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Smart Finance Guide

Champagne taste on a beer budget Offering financing options can help customers afford the landscaping designs they want. story by Katie Tuttle | illustration by Justin Armburger When it comes to designing projects for customers, your team may find itself in a rut when it comes to what it thinks up and what the customer…

Calif. imposes water restrictions

PHILLIPS, Calif. – Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday ordered mandatory water use reductions for the first time in California’s history, saying the state’s four-year drought had reached near-crisis proportions after a winter of record-low snowfalls.   Mr. Brown, in an executive order, directed the State Water Resources Control Board to impose a 25 percent reduction…

Aquatrols acquires rhizosphere technology

PAULSBORO, N.J. – Aquatrols Corporation of America has acquired technology from Dr. Andrea Carminati and Georg-August-University Göttingen to improve the control of soil-plant-water relations. The commercialization agreement has been negotiated through MBM ScienceBridge GmbH, the fully owned technology transfer partner of the University of Göttingen.   Carminati is the junior professor of soil hydrology in…

New interactive websites launched

CAMP HILL, Pa. — The AMES Companies, an American manufacturer and a global provider of lawn and garden products and jobsite tools, is pleased to officially launch new websites for two of its core brands: AMES and Razor-Back Professional Tools. Each website translates the new visual brand language and brand promise into a clean, modern…

The right route

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Grow smart

Gary Kott, owner of Go Green Lawn & Tree Care in Michigan, uses what he calls a day to day system to assign stops to his fleet, meaning that he routes in the morning every day. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ Article Source: www.lawnandlandscape.com

The industry remembers Bob Wade

Green industry advocate Robert “Bob” Wade passed away on Feb.17 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Bob generously gave many years of service to the Irrigation Association as chair of the Government Affairs Committee. Bob was actively involved in several other affiliate organizations, including the California Landscape Contractors Association and the American Society of…

Safe service

Improved customer service and productivity, and reduced drive time for workers means money saved for Gary Kott, owner for Go Green Lawn Care, based in Walled Lake, Mich. With routing and mapping software, he’s able to do all three. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ Article Source: www.lawnandlandscape.com

Behind the curtain

With the business world being so technology-focused, the days of keeping your back office in order with pen and paper are becoming obsolete. Many companies offer programs and software to help keep your business running smoothly, but with so many out there, use the following pages to find the best fit for your company and…

New routing apps to aid tracking

WALLED LAKE, Mich. – Real Green Systems has announced the addition of two new products to its software lineup. Routing Assistant – powered by ALK Maps and Fleet Assistant – a versatile and comprehensive answer to vehicle tracking.   Routing Assistant replaces Mapping Assistant, which used the now defunct MapPoint as its routing engine. Routing…