Green Industry Perspectives SingleOps

Let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover! Welcome back! To close out Season 13, Jay Worth welcomes Megan Townsend back to the show!Megan is the COO and Co-Founder of Altitude Arborist. In this episode, Megan joins the show to discuss training and partnerships. Specifically, she addressed the apprenticeship program she's been a part of in Colorado, and how that has been a huge boon to the recruiting and retention efforts across the state. Megan shares why having a plan for tr...

Let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover! Welcome back! In this episode, Jay Worth welcomes Steve Samuels to the show!No, this episode isn't a pitch for the software. Steve has the bona fides to speak to Green Industry leaders. Having been a referee for the highest levels of collegiate sports, Mayor Pro Tem of a city he lived in, AND involved in senior leadership for a large landscaping company, Steve has all the right credentials to speak authoritatively. His life has been ...

Let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover! Welcome back! In this episode, Jay Worth welcomes Kona Gray to the show! Kona is the president-elect at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). He works for EDSA, a landscape architecture firm with over 60 years of history behind it. Growing up abroad with a father who is an architect exposed him to architecture at a young age. Discovering he could couple that passion for architecture with the outdoors and create spaces that ...

Let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover! Welcome back! In this episode, Jay Worth welcomes Robyn Schmitz to the show! Like so many of us, Robyn discovered a passion for the Green Industry almost accidentally. Her parents ran a flower shop, so she learned plant names and color palettes at a young age. While studying something else entirely in college, she began working for a garden center to make some money when the realization hit her; she was enjoying her work outdoor...

Let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover! Welcome back! In this episode, Jay Worth welcomes Dylan Harper to the show!After graduating college and working with a marketing firm, Dylan quickly learned that not all agencies are created equally. He discovered that there was a seedy underside to the marketing world. Any service industry where the customer doesn't completely understand the inner workings and has to trust the professionals, there is room for that trust to be abused; thi...

Let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover! Welcome back! In this episode, Jay Worth welcomes Frank Mariani to the show! Vito Mariani, Sr. began the company in 1958. Frank inherited the business in 1973 and never looked back. Over the years, he's built the most successful privately owned residential landscaping company in American history. And how did he do it? By hiring associates for a career (not a job), creating a clear career path for them from the moment they join the company...