I am traveling the Pacific Highway in California, on vacation with (most of) my family. We are visiting Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Seattle and finally to Coeur D’Lane, to drop off my daughter at college. It has been a joy. (See photos below.) In the meantime, I want to alert you to my Podcast series, …

Who comes up with the innovations in your landscape, lawn or irrigation company? Is it you? Or is it a mix of the people on your team? Last week I wrote about the book, Shoe Dog, by Philip Knight. It’s a thrilling book, and hard to put down once you pick it up. (Sure, you …

I read many books with my peer group members; lately we have been reading Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. The book is superb. The challenge is to translate these good stories into tangible lessons and actions. So I have done that work for you. Here are 7 tangible lessons that you will learn from reading …

Why Register for the Design Build Summit Now? Prices will rise at the end of the week. Guarantee yourself a seat! (Seats are selling at a record pace, and when they are gone.. they are gone…) Bring your staff; but you need to plan now before everyone’s calendar is full. This is the best team …

Here are my latest three of predictions for the future of the industry. Prediction 1 – Company Owners Will Increasingly Sell to Their Employees. As the baby boomers head toward retirement, there is an unprecedented need for transitioning ownership of landscape and related green industry businesses. While this has given rise to outside money buying …