MARIANI GAINS MOUNTAINS

Mariani Premier Group, a national platform supporting top landscaping companies, has announced its acquisition of Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes. This marks the 16th company acquired by Mariani as part of its national expansion strategy. Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes, founded in 2000, serves private residences and commercial businesses in Vail, Denver and Aspen. The company offers landscaping services such as design, installation, maintenance, water features and fencing. Mariani Premier Group Chairman Frank Mariani expressed excitement about this addition, emphasizing the enrichment gained from Rocky Mountain Custom

Landscapes’ expertise. Companies joining Mariani Premier Group retain their local branding while benefiting from national support and tools, ensuring greater success. Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes’ President Bobby Head looks forward to enhanced client services and accelerated growth within this family of landscaping companies.

Joshua Tree Experts is expanding in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area with a father-and-son franchisee team Seth and Caleb Hill, set to open two territories on March 1, 2024. Caleb’s interest in franchising with Joshua Tree Experts developed while serving in Iraq, where he discussed the opportunity with the director of franchise development. Seth, with over 20 years of manufacturing engineering experience, saw it as a chance to create a generational family business and improve work/life balance. The franchise offered them guidance and support, making their dream of business ownership a reality. Joshua Tree Experts, known for tree maintenance, lawn care and pest control, sees growth potential in various markets, including New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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LeAnn Ostheimer

Chief Operating Officer, Lifescapes Colorado Denver, Colorado

Are we focusing on the right things? I think it’s good that we are talking about the labor situation and sustainability, but yeah, sometimes we need to see the forest through the trees. I do think we need to think bigger about climate change. We could also think bigger about diversity and inclusion. Can we triple this population of women in our industry? I want to see us try.

Founder & Chairman, Mariani Premier Group Lake Bluff, Illinois CEO, LandCare San Diego, California

I like to challenge our designers and landscape architects to design differently. I love grass, but there are times when other solutions, like gravel, are better for the environment and the aesthetics…I never want people to be able to pick out a ‘Mariani’ landscape job—I want them to just be blown away by the creativity and workmanship.

Mike Bogan

In 2024, our goal is to continue our improvement, growth and expansion by building strong teams and taking advantage of the disruption M&A is causing in our industry. Our team members are united in our aspiration to build a company with strong core values, an employee centric culture and constancy of purpose, characteristics increasingly hard to find as our industry evolves. We will continue to welcome like-minded companies to join LandCare, as well as landscape professionals who find the buy & build platforms to be in conflict with their professional objectives.