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Business

Products Market Expected to Grow to $6.5 Billion

With the housing market coming back to life after the recession, the landscaping market will begin to see some growth as well. To be more specific, the landscaping products market is expected to grow 6.9 percent per year through 2017 to $6.5 billion, according to a a reports from ReportsnReports.com.

July 17, 2013

Business

City Struggles With Landscaping Costs

City beautification projects can be a great asset to a community, but it can also be expensive. One city is enjoying the lush landscaping, but is feeling the pressure of the costs, according to the Simi Valley Acorn.

July 3, 2013

Landscaping equipment

10 commonly forgotten excavator applications

It’s common knowledge that you can dig with your compact excavator. Traditional trenching and excavating keep thousands of landscaping contractors employed on jobsites every day. However, compact excavators have built-in versatility and business expansion opportunities you may not have considered.

June 3, 2013

Business

New Paver Design Costs Pennies

Wouldn’t you like to offer your client a new, unique hardscaping option for just pennies? Believe it or not, this new technique exists and it’s called urbanite. Broken slabs happen every day, but reusing them can cut costs and create a great backyard hardscaping option.

May 3, 2013

Business

Top 5 Hardscaping Trends for 2013

With the steadily improving residential real estate market and recent uptick in sales reported by home improvement retailers, many homeowners are investing more in enhancing their outdoor living spaces this year. The timing of tax returns and current low interest rates are among other factors driving consumer spending.

April 22, 2013

Business

Dream Big

While still attending college in 1998, Jason Cromley and Matt Seiler started up Hidden Creek Landscaping in Columbus, Ohio, equipped with little more than a pickup truck, some shovels and a simple business plan: dream big, work hard.

April 16, 2013

Business

Hardscaping Creates More Usable Space

Building experts say homeowners are turning the old design mantra of bringing the outside in on its head. Instead, they’re keeping the outside where it is but making more use of it. The good news about this trend is that nearly everyone can participate,as savvy builders design phased approaches to fit most any budget. Tim Niemiec of American Paving Design in Bluffton, South Carolina is excited to see the interest as well as the range of possibilities.

April 11, 2013

Design-Build

Hardscape Photo Gallery

Visual sells. That’s why you have your portfolio online and share photos with prospects. So, what if you could see what the other pros are doing and give your work exposure? For our first photo contest, we asked landscapers to submit their best hardscape project photos and descriptions. All of the projects are featured on our new photo gallery, and we’ve chosen a few for the April issue of the magazine.

March 25, 2013

Design-Build

Photo Contest

Whether you lay pavers, install fire pits or create cozy outdoor patios like this one from RYCO Landscaping, we want to see your hardscape projects!

February 27, 2013

Business

Green Side Up Landscaping Earns ‘Best of the Best’ Award

Green Side Up Landscaping was awarded the “Best of the Best” designation for excellence by Follow Media Consulting, Inc. in the category of Richmond Landscape and Richmond Landscaping. This award signifies the continued commitment and dedication of the areas best in lawn maintenance and landscaping services.

February 25, 2013

Design-Build

Add pizzazz to your hardscape designs with paver patterns

This functional art can add pizzazz to your hardscape design. With so many landscape professionals adding hardscaping to their portfolios, it’s important for you to strike out on a path less taken and explore the world of paving patterns, rather than opting for the safe and often mundane, straight path.

February 6, 2013

Business

The Art of Landscaping

Our Landscapers of the Year used their business savvy and love of landscaping to create a thriving company. When sisters Nancy Marshall and Becky Whitacre grew up working for their parents’ landscaping business, making a mistake was not an option, and the word “can’t” was not acceptable.

January 9, 2013