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Armed felon steals landscaper’s trailer in broad daylight

A pair of thieves in Georgia made off with a Chevrolet Silverado belonging to a landscape worker who was in the backyard. Click to read how the two were caught.

June 17, 2016

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News roundup: JCB ships record number of machines to U.S.

Hydro-Flo technology is added to the Belgard branded product line and JCB has another record-breaking single vessel shipment. Click to read more landscaping news.

June 7, 2016

JCB recently received its largest-ever shipment of machines into the port of Savannah, Georgia, from the company’s U.K. manufacturing facility. Over 400 JCB machines worth approximately $35 million arrived via the ship “Tugela.” Photo: JCB

News roundup: Copperhead bites landscaper who reached for it

A landscaper suffers a copperhead snake bite while another rescues a woman from a fire in her home. Click for more of the week's news in landscaping.

June 3, 2016

Copperheads are known for biting more people in the U.S. than any other species, but their venom is the least toxic so deaths are rare. Photo: Cherokee County Fire Department

Briefly: Landscape industry news and product roundup

Toro makes a charitable donation and New Holland donates big to the Fisher House Foundation. Click to read more in this landscaping industry news roundup.

May 16, 2016

Toro asked its followers on social media what they would like the Dingo TX 1000 to lift. Photo: Toro

GIE+EXPO prize winner takes delivery of new Toro zero-turn mower

Georgia landscaper Kevin Kirby of Top Cut Lawn and Landscaping LLC has finally taken possession of his mower after winning Toro’s GIE+Expo 2015 giveaway.

April 8, 2016

Kevin Kirby of Top Cut Lawn and Landscaping, sits atop his new Toro Z Master Professional Series Z. On hand to congratulate him are, from left, Gene Mobley of Toro distributor Jerry Pate Co. and Jon Richardson of Toro. Photo: Toro

Billionaire’s massive tree placed on slow boat to its new home

Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, former prime minister of Georgia, shipped a tree believed more than 135 years old along the Black Sea -- to be transplanted in his dendrology park.

April 2, 2016

The massive tulip tree was transported by barge on the Black Sea to its new home. Photo: BBC

Sheriff’s fiery post leads to recovery of landscape trucks

Oconee County, Georgia Sheriff Scott Berry's fiery Facebook post on three stolen box trucks & six zero-turn mowers led to a timely and surprising recovery.

January 22, 2016

The trucks were hot-wired by the thieves, resulting in electrical damage to the engines.

JCB North America names new VP of manufacturing

JCB North America has appointed Tim Witter as its vice president of manufacturing, making him responsible for JCB’s Savannah, Georgia-based Manufacturing Center.

January 13, 2016

Construction begins on Kubota’s new U.S. headquarters

Click here to read more about Kubota Tractor breaking ground on their new headquarters. Follow Total Landscape Care for the latest in the landscape industry.

December 7, 2015

Kubota Tractor executives and public officials in Texas break ground for the new headquarters of Kubota’s U.S. operations. Photo: Kubota Tractor

Association of Equipment Manufacturers honors JCB North America

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) this week honored JCB North America with its “Pillar of the Industry Award” as part of AEM’s annual “I Make America” initiative. To be eligible for the award, a member company must demonstrate its involvement in the local community and willingness to take action on state and national issues […]

November 5, 2015

Back in January, JCB kicked off 2015’s “I Make America” activities with a special program at its headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. Photo: JCB North America

Landscaper’s tree-removal snafu could lead to fines

A landscaping company faces thousands of dollars in potential fines because it filed a “Tree Removal Application” with the wrong city. Hamilton Land Services, which was preparing for a landscape reconstruction project, applied back in February with the city of Brookhaven, Georgia, for permission to cut down four trees. Brookhaven Arborist Kay Evanovich, who is […]

September 10, 2015

The house was actually in Atlanta city limits, not Brookhaven. Photo: Trey Benton/ The Brookhaven Post

Yellowstone Landscape subsidiaries drop names

Austin Outdoor and BIO Landscape, which merged in 2008 under the Yellowstone Landscape Group banner but maintained their individual names and brands while operating as subsidiaries, are now shedding the original names and will be known only as Yellowstone Landscape. The companies each specialize in commercial landscape work, operating in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and […]

September 2, 2015

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