2/17/06

Biggest storm in 50 years and Symbiot moved the Snow! Read More...

1/12/06

Symbiot Still Hot for Snow Growth. Read More...

1/11/05
Symbiot P3 Partners Caterpillar and John Deere Provide Tsunami Clean-up Help. Read More...

1/7/05
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO Raises 2004 Sales Projection. Read More...

12/21/04
SLN Sales Partner Vila & Son Landscaping Corp. Receives Four Industry Awards. Read More...

12/14/04
Symbiot's Online Estimator Named "Hottest Product of the Year" for Landscape Business Tools by Lawn & Landscape magazine. Read More...

11/22/04
Symbiot congratulates new ALCA Certified Technicians from our Landscape Network and InteriorScape Network Partner companies. Read More...
SLN Sales Partner Cagwin & Dorward offered behavioral ways to reduce injuries in the November 2004 ALCA Landscape Contractor News magazine Safety Tip. Read More...
Partners and Sales Partners in the Symbiot Landscape Network received 27 ALCA Environmental Improvement Awards for their quality exterior landscape projects. Read More...
Symbiot Landscape Network and InteriorScape Network Partners, Sales Partners, Directors and P3 Partners were recognized as ALCA Trailblazers. Read More...

11/16/04
SISN Partners and Sales Partners Win ALCA Interior Environmental Improvement Awards 
Raimondi Horticultural Group, Cityscapes, John Mini LTD, Plantscape and Sedgefield Interior Landscapes were rewarded for their quality interior projects. Read More...

11/9/04
Lawn & Landscape Magazine reported Symbiot's merger with Snow Management Group and the announcement of ClientSurv, the new telephone survey product for the property services industry. Read More...

11/4/04
Symbiot announces the completion of its merger agreement with Snow Management Group, the largest snow removal contractor in the U.S. Read More...

11/2/04
SPMN Sales Partners Sheila and Dayton Hylton, owners of Dayton’s Pest Control Services, Knoxville Tenn., solved the Oldham Chemicals Murder Mystery Game at the Kentucky Short Course in September. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO's Net Sales Increase in Q3. Read More...

10/29/04
Symbiot InteriorScape Network Director Dick Ott, P3 Partners, and SISN Sales Partners to be recognized as ALCA Trailblazers at the Green Industry Conference in Charlotte, NC on Nov. 4. Read More...

10/26/04
Symbiot P3 Partner John Deere Announces 2005 Product Lineup. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner Caterpillar Makes Outstanding Q3 Showing. Read More...
SLN Partner Treasure Coast Irrigation one of five Florida lawn care companies affected by thefts. Read More...
Three SPMN Sales Partners (Peachtree Pest Control, Batzner Pest Management and Rottler Pest & Lawn Solutions) were honored as 2004 PCT Magazine & Syngenta Professional Products Leadership Award Winners at NPMA. Read More...

10/18/04
SPMN Sales Partner Varment Guard celebrates its success with Vendor Appreciation Day. Read More...

10/13/04
20 Symbiot Landscape Network, Snow Network and InteriorScape Network Partners Named to Lawn & Landscape Magazine's List of Top 100 Landscape Companies for 2004. Read More...

10/1/04
Symbiot InteriorScape Network Sales Partners Greens by White and Dandelion Limited, and Partners Coastal Plantscapes, BusinesScapes Plant Design & Service and Artscape were featured in Interior Business magazine's 2004 State of the Industry Report. Read More...

9/24/04
Robert Snodgrass, founder of Portland-based 7 Dees Nursery, died Sept. 20 at age 87. Snodgrass started the company in 1956 and named it after his seven children. In 1975, Snodgrass’ two oldest sons, Dennis and Drake, took over the business and formed two separate companies, Dennis’ Seven Dees Landscaping (a current Symbiot Landscape Network Sales Partner) and Drake’s Seven Dees Landscaping. In 1977, David, Drew and Dean bought the landscape division from Dennis. Snodgrass was president of the Landscape Gardeners Association, the Oregon Association, the Oregon Association of Nurserymen and the local chapter of the American Association of Nurserymen.

9/22/04
SISN Sales Partners Decorative Plant Service and John Mini, LTD participated in Interior Business magazine's first ever "Expert Design Challenge." Read More...

9/21/04
SLN Partner JCMS Landscaping selected as contractor for season premiere of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Read More...
SPMN Sales Partner Batzner Pest Management declares Carpenter Ant Awareness Week in New Berlin, Wis. Read More...
$75 rebates to PMPs on select Bayer General Insect Control product packages are available from Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO from September 15th through November 15th. Read More...

9/15/04
Symbiot's announcement of its $2 million in funding from vSpring Capital as well as the additions of CTO Tyler Whitaker and National Salespeople J. Dan Ledbetter and Linda Milark was featured today in national news outlets including Forbes online magazine. Read More...

9/13/04
Symbiot InteriorScape Network Sales Partner McCrae Anderson of McCaren Designs named new director of the Plants at Work initiative. Read More...

