Landscapes USA Acquires Peach Tree Landscapes in Nashville; Fourth Acquisition in Four Years Gives Them Operations in Six States

Austin Texas –June 1, 2013 – LUSA Holdings, LLC. (Landscapes USA) has completed the acquisition of Peach Tree Landscapes in Nashville Tennessee.
Peach Tree Landscapes is a leader in the commercial landscape industry in Middle Tennessee. Peach Tree’s one hundred employees serve the greater Nashville area and surrounding Middle Tennessee counties. Peach Tree provides Landscape Maintenance and Design Build services to Office, Retail, Industrial, Multi-family and High end residential clients. With 15 years of growth Peach Tree is considered the premiere Landscape company in Middle Tennessee. Peach Tree’s founders, Bryan Clayton and Chip Burnette commented on the transaction, “We selected LUSA to partner with because we believe they will provide the experience, leadership and resources to take Peach Tree to the next level, creating opportunities for Peach Tree’s employees and providing excellent service to our clients.”
LUSA Holdings, LLC. (Landscapes USA) has operations in six states: Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, California, Florida and now Tennessee. Landscapes USA has completed four acquisitions in the past four years creating exciting growth for all involved. LUSA takes a unique approach in the Landscape Industry by acquiring top brands and continuing to build upon that brand success. LUSA’s CEO, Dennis Dautel says “Our goal is to create success for all of our clients, employees, managers, partners and retiring owners. We are excited to acquire brands, and support the existing management teams to grow their brand to new levels. As a holding company, we share best practices across the enterprise while creating additional efficiencies and cost savings through resource allocation and strategic purchasing. We have an outstanding team at LUSA Holdings and this is an exciting time for our company as we continue to seek, find and add additional companies to our portfolio”. LUSA’s headquarters is in Austin Texas and they can be seen online at www.lusagroup.com or www.landscapesusa.com.
Peach Tree Landscapes was represented in connection with this transaction by Ron Edmonds of The Principium Group. The Principium Group is a specialty advisory firm firm serving the green industry in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and exit planning throughout the United States.