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ELEVATE 2025
Join us November 2 – 5, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona! ELEVATE is the landscape industry's premier event. Whether you're scaling your team, refining your operations, or exploring new markets, ELEVATE offers the insights to help you and your team succeed. Moving to a different city each year – from the East Coast ...
Landscaping in the cold months
By Emma Peterson. Outdoor design tips for autumn and winter landscapes. As winter approaches, plants tend to die or go dormant. But just because the peak landscaping season is slowing down, doesn’t mean there isn’t outdoor work for your crews and teams! With the colder months come a variety of ...
Small space, big dreams
By Emma Peterson. Don’t let space limit your ability to give your clients their dream landscape. In many urban areas, residential outdoor spaces are often limited. Residents might only have a small balcony, courtyard or porch area. But this small space doesn’t mean that they can’t have a beautiful ...
5 plants to keep your garden grounded
By Emma Peterson. A sloped yard can prove a unique challenge to keeping a garden or landscape stable. Landscaping a sloped space comes with unique challenges. This terrain is more difficult to work with as the soil often has more rocks and clay in it than traditional flat topsoil. ...
Planting for beauty and bounty
By Emma Peterson. Level up your landscaping by adding food-producing plants to an ornamental garden. You’ve probably heard of edible arrangements, but have you heard of edible landscaping? This is the practice of incorporating edible plants into a landscape following design principles. It’s perfect for homeowners who either don’t have ...
Moving past the white picket fence
By Emma Peterson. Learn how to build a beautiful space with native plants and non-traditional gardening methods. For many, when we picture a perfect backyard, we see a white picket fence surrounding a lawn and some weed-free flower beds in strategic places. However, this type of space, while looking green, ...
Summer landscaping starts with strategy
By Dani Sheehan. Deliver outdoor spaces that are lush, low-maintenance and environmentally conscious this season. As the summer heat sets in, landscaping professionals are tasked with creating outdoor spaces that are not only beautiful, but sustainable and smart. With water conservation and climate resiliency more important than ever, your summer ...
Your guide to choosing and applying the right fertilizer
By Dani Sheehan. From high-analysis water solubles to soil-building biochar blends, learn the why behind fertilizer blends to build trust and long-term relationships with your clients. Not all fertilizers are created equal when it comes to plant nutrition. While trees and shrubs in natural environments rarely need our help, ornamentals ...
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