In this episode, Ron Edmonds, president of The Principium Group, talks about the current state of the landscape market. He also discusses business acquisitions in the lawn and landscape space, the impact of the Brickman/ ValleyCrest deal (BrightView) and the impact of private equity. Finally, Edmonds covers who's buying and who's selling, along with how to make your business more attractive.

In this episode, Diana Brown, sales and marketing coordinator of Consolidated Human Resources, discusses payroll and workers' compensation as it pertains to the landscaping industry. She explains how to save money with pay-as-you-go workers' compensation. In addition, she teaches the importance of outsourcing certain human resource functions in order to resolve issues and get back to what you do best.

Whether you're a high school graduate, a college graduate or have a masters degree, you should never stop learning. For many of us, this means on-the-job training or a painful education from the school of hard knocks.

You can also learn how to improve your knowledge base from trade magazines, trade shows, landscape associations and continuing education programs. Many of these short courses are geared towards the landscape professional. They focus on everything from landscape design to budgeting and estimating to turf grass management.

In this episode, Joe Canzano, program coordinator of the landscape and grounds management program at Rutgers University, discusses the importance of continuing your education.

In this episode, Kristen Edens, or Kris the Scribbler, discusses how networking can be the key to business growth. It’s not as hard as you think—and you never know where your lead of the year will come from.

Have you ever wondered what your clients experience during a construction project? In this episode, we talk to my clients, Don and Donna Hammer, about their current backyard renovation project.

In this episode, we are going back to design school with Susan Cohan, Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) landscape designer and adjunct professor. We are broadcasting live from the design studio at the Gold LEED Certified Landscape Horticultural Technology Building at the County College of Morris (CCM) in Randolph, NJ. Listen in as Cohan, principal of Susan Cohan Gardens, voices her opinions on landscape design programs and the landscape design process, along with some innovative projects she is working on at CCM.

In this episode, Karen Rivera, owner of Dynamic Push, talks about how to properly manage your landscaping company using QuickBooks.

In this episode, Bill Vogel, president of Project EverGreen, talks about the "GreenCare for Troops" and "SnowCare for Troops" programs and how you can get involved.

In this episode, Dave Hunter of Crown Bees discusses the difference between native bees and honey bees; how mason bees help reduce stress on the troubled honey bee; raising mason bees; and how landscape contractors can use bee houses in their designs. In addition, he talks about the decline in bees and what we can do about it.

In this episode, Jeffrey Scott, MBA and author, discusses what a company vision is and how to create one. He also explains who should participate in developing a vision and how this vision can motivate current employees as well as attract new ones.