I always struggle to put into words exactly what our GROW! event is like to people who weren't there with us. But a friend of mine couldn't join us last-minute, and the text he sent me summed it up well. He said "Just being around 1,000 other motivated landscapers does something to you no matter who you are! I've been.

The countdown is officially on! Our team is in Dallas this weekend, putting the final touches on GROW! 2026. We're setting up breakout rooms, coordinating with speakers, and making sure every detail is ready before we welcome landscape professionals from across the country on Monday afternoon.

The Grow Group team is finishing up the final preparations for GROW! 2026 in Dallas, TX on February 10-12, 2026. I'm excited: our tour hosts, Complete Landsculpture, have done so much preparation and careful consideration as they've created the content for our tour of their facility, our breakout sessions are ready to.

I started Grunder Landscaping Co. when I was just a kid and my brother, Rich, and I were the only two "employees." As the company grew, we hit milestones along the way where I had to bring on more team members to do work I was doing myself. First it was having crews working without my direct supervision, then having.

If you've been following me for a while or have visited my company in Dayton, you probably already know that I'm a nut for a good system. Grunder Landscaping Co. has long been known for doing high-quality work consistently and the best way to ensure that happens is by having established standard operating procedures.

Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday season with your family and friends.

It's nearly 2026, and as you look ahead to the calendar changing over later this week I want to talk about New Year's Resolutions.

By the time you read this, most of us are wrapping up our final jobs and site visits of the year. And depending on what snow might be coming for our friends in snow markets, the week between Christmas and New Year's offers something rare: actual quiet.

When I first started Grunder Landscaping Co. in 1984, I was just a kid trying to earn extra money for college. But there was one thing that changed everything for me: a monthly newsletter I'd receive in the mail that spelled out exactly what landscaping business owners should be doing and when.