Making the Best of a Bad Situation

By Richard Helling We are deep into another spectacular professional football season, and I think we all can agree that the games can be summed up with one word, “What!?” Of course, the “we” I am talking about here would be me and other suffering fans of the Denver Broncos. After yet another loss to the Raiders yesterday and my team putting up scores on several occasions that looked more like they were playing in the World Cup of Soccer instead of the NFL, I’m sure you can understand my enthusiasm or lack thereof. Hopefully, your team is doing better. … Read more

Yellowstone’s Bio Expands in Houston Market

BIO Landscape & Maintenance, Inc. (BIO), a Yellowstone Landscape Group company, recently announced that it had expanded its Texas presence through the acquisition of Agrilawn. Agrilawn was established by Nathan Young in 1983 in Richmond, Texas. Agrilawn, a best-in-class commercial lawn maintenance and landscaping company focuses on serving premier property management companies in the Greater Houston area. Robert Taylor, President of BIO, commented, “BIO’s maintenance division has been hard at work winning prestigious accounts in the Greater Houston area. By acquiring Agrilawn, we strengthened our existing team by gaining a roster of skilled operators who have successfully been serving their … Read more

Horizon Acquires Turf Equipment Supply in Las Vegas

PHOENIX – December 13, 2010 – Horizon Distributors Inc. (Horizon), a full-service distributor of landscape and irrigation products, announced today it has expanded its presence in the Las Vegas marketwith the acquisition of Turf Equipment Supply Company (TES), through parent company PoolCorporation (POOLCORP) (NASDAQ/GSM:POOL). The acquisition of Turf Equipment SupplyCompany, a leading distributor of landscape and irrigation products and services in Las Vegas, will bringthree additional sales centers to Horizon’s Southwest Division.“This acquisition allows us to expand the current product offerings in Turf Equipment Supply Companylocations to include the full breadth of irrigation, landscape, specialty and professional lawn careequipment products … Read more

Insight Equity Acquires Berry Family of Nurseries

Insight Equity II LP, a Dallas-based private equity fund, has announced its acquisition of a controlling interest in BFN Operations LLC, which purchased substantially all of the operating assets of the Berry Family of Nurseries, including Tri-B, Zelenka, Judkins and Zelenka West nurseries. BFN is now one of the nation’s largest wholesale growers of perennial and woody ornamental plants with locations across the country, according to a company statement. BFN serves both big-box retail stores and independent nurseries from its thirteen growing facilities throughout the United States. In a statement, Conner Searcy, a partner at Insight Equity, said, “BFN is … Read more

Two Leading Central Florida Landscape Companies Join ValleyCrest

December 1, 2010, Calabasas, Calif. – Two highly respected and successful landscape service providers in Florida have merged with ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, the United State’s leading integrated landscape services firm. Joining ValleyCrest’s existing network of more than 30 Florida branches are Orlando-based Nanak’s Landscaping, which has five Florida locations, and Tampa-based Raymow Enterprises, which has operations in eight locations. Combined, the deals will increase the size of ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance nearly 10% overall and add substantially to ValleyCrest’s market leading presence in the state of Florida. ValleyCrest now employs more than 3,100 people in the state and serves more than … Read more