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Got water? Landscaper finds profitability with fee-for-service watering
While many of your clients might already have an irrigation system that handles their watering needs, there’s a good chance you have potential clients that could benefit from fee-for-service watering.
September 21, 2021
Business
Help clients and improve the environment with these nine ideas
As a landscape pro, you’re constantly designing, planting, mowing, and working outdoors. While you are creating works of art in lawns and landscapes across the nation, that doesn’t always correspond to helping Mother Earth.
June 25, 2021
Business
Laid off during the pandemic, this man started a free mowing service
One man's offer to mow the lawns of local senior citizens for free has spiraled into national media coverage and lots of interest from volunteers.
April 15, 2021
Design-Build
Check out these seven garden mazes from across the pond
Labyrinths have been used throughout the years for something as simple as a relaxing stroll, a right brain activity to enhance creativity and intuition or just as a nice addition to a bland landscape. Click for seven garden mazes located throughout the UK that can challenge both you and your clients' minds.
June 28, 2019
Business
Competitive neighbors equal spring service opportunities for landscapers
Survey shows neighbors feel competitive when it comes to their landscapes. Offer services to help clients “Keep up with the Joneses” this spring.
April 12, 2018
Business
The high cost of exposing lawn, landscape workers to chemicals at point of use
Keeping workers safe is not just a best management practice – it is the law. Details on best practices for chemical care here on Total Landscape Care.
October 20, 2017
Business
10 most common landscaping pitfalls
Whether you’ve been in business a season, a decade or a lifetime, you’re going to experience the occasional misstep. But mistakes aren’t necessarily what put your company at risk: it’s not learning from your slip-ups. “If you think you or your staff won’t make mistakes, you’re delusional,” says David Katz, one of TLC’s 2013 Landscaper […]
March 25, 2015
Design-Build
Using rock gardens in landscaping
Long a standard in the arid West and high-desert regions such as the Rockies, rock gardens have become increasingly popular throughout the country. A rock garden, also known as an alpine garden or rockery, incorporates stones and boulders with dwarf shrubs and low-growing or creeping plants.
March 20, 2015
Business
Registration open for PLANET’s 2015 Student Career Days
Registration is now open for the Professional Landcare Network’s Student Career Days, the National Collegiate Landscape Competition. Set to take place March 12-15 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Student Career Days brings approximately 850 horticulture and landscape students from more than 65 schools to test their skills in real-world, competitive events, […]
January 30, 2015
Business
5 technologies to help improve customer service
As a landscaping business, keeping your customers happy needs to be one of your primary goals. Your business will spread as quickly as possible when you have happy customers telling people about you. As a landscaper in this day and age, there are numerous pieces of technology that can help you improve customer service, run […]
January 22, 2015
Business
(Photos) How Indiana landscaper transforms space into outdoor oasis
Midwest Landscape Specialists gave one Indiana client an entire landscape makeover. From a 1,500-square-foot patio to a Rosetta Stone waterfall, Midwest covered the full gamut. The patio is made of Unilock Umbriano Winter Marvel with Unilock Courtstone Basalt solider intertwined with 600-square-foot walkways made out of Unilock Courtstone Dawn Mist and Pebble Taupe mix. The […]
January 21, 2015
Business
Two Heads Up Landscape members earn Certified Arborist credential
Two Heads Up Landscape Contractors staff members have successfully earned the Certified Arborist credential. The International Society of Arboriculture administers the study course and examination. Nick Moosher has been an account manager with Heads Up for six years. He has 20 years experience in the landscape business and has lived in New Mexico since 1997. […]
January 15, 2015
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