Most American homeowners are possessive and protective of their lawns, but they are less picky about who maintains them: One in three Americans who have lawns say they hired landscapers to maintain their yards in the past year. The national obsession with manicured lawns has helped propel landscaping into a $76-billion industry that has grown…
WEST BEND, Wisc. – Gehl, a manufacturer of compact equipment for agriculture and construction markets, is welcoming STEC Outdoor Power Equipment, LLC, to the Gehl dealer network. STEC Outdoor Power Equipment provides expert sales, service and parts support to Anderson, South Carolina, and the surrounding area for Gehl skid loaders, compact track loaders, compact excavators and articulated loaders. “We are excited…
The youngest of three men arrested in the beating of Mike Wallace and his family struck Wallace in the face, while the oldest of the trio kicked Wallace’s daughter, according to court records. Also Tuesday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released audio tapes of three 911 calls that included one person saying “there’s blood everywhere.” An attorney representing…
Most people like watching wildlife but they don’t want deer chomping on their shrubs or geese fouling their lawns. “You don’t want to lose a client if they come to you for help,” says Herrick Mann, president and owner of H.A.M. Landscaping in Cleveland. “After 20 years of researching and experimenting what works in our…
The East Bay chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA), recently held the 2016 Beautification Awards honoring 12 local landscape contractors for excellence in landscape installation and maintenance, and demonstrating the best quality, construction, originality and attention to detail on projects completed within the last year. A total of 28 awards were presented in…
Brady Smikles isn’t exaggerating when he says that winter takes up half the year at his firm. Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Smikles Enterprises faces long winters and short landscaping seasons. “Between getting ready for winter, waiting for snow to melt and doing snow removal, our winters are six months,” Smikles says. “Typically, we don’t start…
When we hear the word landscape, we think of sprawling expanses of land with mountains, hills and the general countryside. Landscape is actually fairly defined as “all the visible features of an area of land”. This includes bodies of water like lakes, ponds, rivers and seas and the variety of these landscapes is revered by…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Heads Up Landscape Contractors has announced that its CEO, Gary Mallory, has been named a Professional Landcare Network (PLANET, now called the National Association of Landscape Professionals – NALP) Academic Excellence Foundation Ambassador. Ambassadors contribute time and resources to endow AEF scholarships for students enrolled in landscape contracting and/or horticulture programs at…
Toms Creek Nursery & Landscaping started in the 1930s when young widow Ovie Henson saved enough money to finance her dream to own a farm. There, she raised her son, Joey, along with sheep, pigs, chickens and cows. Clearing land to plant cuttings—and discovering a true green thumb—resulted in gradually dedicating more land to nursery…
There are times when a residential or commercial property is in need of new landscaping. Whether it’s a new or an older home in need of new landscaping; hire a professional landscape designer to help with the implementation of plants, trees, shrubs, garden beds or structures. New landscaping to any property will enhance and up…
