Great Idea: Are You Prepared for Award Season?

The deadlines to submit awards in the landscaping industry are approaching. So, how do award-winners prepare for upcoming submissions? You'd be hard pressed to find a more highly decorated landscaping company than McHale Landscape Design. They're a perennial favorite with the judges and are consistently recognized for.

Great Idea: Overcoming Challenges When Launching a Branch

We passed a big milestone this year with Grunder Landscaping Co. officially rolling out of two locations every morning in 2025. But the story really started years before. As early as 2002, our leadership team was kicking around the idea of a second branch in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio. Our discussions really got serious.

Great Idea: 3 Ways Open Book Management Helps Landscaping Companies

At Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC), implementing open-book management (OBM) has significantly improved our company culture. Through our monthly "Grow Meetings," we share financial information, key performance indicators (KPIs), and future plans with our team, fostering transparency and engagement. These meetings have.

Great Idea: Three Tips to Keep Floral Install Running Smoothly

It's spring, and just like every other landscaping company in North America, we've got a lot going on. This month has brought with it plenty of highs and lots of challenges, too. We had our largest summer floral installation list to date, with eight crews focused on planting annuals for our maintenance clients for.

Great Idea: The Quiet Power of Your Peers

After more than a decade in the landscaping industry, one thing has become crystal clear to me: it’s easy to get stuck working in your business instead of on it. But when I talk to companies that are growing, scaling, and building strong teams they all seem to have one thing in common: they aren’t doing it alone..

Great Idea: Try Low-Risk Experiments

As companies get larger, it can be difficult for owners or even members of the leadership team to see everything that goes on in a day. It's inevitable that we end up a little bit out of touch with the day to day of the entire team as each person focuses on their own role and doing their job well. Because of that,.

Great Idea: Stick to Their Budget

We have weekly sales meetings with the team at Grunder Landscaping Co. that I sit in as part of my role as Marketing Manager. These meetings give me insight into what type of work the team is trying to close more of, what projects might be on the horizon for photographing, and helps me stay fresh with what the sales.

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.