The Care of Trees joins Davey Tree

KENT, Ohio, June 30, 2008 – The Davey Tree Expert Company, North America’s original and largest residential tree care company, has merged with The Care of Trees, Inc., one of the nation’s top three premier residential/commercial tree service organizations. Davey Tree, founded in 1880 by John Davey, provides diversified services and technical consulting to the utility industry, state and federal governments, large commercial properties, and golf and sports facilities, in addition to the residential market. In 2007, Davey had consolidated revenues of $506 million. Employee-owned since 1979, Davey is the 16th largest majority employee-owned company in the United States, according … Read more

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Brickman Expands in the Northwest

(Portland, OR) Brickman is excited to announce that it has recently acquired Portland based Northwest Landscape Services of Oregon (NLS), opening the door to expansion of services throughout the Northwest. NLS of Oregon is one of the leading providers of landscape services throughout the Portland metro area and surroundings. Brickman serves commercial clients in 24 states, featuring award-winning maintenance, landscape architecture and construction services. Both companies have histories of providing excellent quality and value; joining forces means big benefits to NLS-Oregon clients. Brickman’s national scale, uncompromising service ethic and time-tested production practices will be augmented by NLS-Oregon’s exceptionally strong team … Read more

Brickman Acquires Seattle’s Northwestern Landscape Company

(Puyallup, WA) Brickman continued its expansion into the Pacific Northwest with the acquisition of Puyallup-based Northwestern Landscape Company (NWLC). The company has three offices in the Puget Sound and two in the Portland, Oregon market. Brickman acquired Portland-based Northwest Landscape Services earlier this summer. This recent acquisition positions Brickman to serve virtually the entire Pacific Northwest. With branches in Redmond, Renton, Puyallup and Vancouver, NWLC is one of the largest local landscape firms and is consistently ranked among the largest firms in the country. One of the nation’s leading commercial landscape management firms, Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Brickman now serves local, regional … Read more

Gridiron Capital forms Yellowstone Landscape Group with Industry Veterans

Dallas, Texas — April 30, 2008 — Gridiron Capital, LLC, in partnership with management, today announced the formation of the Yellowstone Landscape Group, Inc. Yellowstone, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, completed the acquisition of Houston, Texas based BIO Landscape & Maintenance, Inc and Atlanta, Georgia based Piedmont Landscape Contractors, LLC. These acquisitions expand the Company’s position as a leading environmental steward and provider of commercial and estate landscape services in the Southeast and South Central United States. Amvest Financial Group served as an advisor to Gridiron in the transaction. “Our management team is extremely excited to become owners of Yellowstone, and … Read more