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Business

Avoid Heat Illness This Season With OSHA, PLANET’s Help

As the days continue to get longer and hotter, organizations are looking to help keep landscapers safe. PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, and an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Alliance partner are supporting the 2013 Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness.

June 18, 2013

Business

62,000 Native Grasses Planted on Barrier Islands

A few barrier islands along the coast of Louisiana are returning back to their roots. The Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) is working on a $35 million project, which is a multi-phase barrier headland restoration that includes planting 62,000 native, salt-hardened coastal grasses including sea oats, bitter panicum and smooth cordgrass.

June 4, 2013

Business

Symposium to Give Latest Updates in Design/Build Marketplace

Business owners, landscape architects and designers are invited to PLANET’s Design/Build/Installation (DBI) Symposium in Chicago. PLANET, the national landscape industry trade association, will be hosting the symposium July 28-30. The event will be geared toward companies looking to become more established in the design/build marketplace as well as learn the current trends in the industry.

May 29, 2013

Business

Portland Landscaper Receives Business of Year Award

Pacific Landscape Management was presented with the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award. The company services 350 commercial properties in the Portland metro area and has 110 employees divided between three offices.

May 29, 2013

Business

Can Facebook replace your website?

Using social media and having a website is almost a given in this day and age. Facebook might even be the most imperative of all the social media platforms, but are you taking advantage of it?

May 23, 2013

Business

Rental Revenue to Top $38 Billion in 2013

Approximately $33.6 billion in revenue is expected from the equipment rental industry in 2013 in the United States, according to the May forecast from the American Rental Association’s (ARA) Rental Market Monitor.

May 21, 2013

Design-Build

For the Love of Landscaping

Tradition and landscaping may not be two words put together very often. When someone thinks tradition, they typically think family heirlooms, holiday celebrations or even sporting events. “We do it because it’s tradition,” someone always says.

May 7, 2013

Business

Product to Make Paver Projects Last

Edgetite has released a new product to help make installing pavers easier and stronger. The product features an angled tip design, which helps with the separation problem that can occur.

April 26, 2013

Design-Build

Job-Estimating Software: A Landscaper’s Best Friend

It’s difficult to run a profitable business when you don’t know how much money you’ve made until the end of each year. That was the stark realization faced by Matt Seiler and Jason Crowley, the owners of Hidden Creek Landscaping in Columbus, Ohio.

April 17, 2013

Design-Build

Bright Future on the Horizon?

Here’s what the numbers and pros are forecasting for the industry. I’m a skeptic. But maybe that comes with being in the media profession. So when I hear the economy is on the mend, I look for the proof. One of the signs of recovery for the landscape industry starts with construction and the housing-market […]

April 1, 2013

Design-Build

Where is Technology Headed?

Cassettes are replaced by CDs, which are almost outdated now because of iTunes. Hybrids are no longer seen as an “out-there” car idea, and LCD screens have become a common feature on equipment. So what’s on the horizon for technology? It’s definitely not flying cars, space houses and other Jetson-like ideas if our current focus […]

March 28, 2013

Business

Quick Learning Curve

In a room full of boisterous contractors meeting to discuss a big commercial-building project, you might not notice Michael McAfee at first. “I have kind of a laid-back personality, and I listen carefully to what people have to say. Most people think I’m a quiet person; I don’t toot my own horn,” says the 28-year-old owner of McAfee Mowing and Landscaping in Danville, Kentucky, and a TLC Landscaper of the Year Finalist.

March 15, 2013