Lawncare / Landscaping
- Lawn and Landscape- portal to the industry with an annual "State of the Industry" report with housing starts, growing firms, hiring and wages; member surveys on "Business Composition" and "Mowing"; supplier directory; trade shows; business forms, management, snow business, irrigation, and design.
- American Nursery & Landscape Association - offers industry statistics on consumer spending, fact sheets on consumers, plant patent information; fees for manuals on garden center management, operations, estimator guide, and business forms.
- Associated Landscape Contractors of America- covers landscape maintenance, installation, design/build contractors and interior landscape; fees for publications on design, specifications, estimating, business management, sales and marketing, certification, and training; State of Industry reports under Consumers.
- Landscape Online locator of landscape professionals and supplies; list of national manufacturers, associations, and schools; search articles and editorials.
- Lawn Service - chat forum; electronic book for calculations, estimating and agreements; equipment list.
- Professional Grounds Management Society - fees for guidelines to operations, grounds estimating, management, and job descriptions; sponsors trade events and certification; booklets on routine pruning, herbicides and equipment service manuals on string trimmers and mowers; salary survey results.
- Professional Lawn Care Association of America highlights include start a lawn care business checklist, business tip of the week and archive, and growing an existing business; offers industry profile and statistics. >
- Landscape Management industry news and events, features best practices, current state of the industry with charts.
Speciality
- Irrigation and Green Industry Magazine - features irrigation, power equipment, distribution and contractor overviews.
- Commercial Greenhouse startup for commercial grower.
