This week on Trades Talk, Justin White sits down with Bob Grover, Chairman of Osprey Landscape Group and founder of Pacific Landscape Management, to break down the lessons from a four decade career building one of the premier landscape companies in the country.

From getting his horticulture degree at Oregon State and working under Northwest Landscape Industries, to launching Pacific Landscape Management in 2001 and partnering with private equity to form Osprey, Bob shares the moments that shaped his journey and the principles that built the business. This conversation is a masterclass in operations, people development, account management, and how to transition out of a company without losing what made it great in the first place.

In this episode, we cover:

Bob's biggest takeaway is simple. You do not build a great landscape company by doing landscaping a little bit better. You build it by taking care of great people, communicating relentlessly with your customers, and leading with doing the right thing while figuring out how to make money along the way.

If you are running a landscape business, thinking about partnering, planning your exit, or trying to raise the bar for your team, this episode is full of gold from someone who has done it the right way for forty years.

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