Green Pencil

Documentation is important, although low on the list when avoiding or defending a lawsuit. The first thing is, you don’t want one coming your way.

As owners and leaders, continue to hope and remain calm and confident as we make hard decisions today that will bring us out the other side stronger.

If you have a salesperson who knows his or her stuff, serves you promptly and professionally, and is respectful of your time, then you have a winner.

Snow fighters are not just contractors — we’re emergency service providers. We save thousands and thousands of lives every year, just by providing this service.

Michael LaPorte explains his personal connection to Congress.

People are taking initiative to learn as much as they can about the trees and plants around them

Mr. Piccini has been outstanding in furthering the Highway of Heroes campaign in the Ontario legislature.

Remember, if you don't believe in yourself, how can you expect other people to believe in you?

Upcoming changes to certification shouldn't deter people from getting the right training and becoming certified.

Developing great people is the deciding factor on the future success and longevity of your business.

Efficiency and productivity: the eternal promise of new products.

Any well-defined business plan will have succession as part of its long-term planning.

Great outdoor spaces engage all of our senses and compels us to reach out and touch the natural world.

Do you have a marketing and sales strategy?

Canadian landscaping and horticulture business owners are wondering if staying in business will become even more challenging with the legalization of cannabis.

Business lessons learned in the fast lane

Proposed changes to federal income tax rules threatened small family businesses across the country.

Knowing the attrition percentage may help new companies in the landscape industry.

We need to understand the importance of developing and mentoring the next generation. I don’t think we have an industry problem, I think we have a loving and caring issue — from the top down.

Our commitment is to honour Canadians for military service by planting trees along the Highway of Heroes.

In the landscape business, you need to decide how to get to the top and realize you will make mistakes getting there. Just like an animal trying to survive, it really is a jungle out there!

Landscape designers and landscape architects are working together to provide better services and public safety.

The best-managed garden centres will continue to find a corner of the fiercely competitive retail landscape, and will, through leadership and innovation, succeed into the next generation.

I take my hat off to all family-run businesses. Kudos to all involved.

It’s a wonderful time for Canadians to be proud of country and heritage.

Your products, plants and landscapes actually are, in fact, green. Voila!

Your attitude and belief in your self-worth have a huge impact on your financial success.

Systems-based management works, now keep the momentum going.