Great Idea: What Makes a Landscaping Company Successful?
GROW! 2025 will include a tour of Hidden Creek Landscaping, a top landscaping company in Columbus, Ohio specializing in high-end residential work and pool installations.
One thing we see often, and remind our ACE Peer Group members like Hidden Creek owners Jason Cromley and Matt Seiler, is that as goes the leader, so goes the team. What this means: companies are often a reflection of the leaders at the top and what they value.
For GROW! 2024 tour hosts Ryan and Annette McCarthy of RJ Lawn and Landscape, you could see the fingerprints of Ryan's operations mindset and Annette's deep understanding of metrics everywhere within the organization. For the team at Hidden Creek Landscaping, you can see Jason and Matt's passion for delighting clients and building relationships in the way their team works.
We've heard Jason point out before that everything we do as landscape professionals is truly about first impressions: it's about the statement a property makes to others before they even step foot inside. Well, Hidden Creek's facility drives that point home. 
Their facility is set up to be part of their sales process. They have seasonal floral in the front and have a beautiful, welcoming facility. They bring their clients to them for sales meetings so that they can show them material samples, and they have photos of past jobs displayed everywhere for inspiration. The way that they display these photos is smart too - they're printed and large, but set on shelves so they can be moved around, taken down to look at closer, or replaced as the team wants to feature different jobs.
While RJ Lawn & Landscape and Hidden Creek Landscaping are very different businesses with different ideal clients, different typical jobs, and a different overall strategy, they're both successful because of one thing they have in common: intentionality.
Both companies make decisions that carefully align with their strategy, their goals for their team, and what the particular clients they're selling to expect in a landscaping partner. It manifests in different ways, and I'm so excited to highlight all that Hidden Creek does and the intentionality they do it with at GROW! 2025 in Columbus, OH on February 24-26. Early Bird pricing ends on November 1 - register to join us now to save $200 per ticket. Plus, you can stack our group discounts on top of this to save $1,000+ for groups of 3 or more and $3,500+ for groups of 10 or more. Will I see you in Columbus?
Marty Grunder
Founder & CEO
The Grow Group & Grunder Landscaping Co.
We just announced new breakout sessions planned for GROW! 2025! Check out our updated agenda to see some of what we have planned - even more breakout sessions will be added soon! And remember to get your tickets before Nov. 1 for the best bang for your buck. Save $200 per ticket, and even more when you register groups of 3 or more!