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landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
LM education returns to Equip Exposition 2025 Scott Hollister Published May 28, 2025 | Updated May 28, 2025 Photo: Kriech-Higdon PhotographyLandscape Management and the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) will partner for the fourth consecutive year to deliver high-quality educational sessions at Equip Exposition, Oct.
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landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
Drew Christopher is no stranger to managing challenging projects. The construction branch manager for Oberson’s Nursery and Landscapes in Hamilton, Ohio, for the past decade, Christopher has been involved with his fair share of difficult design/build efforts and knows all about clients who can get cold feet when the going gets tough on those projects.
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landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
Scott’s Thoughts: Embracing a welcoming industry Scott Hollister Published May 21, 2025 | Updated May 21, 2025 GROW! 2025 in Columbus attracted more than 1,000 landscape and lawn care pros. (Photo: LM staff)Considering I have more than three decades in publishing under my belt, you’d think I’d know better than this, but I remain regularly amazed at the impact the work we do at Landscape Management has on our audience and the notoriety that work can generate.
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1 month ago | 
landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
Equip Expo 2025 attendees will have access to 12 educational sessions, covering key topics such as business management, staff development, employee retention and landscape industry innovations. Whether you’re seeking solutions to improve team performance, streamline operations or implement cutting-edge technology, these sessions offer invaluable learning opportunities.
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landscapemanagement.net | Seth Jones |Scott Hollister
Lawn and Landscape Solutions Bucyrus, Kan. When Lawn and Landscape Solutions landed the job of reinventing the backyard of a high-end residence in the Kansas City suburb of Mission Hills, Kan., the job came with several challenging elements. As Sean Baxter, the founder and president of Lawn and Landscape Solutions, describes it, the project to renovate a 40-year-old pool and surrounding hardscape area had to factor in strict setback restrictions, screening concerns and grading issues.
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landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
This month marks my one-year anniversary with Landscape Management. And if you had asked me before my first day on the job to predict where I’d be 12 months into my new journey, I’m pretty sure my answer would have been about as accurate as my picks were for March Madness (translation: not accurate at all). Now, don’t read any negativity or pessimism into that statement.
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1 month ago | 
landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
Every movement needs its early adopters. And there has been no shortage of those kinds of evangelists in the landscape industry as it gradually continues its embrace of battery-powered and autonomous equipment. That much was clear last week as a broad selection of leaders from some of the country’s most prominent landscaping and lawn care companies gathered in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains for the Kress NEXT Summit, hosted at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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2 months ago | 
landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
Arian Kambakhsh is no stranger to the world of dealmaking and number crunching. Before becoming the owner of Greenspace Landscaping in Bozeman, Mont., last summer, Kambakhsh’s professional pursuits were in the world of finance and the stock market. His day-to-day was filled with plenty of buying and selling, analyzing the markets and deciding which deals were the right ones for his clients.
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2 months ago | 
landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
In 2017, Weathermatic found itself at a corporate crossroads. As president Lex Mason described it, “We had a phenomenal product, the beginnings of a world-class team, and all the desire, grit and ambition in the world, but we were not seeing a lot of growth. Something was missing.”But as Mason and the team at Weathermatic put their heads down and worked on charting a way forward, they resisted the urge to lean into quick fixes and instead focused on more sustainable solutions.
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2 months ago | 
landscapemanagement.net | Scott Hollister
Scott’s Thoughts: Spring training for landscape pros Scott Hollister Published Mar 14, 2025 | Updated Mar 14, 2025 (Photo: adamkaz/ E+/ Getty Images)As most of you read this, Major League Baseball is gearing up for its 2025 season with spring training activities in Arizona and Florida. At about the same time, landscaping professionals looking to up their game were doing the same thing in advance of the start of their busy season.
