Landscape Lighting: The Importance of Embracing and Understanding New Technology

Some people are great with change, and others take a little more time to warm up to new things. This is never truer than when learning and embracing new technology. Many people fall into the habit of just sticking with what is comfortable and familiar. However, what…

Ornamental Landscape Bed Weed Control: Maximize the Opportunity, Minimize the Labor Costs

The opportunity to maintain and enhance a client’s place of residence, business, or leisure doesn’t just stop with a lawn care program. What about the ornamental landscape beds on the property? This is a tremendous area of opportunity to grow your business, but also provide additional value…

Selling Irrigation System Upgrades During Spring Startup

The Spring Irrigation System Startup is always a good time to sell upgrades to your customers. Spring 2025 is the perfect opportunity to pitch new improvements to make their irrigation systems more efficient. Now is the perfect time to develop your strategies on which upgrades to present…

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…