Spring Drainage Tips: PVC vs Corrugated Pipe

PVC vs Corrugated Pipe: Choosing the best Conveyance for your project When it comes to choosing a pipe type for a drainage project, contractors tend to defer to what they are comfortable with. “We only use corrugated” or “we only use PVC” is a mantra we at…

How To Store Your Winter Equipment When The Season Ends

Now that the end of winter is near it is important you are ready and thinking ahead to preparing and storing your seasonal equipment away for the upcoming seasons. Although maintenance may be the last thing on your mind, it will save you time and money in…

Central’s Solution for Native Bluestone Shortage: Solving Pricing & Availability Issues

Pennsylvania Bluestone has been around for an estimated 345 Million years! So why is it hard to come by these days? We checked in with Dennis Garneau, Director of Hardscapes, in this article to discuss current supply issues, pricing, practicality along with a suitable alternative we know…

Ask the Expert: 6 Irrigation Training Resources To Grow Your Business

The winter months are all about preparing for the upcoming season. This includes purchasing and pricing strategies, marketing planning, and learning about new products. In addition, now is the time to focus on training your team; whether it’s refreshing your team on material/systems they already know or…

Diversification for Profitability: Drainage, The Forgotten Service

Landscape, Irrigation, Lawn Care, Hardscape, whatever type of contractor you may be, you are probably overlooking a service that every client has a need for…drainage! Providing drainage solutions can easily be added to your services list to enhance your job proposals and set you apart from the…

Drainage Resources To Take Advantage Of In 2024

January is a new beginning for the contractors we serve and partner with at Central Turf. The previous years activities and goals are now in the books and the focus shifts to what the new year will bring. While many of you already have established those goals…

New Year, New Lighting Resources

We touched base with Glen Nyhuis, our National Lighting Director, to provide you with some of the best resources and certification opportunities to help light your customers properties for the year ahead of us. Let 2024 be your best year for lighting properties yet! Below you will…

5 Irrigation Training Resources For The New Year

Many landscape contractors see a lull in business during the winter months. This has the benefit of allowing more time to focus on training and other resources for your team. There are many irrigation resources available from manufacturers, industry associations, and Central to help you prep for…

The Best 2024 Training Resources For Turf Professionals

Do you want 2024 to be the year you and your team become the most skilled turf professionals in your region? Central’s Turf Category Business Director, Austin Marsteller, helps you understand the importance of utilizing the winter months including 5 of the most useful turf training resources…

4 Fixture Slump Part Two: Identifying the Next Level of Fixtures

In Part One of this series “How To Expand Beyond Your Typical Four-Fixture Routine” Central’s Director of Lighting, Glen Nyhuis gave solutions for getting ahead in the lighting industry and detailed some tips on how you can expand your offerings to include second story and niche lighting….