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Ruppert finds home for D.C. Landscape Management branch

Clients can count on Ruppert Landscape reaching job sites much quicker, as a permanent home has been found for the D.C. branch of the company -- in Silver Spring, Maryland.

March 21, 2016

The new office, seen here, is the D.C. Landscape Management branch’s permanent home in the Washington metro area. Photo: Ruppert Landscape

Group honors inventor of stand-on mower, Bill Wright

Bill Wright, inventor of the stand-on lawn mower, will receive a 2016 Maryland International Business Leadership Award, sponsored by the World Trade Center Institute.

January 25, 2016

Bill Wright feature crop picture

For Maryland landscaping company, it’s all about family

Maryland-based TDH Landscaping has taken pride in building a highly respected, 50 year old business by nurturing strong relationships with each of its employees.

January 14, 2016

TDH Landscaping demonstrates its expertise in design, construction, plant selection and installation in this project for a residential client. Photo: Patty Pohuski

Maryland landscaper nurtures 50 years of success

TDH Landscaping has found success in and around the family-owned company’s headquarters in Monkton, Maryland for 50 years. A key to that success is listening to employees.

January 14, 2016

While water features are clearly a specialty of TDH Landscaping, the company devotes equal attention to all of its broad range of design and installation services. Photo: Patty Pohuski

2011 Landscaper of the Year Finalist Chad Beidel dies

Chad Beidel, owner of Outside Solutions and a 2011 Landscaper of the Year Finalist, died Dec. 9 at his home in Sykesville, Maryland. He was 44. In November 2013, Beidel was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), which is a subtype of a blood and bone marrow cancer. He began treatment immediately after his diagnosis. […]

December 14, 2015

Chad Beidel and his family

Citing steady growth, Ruppert Landscape adds to corporate staff

Ruppert Landscape announced this week the addition of four people to the staff of its corporate headquarters in Laytonsville, Maryland, attributing the move to steady growth. The company employs about 1,100 people – more than 400 in Maryland alone, including its headquarters and three other operations there – and has branches along the East Coast […]

November 13, 2015

Maryland is home to one of world’s premier topiary gardens

Ladew Topiary Gardens, boasting 150 plants nestled on 22 acres, hosts 30,000 visitors annually, 80 events, and an iconic, meticulously crafted fox hunt.

October 24, 2015

The pack of hounds topiaries is one of Ladew Topiary Gardens most well-known feature. Photo: Ladew Gardens staff

Commercial landscaping company holds its first ‘CommunityCare Day’

The nature garden in Greenbelt, Maryland’s Buddy Attick Lake Park is looking a lot better these days after Landcare employees made the park the focus of their first “CommunityCare Day.” Based in Frederick, Maryland, LandCare is one of the nation’s largest commercial landscape management firms, with 50 branches in 15 states. LandCare’s Baltimore Branch team […]

October 14, 2015

LandCare support staff, including clerks and accountants, joined the field technicians for CommunityCare Day. Photo: LandCare

Landscapers prepare for Pope’s visit at D.C. church

For more than two decades, the crews of Maryland-based Chapel Valley Landscape have taken special care in managing the grounds of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic church. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, Pope Francis is scheduled to say an outdoor mass at the Washington church, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Not […]

September 21, 2015

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Photo: Hayley Katzenberger

In 6 states, landscapers pay more for gasoline starting today

Landscape professionals in several states will begin paying more for gasoline today, as a flurry of tax legislation enacted earlier this year goes into effect. Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Vermont are all experiencing some bump in the state gas taxes collected. Idaho’s increase is the highest, at 7 cents per gallon, with […]

July 1, 2015

Takeuchi names Salesman of the Year, Top Volume dealer

Jimi Martin of Perimeter Takeuchi in Buford, Georgia, has been named Takeuchi’s Salesman of the Year. Ranking number one in retail sales, 2014 marks the second consecutive year Martin has received the award. Folcomer Equipment, a full-service dealer with five locations in Aberdeen, Baltimore, Frederick and Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as well as Greenwood, Delaware, was […]

May 28, 2015

Dale McLemore, Takeuchi Regional Business Manager, presents Jimi Martin of Perimeter Takeuchi, the 2014 Salesman of the Year award.

Protect yourself: Avoid Lyme disease by avoiding ticks

May is Lyme disease awareness month, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports there are approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease in the United States every year. Although it’s not realistic for professional landscapers to simply “avoid direct contact with ticks,” as the CDC recommends, there are precautions you can take to protect yourself. […]

April 20, 2015

Photo: Washington Department of Health.

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