Great Idea: Keep Stress Under Control

We fit a lot into a day this time of year. Whether you're running around town to sales appointments, bringing extra mulch to your crews as they perform spring clean ups, or chugging away at your desk to get invoices sent out and collected: the spring is when the rubber really meets the road. Hopefully most days it's.

Great Idea: What Else Can We Help You With?

Happy Easter or happy last day of Passover! This week I have a little bit of inside baseball for this weekly Great Idea. At The Grow Group, we create a lot of content. Written pieces like this one, videos we record, education sessions for in-person and virtual events, and weekly podcast episodes. We plan out the.

Great Idea: How to Prepare for an Initial Meeting

Tis the season for landscaping work! Warm weather means that our clients, and potential clients, are spending more time outdoors. And hopefully seeing a project or two around their property that we can help them with. We're working to capitalize on this seasonal demand at Grunder Landscaping Co., and this week I.

Great Idea: Have a Rain Plan

Do you have a plan for when the plan gets disrupted? The weather varies so much from city to city, but one thing that's constant when working in landscaping is that the unpredictability of the weather can impact even the best-laid plans. We've had a pretty typical spring here in Southwest Ohio, which means that just.

Great Idea: Just One More Thing

Quarter 1 ends soon, and as it approaches we're watching our sales number carefully at Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC). We're slightly behind where we'd like to be in sales and while we know we can make up for it with a strong Q2 and Q3, we're setting ourselves up better for the year if we hit our numbers now. We're.

Great Idea: It's a Funny Story

This past week on The Grow Show powered by STIHL I was joined by Grunder Landscaping Co.'s (GLC) Employee #2, my brother Rich Grunder. Rich worked for me before we were even able to drive, helping me mow the lawns I sold services for. Rich and I reminisced on the early days of the business in the episode, and I know.

Great Idea: Three Things I've Learned from Peers

After 40+ years of running Grunder Landscaping Co., I realize the importance of continuously challenging "the way we've always done it." We've grown tremendously in the past 4 years due simply to seeking new perspectives, embracing new technology, and investing in new ideas. I get the benefit of being around other.

Great Idea: How We Manage Spring Cleanups

It's here! It's spring! At least here in Ohio, we've seen the first signs of spring. Tulips and daffodils are starting to poke up through the soil, and we've seen our first few warm days. At Grunder Landscaping Co., that means we're in full swing with spring cleanups. I was joined by Alan Whitt, one of our talented.

Great Idea: Define Your Win

What. A. Week. I want to start out this week's Great Ideas with a few thank you's: Thank you to all of you who joined us in Columbus for GROW! 2025, to our sponsors who supported this year's event, and most of all to the team at Hidden Creek Landscaping who put on an incredible facility tour. So much learning happened.

Great Idea: GROW with Us This Week

Our Grow Group team is busy getting every last duck in a row in Columbus, OH before GROW! 2025 kicks off on Monday afternoon. For the 900+ ambitious landscape pros who've signed up to join us, we've got a truly amazing event in store for you. We can't wait to see you on Monday! If you aren't with us in person this.