Author Archives: Michael O'Connell

Lawn and Landscape had an interesting article this month for their cover story. It profiled Vila and Son Landscape in Florida, one of the industry’s largest companies with 1,000 employees, and how the severe economic downturn in the state crippled … Continue reading →

Just a reminder to RSVP to our Dinner Meeting Tuesday May 22nd: Topic: Property Manager’s Panel Discussion – “What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You” Place: Muscio’s (formerly Cacti) 1200 Grant Ave in Novato Menu Choices: Pesto Fettuccine with Chicken … Continue reading →

Hurry and register by April 20th for full tour access! Please join us for the Ninth Annual Bay-Friendly Garden Tour. Featuring 69 gardens across 4 counties, this is our biggest tour yet – showcasing beautiful inspirational gardens that feature real-life, … Continue reading →

Gina Purin from the County of Marin passed along this gopher workshop this weekend: We have a few spots left on a workshop (see attached) dealing with gopher problems. If you’re interested – particularly if you have clients in the … Continue reading →

Celebrate another great year with the Chapter, with a traditional evening of dinner and dancing. Details: Doubletree Hotel, Rohnert Park Saturday December 3, 2011 @ 6:30 $65 – includes a catered dinner from Johnny Garlics and beverages RSVPs required RSVP … Continue reading →

Don’t miss this month’s dinner meeting, featuring Jeff Calhoun of FX Luminere. Jeff will be setting up a live lighting demo at the John Deere offices in Petaluma. Where: Redwood Business Park 1425 No McDowell Petaluma Ste# 125 When: Tuesday … Continue reading →

Facebook provides business owners with a great social media tool for connecting with customers and potential clients. It also provides easy tools for uploading photos, links, and posting updates on current projects. The problem becomes how to integrate all this … Continue reading →

Saturday, August 13: Garden Tour 2011 Join us in visiting award-winning residential gardens and commercial landscape installations. Learn first hand from the contractors about the challenges of each job. Enjoy the camaraderie of fellow members on this all day bus … Continue reading →

It’s 6pm, you’re still in the office. Your tank is running low, but that stack of estimates (proposals, designs, complaints, emails) is still a mile high. You can try to bear down and crank out the work, but tomorrow there … Continue reading →

In preparation for the Fall Landscape Industry Certified test in Sacramento, CLCA is offering some essential skills seminars. One of the seminars will be offered in SFBA chapter, so I wanted to make sure you were aware and hopefully get … Continue reading →

After a recent ongoing customer service headache with AT&T, the website Dial a Human, featured on Channel 7 on Your Side,  jumped out as a good resource. It gives the numbers to press to shortcut the interminable phone trees that … Continue reading →

Please join us for the CLCA North Coast Chapter Spring Scramble Golf Tournament, with proceeds to benefit the LEAF scholarship Fund and North Coast Chapter: www.clcanorthcoastchapter.org/golf Download the Tournament Entry Form New! Pay Online with a Credit or Debit Card … Continue reading →

Join us for a change of pace from our regular dinner meetings for a chapter bowling night Tuesday May 24th at Boulevard Lanes in Petaluma. Details: 6:00pm Boulevard Lanes 1100 Petaluma Blvd South, Petaluma 2 hours of bowling, shoe rental … Continue reading →

Gina Purin at Bay Friendly has been kind enough to share with the North Coast Chapter their updated resource list for 2011. This list is one of the most comprehensive and best local resources for information on sustainable maintenance and … Continue reading →

With more and more people switching to new smartphones, and with Apple and Android offering tons of options for free and paid apps, it can be an overwelming task sorting through them all. Of course there is an app for … Continue reading →