Spring-Green Blog

Every year Shark Week raises awareness for the most feared creature of the sea, but fewer than a dozen people a year actually die from shark attacks. Surprisingly enough, the animal that kills more than 725,000 people a year is the mosquito. This is why philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates is calling attention to the deadly insect by naming this week Mosquito Week on his blog. Despite their tiny size, mosquitoes carry devastating diseases including dengue fever, yellow fever, encephalitis and malaria to name a few. They can be found […]

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Lawn Care Company Joins Forces with Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10,000 Trees As a growing initiative to increase awareness for tree care programs across the country, Spring-Green Lawn Care has once again teamed up with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant trees around the community. For the fifth consecutive year, Spring-Green, an active supporter of Arbor Day, maintains their mission to plant a minimum of 10,000 trees a year. Celebrating the holiday on April 25, Spring-Green remains committed to being environmentally responsible by enlisting the best practices in lawn and tree […]

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Becoming a franchise owner can seem like quite the risk if you’ve never been involved in one before. The transition between your current career and your future entrepreneurial dream may appear to be a far leap, but that doesn’t always have to be the case. At Spring-Green, we’ve designed the Spring-Green Flex Start® Program which offers franchise owners a greater control of their time and flexibility as they transition from their current occupation into the lawn care business ownership. The right candidate is able to operate their lawn care franchise […]

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Creating a solid business plan is the first step toward success in your business venture, much like winning a college basketball championship requires a lot of planning and execution. As the NCAA and college basketball fans across the nation get ready for the Sweet 16, Spring-Green Lawn Care is also preparing for our busiest season. Pre-season … Consider it the preparation period for basketball programs across the country as they get ready for a grueling season leading up to conference and national tournaments. In our business, this same time period […]

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Spring is finally here! We could spend this time talking about the long winter (a record one, in fact), but we also know that topic is probably exhausted. In fact, everyone knows that GREEN is the new BLACK. To keep up with the times everyone is trying to “go green.” However, it’s not just about going green; it’s about staying green and supporting the green lifestyle wholeheartedly. As we lead into spring, let’s take a look at some of the things Spring-Green does to live up to its name. Spring-Green […]

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Ryan Meinika is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure his employees at Spring-Green Lawn Care have the proper training and support to work as efficiently as possible in the field this year. This is why he recently scheduled an onsite training session for his staff provided by experts in niche areas of the industry who can improve the quality of work being done from his employees immensely. Recently, Meinika asked to bring his field service professionals who normally work on the field daily to a training session […]

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Area resident Dave Vojta, owner of Spring-Green Lawn Care in Peoria, will be giving away $350 worth of lawn care services to each of the homeowners in Washington, IL and surrounding communities that have had to be rebuilt as a result of the tornadoes that hit the Central Illinois community on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. It is estimated that nearly 800 homes in the Tri-County area are in need of being rebuilt making Vojta’s commitment in excess of $250,000. ProAp, the professional turf fertilizer supplier will also donate a truckload […]

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It is our pleasure to announce that Spring-Green Lawn Care has been recognized as one of the nation’s Largest 100 Companies in the Landscape Industry by both Lawn & Landscape Magazine and Exmark. Spring-Green’s commitment to hard work, business intelligence and willingness to try new ideas all played a part in being recognized as Largest 100 Companies in the Landscape Industry. We have no doubt that our franchisees are at the core of why Spring-Green is able to provide such high quality service to all the communities in which we […]

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