Sept. 1 2005
More and more, landscape and maintenance contractors are adding winter services to their offerings to keep them working during what is traditionally considered the off-seas
July 1 2005
Think back to the first time you remember seeing fireflies on a warm summer night. It was magic. It’s the magic of moonlight glimmering on a still lake, of a small oil lantern glowing at your campsite ...
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Sept. 1 2004
My parents put up Christmas lights every November. It was a necessity, you see, because my parents said there was no way Santa Claus could land at our house if his runway wasn’t properly illuminated ...
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Aug. 1 2004
Ambiance is that special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment. This is the goal of landscape lighting, along with safety and security issues
Sept. 1 2003
For the past few years, you?ve thought about expanding your landscape offerings to include holiday lighting, but you weren?t quite ready to take the plunge
Sept. 1 2002
When properly done, it?s the most profitable and least competitive of all the professions I know of,? says Nightscaping President Bill Locklin
Aug. 1 2002
For nearly every landscape contractor, the spring and summer months are the hottest months, in terms of business. As the weather cools, contractors are faced with the issue of having enough work to keep ...
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Sept. 1 2001
Stuart is wondering once again whether the in-crease in his business is enough to justify the expense of an additional crew, equipment and new truck. His major concern is whether there will be enough work ...
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Sept. 1 2000
Moreover, the romance they have experienced and the compliments from their neighbors has made them appreciate their contractor?s knowledge and ability to keep up with the advances in the green industry ...
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Sept. 1 2000
You shouldn?t need a couple of inches of snow and 30 degree temperatures to remind you that landscaping, in most parts of the country, is a seasonal business. Regardless of the weather, bills still have ...
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July 1 1999
For millennia, philosophers and physicists have tried to answer the question: What is light? The poor fools should have asked people in the landscape business. For them, light is money
July 1 1998
From wildflowers in a field to day lilies along a country lane to shrub roses on a trellis to a cutting garden near the house, nothing is more prized in the landscape than flowers
