Month: December 2018

OASE Living Water Acquires Atlantic Water Garden

OASE Living Water (“OASE”) has acquired US-based Atlantic Water Gardens (“Atlantic”), a leading supplier of innovative outdoor water feature products and systems to the North American market. Headquartered in Hörstel, Germany, OASE is the global market leader in water gardening products, offering a suite of products that enable the creation of tranquil, inviting out-door oases, from simple to elaborate. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  Atlantic Water Gardens has a 30-year history of supplying professional grade water feature products to landscape contractors through distribution channels in the US, Canada and Mexico. As part of the OASE Group, Atlantic … Read more

ServiceMaster to Acquire Assured Environments in New York City

ServiceMaster  announced  that it will acquire Assured Environments, a leading commercial pest control company based in New York City. The company is best known for providing effective pest control services to property management, hospitality, retail, education and food processing facilities and its leadership in urban pest management. Assured provides pest control services to many of New York’s best-known buildings, including Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden, and the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Assured Environments ranks number 25 on the PCT Magazine Top 100 for 2018, based on 2017 revenue of $31 million.  It has branches in Manhattan, Long Island and in Cranford, … Read more

SiteOne Acquires Two Companies in Santa Barbara

SiteOne Landscape Supply

SiteOne® Landscape Supply, Inc. (NYSE:SITE), the largest and only national wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States, announced today the acquisition of All Around Landscape Supply and Santa Ynez Stone & Topsoil. These companies serve the greater Santa Barbara County, CA market with four locations focused on the distribution of irrigation, hardscapes and landscape supplies to landscape professionals. “All Around and Santa Ynez Stone are a great fit with SiteOne as they expand our geographical presence in California to Santa Barbara County. This acquisition aligns with our mission to be the best full-line distributor to landscape professionals in … Read more

Nurture Landscapes Acquires Enterprise Plants in Essex, U.K.

UK-based Nurture  Landscapes has acquired Enterprise Plants, which focuses on interior plant care. Founded in 1984 and based on a four acre site in Upminster, Essex, with approx. 50 employees, Enterprise will continue to trade under their own name until end of January, and will then rebrand as Nurture Landscapes from 1 Feb 2019. The majority of Enterprise’s work is based around London and the Home Counties, consisting mainly of interior maintenance and plant displays, with a third of the business dedicated to commercial landscape maintenance. The teams delivering the service on the ground will remain as is, so that … Read more

Nurture Landscapes Acquires Grace Landscapes in the U.K.

Nurture Landscapes has continued its expansion as it acquires landscape and ground maintenance firm, Grace Landscapes. This comes after acquiring Gavin Jones back in February. Grace Landscapes was founded 39 years ago and has annual sales in excess of £6m, providing grounds maintenance and landscape construction across the north with its 116 members of staff. When asked how the acquisition came about, managing director Peter Fane said: “I’ve known the owners Tim Grace and Hugh Pawsey and have greatly admired their business for years – they’re very much the Gavin Jones of the north. The company is full of great … Read more