RMLCS: Making A Difference, One Lawn At A Time
While several companies have generously reached out to provide free lawn care to first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic, there's one organization (besides GreenCare...
Cleaning Tax Credit For Businesses Introduced In U.S. House Of Representatives
On April 15, 2020, ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, launched its Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit advocacy campaign. The focus of...
Trouble Finding PPE, Sanitizer, and Cleaning Supplies?
As the COVID-19 pandemic moves into its fourth month on US soil, even those small businesses who managed to procure a stock of PPE,...
Applications Reopen For New PPP Funding/Michigan Allows Lawn Work
Applications are being accepted again today for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) after the initial $349 billion of funding was exhausted in less than...
TURF Surveys Industry During COVID-19
Last week, the TURF team surveyed our email subscribers to discover how the current COVID-19 situation was affecting business operators in the lawn care...
A Lawn Mowing Message Of Hope in NYC
A giant heart, recently mowed into the lawn at New York City's Bryant Park by Baker & Sons Landscaping and Moe's Lawn Care, both...
Earth Day 2020: Pandemic Prevention & The Environment
This year's Earth Day is a strange one. As the world deals with the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been bright spots...
Updated April 24: Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association Files Suit Against State’s Stay-In-Place Order
Update: On April 24, Michigan's Gov. Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-59 (COVID-19), which allows for lawn care and landscapers to get back to work...
Can Ponds Help Fight Climate Change?
We've all heard about planting trees to combat climate change. But Mike Jeffries, an associate professor of ecology at Northumbria University in Newcastle, U.K.,...
Is Landscaping An “Essential Business” In Your Region? Updated March 31
Updated: March 31, 2020 In this time of COVID-19 crisis, can you still be operating your lawn or landscape business? This seemingly simple question has...
How Is Your Company Helping During The COVID-19 Crisis?
For over 30 years, Turf has received support from lawn care professionals, and manufacturers and service providers to the lawn care and landscape...
What Exactly Is A Shamrock? No One Knows!
Just as each state in the U.S. has its official bird or flower, shamrocks have come to be the symbol of Ireland. According to...
Podcast: Make Equipment Financing Work For Your Business This Spring
The spring season is here, and if you’re a lawn care or landscape business owner planning to add or upgrade new equipment to your...
Dallas Blooms, The Southwest’s Largest Floral Fest, Begins This Month
Looking for landscape design inspiration? The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents Dallas Blooms, the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest, from February...
Garden Shows Across The U.S. Kick Off This Month
Just when you can't take Winter any longer, along comes the Flower & Garden Shows circuit. There's no better antidote to cold, gray weather...
U.S. Coastal Sea-Levels Are Rising At An Accelerated Rate
Coastal sea levels in the U.S. are rising—and at an accelerating rate, according to the latest “report card” by researchers at William & Mary’s...
Study Finds Plants “Panic” When It Rains
To a plant, rain is life-sustaining water. So why has an international team of scientists made the surprising discovery that a plant’s reaction to...
Little Lizard Discovered As New African Pollinator
Flowers are all about marketing. From colors, scent, and physical structure (like the exact weight a petal will hold), plants are meticulously designed to...
Dogs Sniff Out Plant Disease To Save Florida Farms
Imagine if bringing your furry best friend along to a job site also helped you diagnose plant and tree diseases in the landscape! For...
Curb Appeal Now Has A Number Value
Landscapers and realtors have always known there is true economic value—not just aesthetic value—in curb appeal. But unlike other home improvements (according to a...