Change of Time, Change of Outlook

We have just “leaped forward” into Daylight Savings Time that brings with it an additional hour of daylight. It also brings a brighter outlook for landscape industry businesses that have struggled through the dark days of winter and are now looking forward to a busy spring season.

After the big rains our business has already started to see an uptick in customer visits and purchases. They know that now’s the time to get their planting and fertilizing done, it’s time to turn on – and repair – those sprinklers that have been turned off for the winter, and it’s time to prepare their best projects for entry into the Landscape Beautification Awards Competition.

This time of year, is also when CLCA chapters and other Green Industry organizations begin putting on events that are both fun and educational. Attending these events will give you the information you need to improve your business, it will open doors to new opportunities, and will introduce you to local political leaders and industry VIPs you might otherwise not get a chance to meet.

Once your business picks up…and it will… it will be easy to say that you are “too busy” to attend the next board meeting or CLCA mixer. You should never be too busy to expand your business…your competition has learned that lesson, and they will be there to take advantage of the opportunities you missed.

Lastly, it is time to implement those great ideas and new year’s resolutions you wanted to phase in earlier this year but held off because of the winter financial crunch. Those ideas turned into reality could be what takes your business to the next level and the next. Landscape Warehouse has begun implementing some new ideas and procedures in time for the busy spring season, and I will share some of them in future posts.

May your revised outlook on life and business bring you the positive results you have worked so hard to achieve.

– José Robles, owner, Landscape Warehouse