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Greenscape Land Design Wins BOSS Software Elevation Award
BOSS Software, a landscape enterprise business management software, announced the winners of its 2022 BOSS Elevation Awards. The Awards are given annually to users who have taken their knowledge of the industry-leading software to the next level to manage their businesses more efficiently and profitably. For the third time, Greenscape Land Design, Inc. of Raynham, MA has earned the Elevation Award for producing the best BOSS Scorecard Report. The report audits a user’s performance in deploying as many system features and functionalities as possible in their operations, as well as maintaining the cleanest data. A BOSS user since 2015, Greenscape credits the software with helping increase the company’s gross profit margin some 14 points over this span by allowing the company to easily segment data to measure against its KPIs, and more effectively communicate those results with their team and customers. “Our team takes great pride in how we use BOSS Software to help make important day-to-day business decisions that drive our growth and allow us to better serve clients,” says Nate Patnaude, vice president of Greenscape. “We’ve used the data in Boss to make day to day, and year to year, business decisions and we work hard to maintain the integrity of that data so that it is reliable and accurate.” Nashville-based Gardens of Babylon, a BOSS user for 12 years, was named the BOSS Fast Track Award for achieving the highest revenue growth. Owner Marcus Kerske credits the software with enabling his company to better manage the details ...
Get Equipped: ELEVATE Expo Preview
This assortment of lawn care and landscaping solutions will be exhibited at the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) ELEVATE Expo September 18-21 in Orlando, Florida. Dirt Locker® Planters Dirt Locker planters help “cope with the slope.” The Dirt Locker® is a terrace gardening and erosion control product for landscaping on a hill. These hillside planters stabilize sloped landscapes so you can start hillside terracing in no time! Made from 100% recycled plastic, each unit recycles over 13 plastic milk jugs—saving over one million plastic bottles from entering landfills. Dirt Locker systems also save 50-75% more water than traditional hillside systems. Requiring no heavy equipment, each unit weighs less than two pounds. The Dirt Locker system can be used to create terrace farming hubs, stair steps, or butterfly gardens, and offers a variety of simple landscaping ideas for backyard slopes up to 45° and front yard hillsides. Visit Booth #1513. Arborjet | Ecologel Supersonic Air Knife Attachments Arborjet | Ecologel has released attachments for its Supersonic Air Knife, including a high-volume vacuum that utilizes the same compressor and supersonic technology to remove and relocate soil without damaging roots and with minimal effort. The vacuum offers two models: high flow and lightweight. Also available is the Dirt Duffle attachment. A heavyweight mesh bag with heavy-duty zippers, the Duffle easily catches debris from the vacuum, as well as helps with general outdoor cleanup on any landscape. Visit Booth #321. SiteOne® LESCO 600 The largest model in SiteOne Landscape Supply’s new ride-on sprayer and ...
