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Lawn & Landscape
8 profiles, newest first
Lewis Beam still runs the Fairview lawn business his father started in 1980
Lewis Beam was 13 when his father started a landscaping business in Fairview, N.C., and he still runs it with his wife and a three-man crew, without a computer.
Bryan Polk is still the whole crew at Polk Lawn Care Services
In Killeen, Texas, Bryan Polk mows and landscapes mostly alone, and he is studying his old planners to build a business that keeps going when he steps away.
Evan Collins started Premium Lawn Maintenance before he finished high school
Evan Collins builds his Davison lawn and snow crew’s week around one idea: keep the jobs close together and fill the dump trailer once.
Team JP Landscaping would rather grow slowly and stay in business
Jonathan Idrovo runs the Jacksonville yard company he started with his father, and he picks jobs by how they use his crews’ time, not by how big they look.
Melvyn Gomez turned weekend tree jobs into Garden Oaks Tree Service
Melvyn Gomez took small tree jobs on weekends until the calls outgrew his day job, and his Houston crew now prunes for homeowners, neighborhood associations and a water district.
S & S Property Maintenance sends a climber where the bucket truck can’t go
Steve Grabill built his Vandalia, Ohio, tree company around rope-and-saw climbers instead of heavy trucks, and he still hires himself out to climb for other crews.
The owner of My Tree Guy of Franklinton won’t take a job more than 15 minutes from home
Jonpaul started out splitting barbecue wood; now he runs My Tree Guy himself, climbing and cutting trees for customers no more than 15 minutes from his house.
Your Way Tree Service bought a tub grinder and stopped hauling its trees to the landfill
Jesse Montoya built his Los Angeles tree company from door-to-door work in 2008, and a machine in his own yard changed what happened to the trees his crews cut.