Across the country, we're hearing from our ACE Peer Group Members that sales are a challenge for teams this year. What we've seen at Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC) is that the sales are out there, but our sales team is having to work a little harder to uncover them.

In an episode of The Grow Show, powered by STIHL, that will air later this month, I asked Lorenzo, one of our Group Leaders, if he'd rather work on a dirty jobsite or a clean one.

Grunder Landscaping Co. has grown rapidly in recent years, from $5M in annual revenue in 2020 to $15M in 2024. Nearly all of this growth has been organic, not through acquisitions, and we can attribute a lot of the growth to going after and successfully winning commercial work.

A couple of weeks ago on The Grow Show, I had the chance to talk with Keith Bowman from McHale Landscape Design about how they've built their reputation in the ultra-competitive DC metro market. These folks are working with some seriously high-end clients. The kind of people who measure value over dollars and expect.

My first real job was working in the front office at Grunder Landscaping Co. when I was in high school. Back in the day, the company operated using a paper ticket system, and my primary job was filing the carbon copies of these handwritten tickets. It's hard to believe this was 2010 and not 1985, I know. Crews had.

Earlier this week, I was joined on The Grow Show, powered by STIHL, by Keith Bowman from McHale Landscape Design to talk about his career in the landscaping industry, the company's approach to business, and everything that makes them successful. There were so many golden nuggets of wisdom in this interview that you.

We've made it to the unofficial finish line of the 100 Days of Victory, and the 4th of July is now behind us. That doesn't mean we can let up on the gas. If you've been following us for a while here at The Grow Group, you've heard us talk in this weekly email about the importance of salespeople being on the lookout.

I’m aging myself with this statement, but when I first started Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC), the internet didn’t exist. You couldn’t find YouTube videos that showed you how to do something, or Google and get a quick answer to your business question. And actually, the roots of The Grow Group and this weekly Great Idea.

June might seem like an odd time to talk about winter services, but that's exactly what we're doing at Grunder Landscaping Co. (GLC). It wasn't always this way. In our early years, we waited too late in the year to push winter services. By then, many clients had already allocated their budgets elsewhere, and we were.

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.