Big Tree named 2010 Landscaper of the Year 

Kit Bock (second from left) accepts the 2010 Landscaper of the Year award from Russ Mitchell (left), director of marketing and products for Quali-Pro Turf & Ornamental; Joyce Szulc (second from right), marketing manager for Case Construction Equipment; and Glenn DiNella (right), Total Landscape Care editor.

Total Landscape Care has named Kit Bock and Big Tree in Fort Myers, Florida, the magazine’s 2010 Landscaper of the Year.

Sponsored by Case Construction Equipment and Quali-Pro Turf & Ornamental, this annual program recognizes 12 finalists as the best and brightest in the landscaping industry. On November 6-9, the finalists and their guests enjoyed an all-expenses-paid cruise to the Bahamas, where Big Tree was names the winner during a gala banquet.

Big Tree received an award and will be featured on the cover of and within the January 2010 issue of Total Landscape Care. Each of the 11 finalists will be featured in a story about their business in the magazine during 2010.

Nominations for the 2011 Landscaper of the Year program will be accepted starting in February 2010. Visit www.totallandscapecare.net for updated information.

-Christina Jesson Schave

LOY finalists are:

Gene Grant, Grant & Power Landscape, West Chicago, Illinois
Allen Sweeney, Al’s Complete Lawn Care, Frankfort, Kentucky
Rick Armet, Armet’s Landscaping, Atascadero, California
Larry Dixon, Dixon’s Landscaping, Brewton, Alabama
Eric Murray, ECM Enterprises, Raleigh, North Carolina
Steve Hill, Turftenders Landscape Services, Raleigh, North Carolina
Shaun Shepherd, One Degree Lawn Care & Landscaping, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tom Grosh, Grosh’s Lawn Service, Clear Spring, Maryland
Karen and Maur McKie, Green Oak Garden Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Mark Borst, Borst Landscape & Design, Allendale, New Jersey
Steven Hansen, Hansen’s Landscape Services, St. George, Utah

Aloha Landscaping named 2009 Landscaper of the Year 

Roger Grothe, second from right, accepts the 2009 Landscaper of the Year award from Dan Tidwell (left), Total Landscape Care publisher; Glenn DiNella (second from left), Total Landscape Care editor; and Jim Hughes (right), director of brand marketing for Case Construction Equipment.

Total Landscape Care has named Roger Grothe and Aloha Landscaping in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, the magazine's 2009 Landscaper of the Year.

Sponsored by Case Construction Equipment, this annual program recognizes 12 finalists as the best and brightest in the landscaping industry. On November 14-17, the finalists and their guests enjoyed an all-expenses-paid cruise to the Bahamas, where Aloha Landscaping was named the winner during a gala banquet.

Aloha Landscaping received a plaque and will be featured on the cover of and in the January 2009 edition of Total Landscape Care. Each of the 11 finalists will be featured in a story about their business in the magazine during 2009.

Watch a video of our 2009 finalists.

Snow’s Garden and Landscape Center named 2008 Landscaper of the Year 

Total Landscape Care has named Corbin Snow and Snow’s Garden and Landscape Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, the magazine’s 2008 Landscaper of the Year.

Corbin Snow, right, and his wife, Jill, accept the 2008 Landscaper of the Year award from Tom McLaughlin, communications manager for Case Construction Equipment.

“We're honored to be chosen as Total Landscape Care’s first ‘Landscaper of the Year',” Snow says. “Every finalist was very deserving, so it’s humbling to know we were here with all of these fine people.”

Sponsored by Case Construction Equipment, this annual program recognizes 12 finalists as the best and brightest in the landscaping industry. On November 9-12, the finalists and their guests enjoyed an all-expenses-paid, four-day cruise to the Bahamas, where Snow’s was named the winner during a gala banquet.

Snow’s received a plaque and will be featured on the cover of and in the January 2008 edition of Total Landscape Care. Each of the 11 finalists will be featured in a story about their businesses in the magazine during 2008.

Finalists were:

• Ted Anthony, Anthony’s Landscaping, Metairie, Louisiana
• William Dickerson, Dickerson Landscaping, Tallahassee, Florida
• Bruce White, Harvest Tree Company, Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Ryan Miller, Mulligan’s Landscape and Design, Haverhill, Massachusetts
• Justin LaFleur, Nevada Landworks, Reno, Nevada
• Eric Brand, P&L Landscaping, Nashua, New Hampshire
• George and Gary Pacheco, Pacheco Brothers Gardening, Hayward, California
• Brian Golembiewski, Paramount Landscape and Maintenance, Tempe, Arizona
• Bill and Linda Lillie, Sprigs & Twigs Landscapes, Gales Ferry, Connecticut
• Mark Leon, Sunshine Landscape Company, Oahu, Hawaii
• Keith Upham, The Upham Landscape Company, Weston, Massachusetts

The mission of the Landscaper of the Year program is to recognize successful, professional landscapers who have impeccable reputations with their customers, suppliers, and employees and are giving something back to their industry, communities and families through a “best practices” operation of their businesses.