The founder of Plants From Paradise chronicles the journey to make South Florida into more of a real jungle and less of a concrete jungle.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Battery powered lawn mower
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Bananas reaching $1 a pound
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wow. Just wow.
Florida is home to 14 of the largest companies in the landscape industry, according to a list of lawn and landscape firms published by trade publication Lawn & Landscape.
Together, the companies on the publication's Top 100 list generated $7.1 billion in revenue in 2007. That represented 7.7 percent growth over 2006, slower growth than the year before. For 2008, the companies project an average 6 percent growth.
South Florida-based companies that made the list include Vila & Son Landscaping of Miami, which reported $64.5 million in 2007 revenue and Tropics North of Homestead, with $42.5 million. Miami's Dixie Landscape had $32.7 million and Stiles Landscape of Fort Lauderdale had $20 million.