Landscape Lighting Design: Bright Ideas
Today, landscape lighting is no longer optional in most yards. With the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic cancelling travel plans this year, many have invested those...
Turf Fall 2020 Issue
Editor's Letter: Shifting Gears Autumn is a time of transition. Even more so for landscapers. For many, it means getting ready to run a completely...
Get Equipped: Fertilizers
Take a look at this assortment of fertilizers that can improve and add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. ArborPlex® (14-4-5) From...
Get Equipped: Water Features
Take a look at this assortment of water features that can add value and beauty to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. Outdoor Fire...
Software For Design Services
Every design/build project is unique, but there are always common denominators. These are the elements that landscape contractors providing this service should have precise...
Inspire Customers With Hardscape
Fresh air and natural, healthy surroundings can be a powerful motivator. Months of pandemic-related self-quarantining and work-from-home routine have ushered in tremendous interest in...
Get Equipped: Construction Equipment
Take a look at this assortment of construction equipment that can improve your professional lawn care and landscaping services. SmartGrade™ 333G Compact Track Loader From...
Business Management: Boosting The Value Of Your Business
Unless you have heirs who want to take over your landscape business, you may eventually want to sell. In that case, your goal should...
Irrigation Feature: Keeping It Green, With Less Water
Depending on where you’re located, smart irrigation will mean different things. For those of us prone to the hot dry Southern California summers, though,...
Counteracting Summer Stress On Ornamentals
August is a tough month for many ornamentals, and it’s getting worse. Record breaking heat and drought conditions are putting the health of landscape...
Get Equipped: Tree Care Equipment
Take a look at this assortment of tree care equipment that can improve your professional lawn care and landscaping services. The XCU08Z From Makita
Makita is...
My Landscape: Pollinator Garden Means Business
In Bethesda, MD, Lincoln Property Company expanded its habitat efforts for bees and other pollinators at one of its suburban office parks. Lincoln chose the...
Made In America
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Turf has refined its “Made In America” coverage to focus on what a handful of companies—both large and...
Landscape Trends: Introducing Regenerative Lawn Care
What happens when property owners want fewer chemicals on their lawns or if an area enacts a ban on synthetic pesticides? As any turf...
Business Management: Is Franchising For You?
Thinking about buying a franchise? Then you’re probably facing a lot of questions. When is the right timing? Is it the best path? You...
Turf Care: Summer Disease Solutions
Summer is in full swing, and once again professional lawn care operators are faced with a familiar foe—turf disease. From June through August, cool-season...
Turf Summer 2020 Issue
Editor's Letter: Strange Times Indeed It’s downright surreal to be writing this as the world fights a virus unlike anything I’ve experienced in my lifetime....
Fleet Management Feature: Keeping An Eye On Vehicle Usage
When landscape company and lawn maintenance work crews drive service vehicles from job to job throughout the day, how much can unauthorized long lunches,...
Business Management: Never Lose A Star Performer
There is one area of workforce development in which nearly every manager I’ve encountered is lacking. Certainly, many managers need to give more frequent...
My Landscape: Grand Award For University Grounds
Founded in 1831 in Granville, OH, the Denison University campus highlights include its 250-acre hilltop section, a 350-acre Biological Reserve, and a historic golf...