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Aidan Friel, president and CEO of Blue River Landscape & Design, based in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, was 15 when he started his company in 2021 and made $60,000 in annual revenue in his first year. Now at 20 years old, his business is projecting around $2 million in annual revenue. Like many others in the industry, […]
Rising fuel costs, inflationary pressure and cautious customer spending are all driving a tightening of the market currently. Landscape companies that have weathered past downturns say they are seeing a pullback on enhancements, irrigation repairs and other major projects currently. However, they say it’s not quite as grim as 2008. “We are seeing a little […]
Hard times can seem a lot less intimidating if you’ve weathered similar storms before. However, if your business is on the newer side, chances are your company didn’t even exist during the Great Recession. While the current economic situation isn’t quite as bad as in 2008, some landscape companies are already seeing clients delay enhancements, […]
If David Erdman had to give advice to his younger self, he says he wouldn’t have spent two years as an engineering major at Michigan State University. Instead, he wishes he’d dived straight into landscaping from the start. Like many others in the industry, Erdman originally started mowing lawns and doing landscape maintenance when he […]
If you look at M&A news and think to yourself, ‘We’ll never sell,’ you’re not alone. Bob Grover, founder and chairman of Pacific Landscape Management, based in Hillsboro, Oregon, also held this mindset for years. Grover had experienced consolidation firsthand as the company he worked for after college, Northwest Landscape Industries, was approached by TruGreen […]
Kurt Bland is the CEO and president of Bland Landscaping Company, based in Apex, North Carolina. Bland started working for his family’s business when he was 14 during the summers. He earned degrees in agriculture business management and horticulture science from North Carolina State University before he and his brother, Matt, took over the business […]
Jerry Schill is the president and CEO of Schill Grounds Management, based in Westlake, Ohio. Schill started the company with his brother, Joe, in 1993. They developed a reputation for high-end design/build landscape construction and maintenance services. In the 2010s, the company shifted its focus to commercial landscape maintenance. Then in 2020, Schill Grounds Management […]
Chances are you’ve had a former employee come back to work for your company after a handful of years, but for Pete LaSage, he ended up returning to David J. Frank Landscape Contracting, Inc., almost 30 years later. During this interlude, LaSage gathered relevant and necessary skills for his current role as a human resources […]
Chris Senske is the acquisition ambassador for the Senske Family of Companies. He started out in the industry at a young age, working for his father, Bill. After his father had built up Senske Services’ reputation, he passed the reins to Chris in the 1980s. Over the years, Senske grew the Kennewick, Washington-based business to […]
Originally, Marcus Jones set out to be a music teacher. Now, he is the director of systems for Landscape Workshop. “The only constant is change,” Jones says. “You have to stay flexible because things rarely unfold exactly as you expect.” Like many others unfamiliar with the industry, Jones says before joining Landscape Workshop he thought […]
