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Each episode brings you inside the businesses and careers of founders, owners, operators, and industry leaders to uncover the ideas, systems, and hard-earned lessons behind exceptional commercial landscaping companies.

We talk about what actually matters when you're running a landscape business: operations and best practices, recruiting and developing great people, building strong cultures, serving customers, improving landscape maintenance, driving profitable growth, navigating acquisitions and succession, and learning from the decisions that worked—and the ones that didn't.

Rooted is about sharing knowledge across the commercial landscaping industry and learning from the people who have spent their careers building it.

Whether you're a founder, business owner, executive, branch leader, or emerging operator, Rooted is built to give you ideas you can take back to your business.

Presented by HeartLand.
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Each episode brings you inside the businesses and careers of founders, owners, operators, and industry leaders to uncover the ideas, systems, and hard-earned lessons behind exceptional commercial landscaping companies.

We talk about what actually matters when you&apos;re running a landscape business: operations and best practices, recruiting and developing great people, building strong cultures, serving customers, improving landscape maintenance, driving profitable growth, navigating acquisitions and succession, and learning from the decisions that worked—and the ones that didn&apos;t.

Rooted is about sharing knowledge across the commercial landscaping industry and learning from the people who have spent their careers building it.

Whether you&apos;re a founder, business owner, executive, branch leader, or emerging operator, Rooted is built to give you ideas you can take back to your business.

Presented by HeartLand.
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