Insider recently featured the video below of the PRS6 RoadPrinter easily rolling out a road. Plus, the machine is building […]
November 19, 2015
The RoadPrinter is manufactured by RP Systems, which was founded in 2012. Photo: RP Systems Google +
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Pavestone mobile app engineered for hardscape projects
Pavestone, a manufacturer of segmental concrete products for the commercial, residential, contractor, industrial and retail consumer markets, has launched an interactive mobile app, describing it as a comprehensive resource for managing hardscape projects from start to finish. “Based on the current marketplace, timing for our mobile app couldn’t be better,” said Ed Fioroni, vice president […]
November 18, 2015
Pavestone says its mobile app works with several of its sister companies as well.
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How to: 5 tips for selecting the right compact excavator
The increasing popularity of compact excavators in recent years has spearheaded a vast selection of models ideally suited to landscaping and hardscaping projects. With all of the choices, how do you find the machine that’s right for you? Tom Connor, excavator product specialist for Bobcat Company, provides five easy tips to help you evaluate […]
November 16, 2015
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Porous Pave gains traction on big municipal job in Florida
Porous Pave points to its recently completed job at two city parks in Sunrise, Florida, to demonstrate its pour-in-place surfacing material is the right choice for government customers committed to environmentally friendly building materials. Visitors walk and bicycle through the new parks, Cypress Preserve and Oak Hammock, on 8-foot-wide permeable paths surfaced with Porous Pave […]
November 9, 2015
Bike and walking paths at the two parks in Sunrise, Florida, were surfaced with Porous Pave XL.
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Landscaping clients have lots of options for hardscape material
Hardscaping materials to keep an eye out for. These hardscaping materials were recommended to us by some of the best landscapers in the industry.
November 5, 2015
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Projects at college, zoo win awards at Hardscape North America
An entry way that marries a new hardscape with a century-old brick building at Converse College and a green initiative at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo won awards in the Eighth Annual Hardscape North America trade show Oct. 21-23 in Louisville, Kentucky. The Converse College Johnson Plaza, which was installed by Roebuck Wholesale Nursery and […]
November 3, 2015
The Converse College project complements a century-old, red-brick administration building nearby. Photo: Forrest Briggs Photography
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