By popular demand, the Walker “Beautiful Places” calendar is back. The Walker 2016 Beautiful Places Calendar will be published in late 2015 and feature 13 photos submitted by Walker enthusiasts from all over the world. Participation is simple. Take a horizontal (landscape) photograph of a beautiful location where the Walker Mower is in action.…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Mosquito Joe, a leading mosquito control treatment company serving residential and commercial customers nationwide, is taking an even stronger stance against pests in support of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week from June 21 to June 27 by partnering with local blood banks. For the third year, Mosquito Joe locations across…
To help customers maximize the use and productivity of their owned equipment, Caterpillar is entering an agreement with Yard Club, a startup company that has developed an online peer-to-peer equipment rental platform. Caterpillar has provided strategic financing to Yard Club, based in San Francisco, Calif., and will launch the online ordering platform in specific metropolitan…
Are your crews taking appropriate precautions to prevent mosquito bites that transmit the West Nile virus? According to the CDC, there were 2,122 reported cases of West Nile virus disease in U.S. residents in 2014. The disease is carried by birds and mosquitoes and transmitted to people by mosquitoes. A total of 47 states and…
Frank Mariani Jr. was recently promoted to manger, West Branch at Mariani Landscape. Mariani was previously the manager of transitioning landscape clients at Mariani Landscape. Mariani Landscape is proud to announce the well-deserved promotion to 36-year old Frank Mariani Jr. In this new role, Mariani will be responsible for the overall performance of the maintenance…
SHOREVIEW, MINN. – Winfield Solutions, LLC, a distributor of professional products for golf, lawn and sports turf, ornamental, pest control, aquatics and vegetation management, has added 11 new sales representatives to its organization to better serve customers nationwide. New WinField sales representatives include: • JK Harrison, Golf Sales Representative – West Texas • Josh…
I’m one of the few that started from the onset. I worked at a garden center in high school, went straight into landscape architecture at Texas Tech, came out and went into business. That was a long time ago, like 1978. I owned my own deal for 18 years and sold in with the TruGreen…
Don’t miss today’s webinar at noon all about new lawn care application technologies for the 2015 season. Dr. Eric Miltner from Koch Turf & Ornamental’s technical staff will outline new solutions to perennial agronomic problems. Presenters will let attendees know what advancements are being made in application technologies and how LCOs can incorporate them into…
The last thing a landscaping contractor wants to deal with during the height of the summer is an employee who doesn’t show up for work or who quits in the middle of a job. What’s a business owner to do when a labor issue arises in the midst of the industry’s busiest season? Here, the…
When summer heat sets in, many landscape companies fall back on one tried-and-true strategy: getting an early start. For JubileeScape, a commercial and residential landscape management company in Mobile, Ala., that means getting to the first job of the day as soon as there is enough light to see by – although employees don’t start…
