We are pleased to announce that Spring-Green Lawn Care director of training Harold Enger has been reelected to the Project EverGreen board of directors for 2014. Project EverGreen is a national non-profit educational organization committed to preserving and enhancing green spaces in communities. The organization works to restore and repair parks, schools and public green spaces in cities and communities around the country. It has truly been a pleasure to be involved with Project EverGreen, and Harold’s reelection to the reaffirms our commitment to causes and organizations that protect and improve the […]
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Green Industry Entrepreneur Expands Business with New Spring-Green Franchise
We are pleased to announce that Spring-Green Lawn Care director of training Harold Enger has been reelected to the Project EverGreen board of directors for 2014. Project EverGreen is a national non-profit educational organization committed to preserving and enhancing green spaces in communities. The organization works to restore and repair parks, schools and public green spaces in cities and communities around the country. It has truly been a pleasure to be involved with Project EverGreen, and Harold’s reelection to the reaffirms our commitment to causes and organizations that protect and improve the […]
Planning for the Aftermath of the Polar Vortex
Almost the entire United States experienced record low temperatures last week when the polar vortex – a huge, low-pressure front of freezing arctic air – dipped far lower than its typical northern Canadian home into the lower 48 states. The result was subzero temperatures and even icier windchills, with parts of the country experiencing highs of around -40 last Monday. Most people hunkered down inside their homes with their heat turned up, and some brave souls ventured out for work or to watch boiling water turn instantly to steam in […]
Leith Brothers Open Spring-Green Franchise to Serve Alabama
Jimmy Leith is an 11-year green industry veteran with eight years experience owning his own company, Landscape Managers. When his brother Jeremy expressed an interest in joining his brother full-time in the industry, the two got together to open their own Spring-Green Lawn Care. The business, which opened this month, will serve Trussville, Vestavia, Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Inverness, and Hoover, Ala., as well as a portion of Jefferson County. It also marks Jeremy Leith’s official entry into the lawn and tree care industry after eight years of working as a […]
Happy New Year from Spring-Green Lawn Care!
2013 has been a spectacular year for Spring-Green Lawn Care, in no small part thanks to all of our franchisees, our fantastic corporate team, and our wonderful customers. We hope you all enjoyed the holidays and time with family and friends as much as we did. Now that it is the New Year, the inevitable slew of New Year’s resolutions begins. If your resolutions include taking better care of your home this year, we want to make sure you don’t forget your lawn! Your lawn and landscaping is among the first thing people see […]
Multimillion Dollar Landscape Design And Maintenance Business Adds Spring-Green Lawn Franchise
Spring-Green Lawn Care is pleased to announce GreenSeasons, an $8 million green industry company owned by Chris Casselberry, has added the local Spring-Green franchise to his portfolio. The landscape development, maintenance and pest control company, located in Baton Rouge, La., took advantage of an existing franchise seeking to retire to expand their service offering. GreenSeasons—a full service company offering landscaping services from design and maintenance to irrigation installation, Christmas decorations and pest control—will convert the lawn and tree care portion of their business to their Spring-Green franchise. Casselberry, who purchased the […]
Spring-Green Welcomes Jeff Shufelt as new Strategic Business Development Manager
More fantastic news from the hiring front! We are delighted to announce that experienced green industry leader Jeff Shufelt has joined the Spring-Green Lawn Care family as the new Strategic Business Development Manager. Jeff will work with all new franchisees as they join the Spring-Green family and will also head up efforts to continue franchise expansion and provide information to prospective new franchisees. Jeff has over 30 years of experience in the lawn care industry. He holds a BS in agronomy from Iowa State University and served as Vice President […]
We have a winner!
Earlier this year Spring-Green conducted a combined survey and contest with green industry professionals. Those who completed and returned the survey were entered to win a new iPad®. The winner, chosen at random, is Randy Sutton of Bluegrass Landscaping & Irrigation Inc., in Henderson, Kentucky. Congratulations on your new iPad, Randy! In the survey, green industry professionals were asked to complete a quick, five-question survey which inquired about which services they offer, how many years they’ve been in business, how many employees they have, what percentage of their business is […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Spring-Green Lawn Care
We have a lot to be thankful for this year at Spring-Green. We’ve been able to add many new folks to our Spring-Green family, from franchisees to corporate franchisees. We were designated the top lawn and tree care franchise by the Franchise Research Institute. We’ve received fantastic press spotlighting our top-notch Spring-Green owners and the fantastic services they offer. We’ve given back to our communities. It has been a wonderful year. As we all gather together with our families for Thanksgiving, we here at Spring-Green would like to take a […]
Happy Veteran’s Day from Spring-Green Lawn Care
We at Spring-Green would like to take a moment to thank all our military veterans, past, present and future, for all they have done in service of our nation and our way of life. We are lucky to have many veterans who have contributed to Spring-Green’s success throughout the years, both in corporate leadership positions—like Navy veteran and Spring-Green chairman Tom Hofer—and as franchise owner operators. As members of the International Franchise Association’s VetFran program, a program developed during the Gulf War in the 1990s, Spring-Green’s military history is evident […]