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Google Trends reveal regions passionate about lawn care and landscaping

According to Google Trends these are the top locations that are interested in lawn care and landscaping. Read more right here on Total Landscape Care!

April 4, 2017

Business

Weed Man USA tops $91 million in revenue, expects continued territory growth

Not only does Weed Man USA expect to reach 544 territories by the end of the year, they also plan to increase system-wide sales by more than 12 percent.

March 10, 2017

Design-Build

For landscapers, competition comes from every direction

Yaardvark, an entry in the Student Startup Madness competition has turned into the Uber of landscaping -- matching consumers with students willing to do outdoor chores.

January 30, 2016

Business

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

Business

Ohio floral retailer wins national design competition

Dee Conrad of Petals and Leaves in Columbus, Ohio, was the winner of the National Alliance of Floral Association’s (NAFA) Floral Design Contest this past weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Conrad was the Cultivate’15 Floral Designer of the Year, which qualified her to represent AmericanHort at the NAFA conference. The design contest theme was “San […]

October 5, 2015

Business

Cop roundup: Stray grass clippings lead to knife attack

A 71-year-old man from Akron, Ohio, has been convicted of stabbing a landscaper and sentenced to two years in prison. John Fenwick stabbed the 19-year-old on Aug. 15, 2014, because of grass clippings that got on his truck. Fenwick had complained about the clippings before. The landscaper was mowing at a duplex where Fenwick rented […]

August 20, 2015

Business

Extensive rainfall in the heartland hurts landscapers, farmers

Landscapers in places like Moraine, Ohio, are struggling through the effects of June rainfall amounts that are double those of the same month last year. “Right now, no one is happy because it hasn’t stopped raining for three weeks,” says Phil Liapis, owner of Liapis Landscaping and Design. He told News 2 WDTN in Dayton: […]

June 30, 2015

Business

University sues landscaper to collect damages from insurance company

A university in Northwestern Ohio is suing a landscaping company in order to collect $25,000 in damages from the company’s insurance company, which has refused to cover all of the school’s costs for replacing lawn that was incorrectly treated with herbicide last year. The University of Findlay, located about 40 miles south of Toledo, told […]

May 11, 2015

Design-Build

Thieves steal landscaping equipment, leave cash behind

Equipment is a tempting target for thieves, and landscaping equipment is no exception. Mowers alone make up nearly half of all stolen equipment, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a non-profit that targets insurance fraud and tracks equipment theft. However, when burglars target your equipment yard, they don’t usually leave anything behind for the business owner. That’s […]

May 7, 2015

Business

Get your mowers ready to roll

You did exactly what you were supposed to do last fall when winterizing your equipment. Or maybe not. A busy season or early snow may have kept you from accomplishing what you should have to put your mowers away for a long winter’s nap. That’s why it’s even more important to perform maintenance now before […]

April 1, 2015

Business

PERC, Eight U.S. Golf Courses Partner to Test Alternative Fuel Turf Equipment

Through an inaugural research program with the Propane Education & Research Council, eight U.S. golf courses are testing alternative fuel turf equipment.

November 19, 2014

Business

Dixie Chopper Employee Rides Mower for 24 Hours, Sets Guinness World Record

Dixie Chopper is setting world records in ways people can’t imagine. In mid August, Dixie Chopper Marketing Manager Eli Kean set the Guinness World Record for “Largest Area of Grass Mowed by a Sing-Deck Ride-On Lawn Mower in 24 Hours”.

November 19, 2014