When you’re taking on a large landscape project, one of the biggest challenges, and risks, is managing the plant order. Chasing down availability from multiple vendors, juggling spreadsheets, comparing inconsistent quotes, and hoping deliveries show up on time can drain hours (and patience).

You’ve got a confirmed install date, a final plant list, and crews scheduled, but one of the key trees is suddenly nowhere to be found. You call your usual suppliers. No luck. You check availability sheets. Out of date. Now you're spending half a day chasing down a single line item just to keep the project moving.

At the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, NJ, a well-maintained living wall adds natural beauty to a space focused on healing. We recently supported a refresh of this vertical system in collaboration with GSky Plant Systems, a firm recognized for designing, installing, and maintaining living walls across the U.S. and Canada.

In the landscape industry, timing matters and so does trust. Whether it’s a large commercial installation or a fast-moving residential job, contractors need to source plant material from suppliers they know will deliver. For years, that meant relying on a familiar network of local nurseries, often coordinated through a patchwork of phone calls, spreadsheets, and in-person visits.

By June, most landscape contractors aren’t looking for ideas, they are looking for solutions. Projects are underway, install schedules are tight, and material sourcing needs to be fast, reliable, and accurate. Even now, many buyers are still relying on outdated methods: email chains, texts, spreadsheet lists, and phone calls that go unanswered during peak hours.

For years, sourcing nursery products wholesale has meant juggling phone calls, spreadsheets, and email chains, often while you're already knee-deep in a project. It’s time-consuming, repetitive, and doesn’t always guarantee you’ll get what you need when you need it.

What’s trimming your margins? There’s a good chance there are many factors. Changing prices, seasonality, time-consuming product hunts—can all shrink your margins. 

As economic activity rebounds from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, consumers and businesses will have a renewed ability to pay for professional landscaping (woot woot!). We've outlined four key opportunities to take advantage of to keep you excited and motivated for the year ahead.  

Whether you've found your rhythm working from home, or you're struggling to get the most of out your day, we wanted to share some tools we'd recommend to keep you organized, communicating effectively, and collaborating with your team with ease. Even if you aren't working from home, you may find some of these tools helpful regardless. At LandscapeHub, we particularly love the money and time-saving tool, Grasshopper, included in our list below.

Whether you're a landscape contractor, nursery professional, or a retail garden center employee, you work on deadlines with customers depending on you to hit those important dates. To help you manage your time efficiently, consider these proven productivity hacks that will bring you more time in your day.