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ProMedica HQ: Corporate Campus To Community
Toledo-based ProMedica extends its outdoor spaces to adjacent city park. Ohio-based healthcare system ProMedica’s approximately 1,000 employees are now working at a new corporate campus in the heart of downtown Toledo. Prior to the move, staff had worked in 25 buildings spread throughout the city and suburbs. The headquarters, open ...
Popular Plantings For Landscapes In 2022
Reliable favorites, new introductions, and trends to watch. A new year means new plantings. What are the most popular favorites? What will “wow” your clients? What will be resilient in 2022’s as-yet unknown weather extremes? What might be in short supply? Here are some answers. 2021 Favorites First, let’s ...
What Are The Top Turfgrass Challenges Anticipated For 2022?
Weather is inconsistent; crabgrass, nutsedge, and brown patch can be counted on. With last year’s employment and supply chain issues, the usual technical challenges, like hard-to-control weeds and diseases, did not go away. Looking back on 2021 from Weed Man’s national perspective of franchises across North America, there were ...
Navigating Landscape Supply Chain Challenges
Start now to navigate 2022 supply chain challenges successfully. As the world prepares to navigate a third spring and summer impacted by fallout from the Covid pandemic, green industry professionals in the U.S. should brace themselves for the challenges ahead. Gone for the foreseeable future are the days when ...
Are You Making These Three Common Marketing Mistakes?
Optimize the advertising plan for your landscape business. As the owner of a Wakefield, RI-based landscaping company for 20 years—and with a passion for marketing and technology—I’ve spent a great deal of my time and energy exploring and experimenting with different types of marketing for my business. In the ...
Get Equipped: Small Engine And Handheld Equipment
Take a look at this assortment of small engine and handheld equipment that can add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. STIHL BGA 86 Blower The STIHL BGA 86 handheld blower delivers powerful, lightweight battery-power for pros. With 50% more blowing force than previously, you have the power ...
Why Recruiting Women Is Your Next Power Move
The recent rally cry for labor has been unprecedented. Intensified need has owners venting their struggles to find and keep good help. But in our industry, it isn’t a new complaint. The revolving door of staffing has plagued the industry for decades. And while landscape business owners have become savvier ...
Need Employees? Your Website Is The Key To Recruiting
If there’s one silver lining from the pandemic, it’s that growth has come more easily for many lawn and landscaping companies. However, the recruiting problem has gone from bad to plain ugly. Recruits are hard to find. Employer competition is fierce. Applicants don’t show up for their interviews. New hires ...
Get Equipped: Mowers And Attachments
Take a look at this assortment of mowers and attachments that can add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. DEWALT® X554 Professional Stand-On Mower Stand-on functionality with a large platform on the new X554 enables quick on-and-off action to remove mowing obstructions without much job interruption. The ...
