Can Plants Help With COVID-19 Treatment?
Here's news for all you plant enthusiasts: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently announced that plants could...
Ruppert Landscape Helps Install Flags Commemorating Pandemic Toll
In Washington, DC last week, over 150 employees from Ruppert Landscape’s Maryland, DC, and Virginia branches came together to assist Maryland artist Suzanne Brennan...
Irrigation & Water Conservation
COVID-19 has shifted consumer perspectives in unexpected ways. Residential clients have analyzed their outdoor living spaces and engaged in improvements. They’ve also sought ways...
Turf Spring 2021 Issue
Editor's Letter: We Can Be Heroes Right now I feel like a superhero. I feel nearly invincible. Why? Because I’ve gotten my first COVID vaccination...
Keeping Workers Safe In The Field
Compiled from OSHA.gov
During the COVID-19 pandemic, OSHA generally recommends that employers encourage workers to wear cloth face coverings at work to help reduce the...
Vaccine Priority For Essential Snow & Ice Workers?
COVID-19 vaccines are now being rolled out and areas are determining their timelines of priority for vaccination scheduling. Deeming it's members as providing "essential...
PPP The Second Time Around
Small businesses struggling from the impact of COVID-19 are getting another round of financial help from the just passed Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of...
Lawn Care Pricing & Profit
After a hectic and decidedly unexpected 2020, looking ahead toward spring 2021 brings two key questions: How will COVID-19 affect lawn care pricing? Should...
Country Clipper Finds Way To Celebrate Community Despite COVID
Shivvers Manufacturing, Inc. and subsidiary Country Clipper continue the holiday tradition for its associates by investing in the community in lieu of the traditional...
The Vaccine & The Workplace: Employee Attitudes
As the U.S. starts administering the coronavirus vaccine, the good news is that the end of the pandemic is in sight. Employers, however, may...
Many Small Businesses Fear Worst Is Yet To Come
Despite the first COVID-19 vaccines being administered, most small businesses (62%) anticipate the worst of the pandemic's economic impact is still ahead with half...
SnowCare For Troops Expands To Include Healthcare Workers
As COVID-19 cases are anticipated to increase across the U.S. this winter, those on the front lines of the pandemic will need support more...
Portable Sanitation Spray For Crews On The Go
Do your crews ever worry about riding in the same truck during the pandemic? What about ensuring communal landscape equipment is germ free? ExtremeMist,...
White House Rose Garden In The News
The White House Rose Garden is getting more than its share of press lately. As President Trump battles COVID-19, a Rose Garden event announcing...
NALP Report: How Are Landscapers Faring In 2020?
The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) conducted a survey last month of 170 landscape contractor companies to see how their businesses were faring...
Is Your State Supporting Small Business? A Guide To Loans
Confused as to what state and regional COVID loans might be available to you? Then check out a list of over 400 loans compiled...
MANTS® Show In January 2021 Canceled As In-Person Event
The Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS®) has announced that the 2021 show, initially scheduled for January 6-8 at the Baltimore Convention Center, will not...
GIE+EXPO Cancelled For 2020
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and continued regulatory uncertainty, the GIE+EXPO 2020 Show has been cancelled. According to show management, the unpredictable nature...
Briggs & Stratton Files For Bankruptcy Protection
Citing challenges faced during COVID-19, Briggs & Stratton Corporation announced it has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. The world's largest producer of...
ASLA Conference Canceled / New Fellows Announced
The American Society of Landscape Architects has announced it's canceling the 2020 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture, originally scheduled to take place in...