9/7/04
SPMN Partners can receive a free Maxforce tool bag with every $200 purchase of Maxforce products from Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO. Read More...

Symbiot P3 Partner John Deere Equipment has extended its 657 Quik-Trak Sweepstakes through September. Read More...

Symbiot recognizes new ALCA Certified Landscape Professionals and Certified Landscape Technicians-Exterior from our network partners. Shari B. Dalziel of James Martin Associates, Inc. in Vernon Hills, IL (Symbiot Landscape Network Partner) recently earned the CLP designation. Nicholas O. Nero of CoCal Landscape in Denver, CO (Symbiot Landscape Network Sales Partner) recently earned the CLT designation.

SLN Partner Carol King Landscape Maintenance was featured in Lawn and Landscape Magazine's "A Windfall of Work" detailing the aftermath of Hurricane Charley. Read More...

SPMN 1st Choice Pest Control acquires Budget Pest Prevention's residential business in the Wichita, Kan. area. Read More...

9/3/04
SISN Partners and Sales Partners Take the Spotlight at the 2004 CIPA Awards. Read More...

9/2/04
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO holding summer promotion on Sustane fertilizer products. Read More...
LESCO offers Buy 4, Get One Free promotion on Novex Fertilizer through December. Read More...
LESCO 2004 Medallion™ Snow Mold Golf Early Order Program available through October 31. Read More...
Purchase a truckload of Merit turfgrass insecticide and receive a free LESCO GT 642 utility vehicle. Read More...
LESCO launches 2004 Seed & Mulch EOP. Read More...
Get a free Maxforce Application Scoop with Purchase of Maxforce Granular Fly Bait. Read More...
Get a $50 rebate on the new MATRIX II Light Trap exclusively at LESCO. Read More...
SPMN Sales Partner J&J Exterminating Co. featured in Pest Control Magazine's "Port Report." Read More...

8/31/04
SPMN Sales Partners Fischer Environmental Services and Crane Pest Control host Japanese IPM delegation. Read More...

8/30/04
SPMN Sales Partner Fischer Environmental Services wins EPA's PESP Award. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO Donates $30,000 to Project EverGreen. Read More...

8/26/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Kichler Landscape Lighting Hires Sales Manager. Read More...

8/25/04
SLN Sales Partner Heads Up Landscape Contractors Honored for Safety Record. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner Hustler Donates Mowers to Victory Junction Gang. Read More...

8/23/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Catchmaster appoints district sales manager. Read More...

8/18/04
SPMN Secures Exclusive Sales Rights for New Mold Preventative Product in Pest Industry. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner Deere & Co. Sees Earnings Jump, Raises 2004 Forecast. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner John Deere Equipment Giving Away a 657 Quik-Trak Mower in August. Read More...

8/16/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Deere unveils new worksite products. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO grows sales 6% in second quarter. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner John Deere Landscapes has opened 19 new branches. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner Caterpillar offers full line of EPA-certified off-road engines. Read More...

8/10/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Deere & Co. named top 10 Corporate Citizen. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner Husqvarna announces sweepstakes winners. Read More...
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO relocates to downtown Cleveland. Read More...

8/3/04
CIPA introduces the Plantscape Industry Alliance at CalScape Expo. Read More...

8/2/04
Entomological Society of America offers new new Associate Certified Entomologist (ACE) program for PMPs. Read More...

8/2/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Compact Power's Subsidiary Acquires Mertz Assets. Read More...

8/2/04
SLN and SSN Partner Green Earth Landscaping & Design Wins 2004 SIMA Award. Read More...

7/26/04
Symbiot congratulates the following exterior landscape technicians who recently received their certification from ALCA: Ruben Oseguera of SLN Partner Medallion Landscape Management, Inc., San Jose, CA; Martin Silva of SLN Sales Partner Heaviland Enterprises, Inc., Vista, CA; and Victor Vasquez of SLN Sales Partner Heaviland Enterprises, Inc., Vista, CA.

7/23/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Kichler Landscape Lighting held its first Educational Conference last week in Cleveland. Read More...

7/21/04
Nineteen Symbiot Landscape Network Partners and Sales Partners were named to Landscape Management's Big 50 Companies and 20 Great Organizations in July 2004. Read More...

7/20/04
This summer, pest management professionals can take advantage of Premise termite control promotions, which are available from Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO. Read More...

7/18/04
ALCA Interior Growth Initiative Gains Funding. Read More...

7/1/04
Announcing the Symbiot Snow Network...Director Michael Byrne has been named to the helm of Symbiot's newest property services network. The Symbiot Snow Network has partnerships available nationwide for snow and ice professionals. Read More...

7/16/04
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO continues expanding its comprehensive product line with a new grub control insecticide called Bandit. Read More...

6/14/04
Symbiot Landscape Network Sales Partner Maldonado Nursery and Landscaping of San Antonio, TX was recently named 313th on a list of the top 500 Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. Read More...

Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO opened its 25th new Service Center in 2004, bringing the total number to over 270. Read More...

6/9/04
Symbiot Pest Management Network announces the addition of our new national contracts salesperson, Dan Ledbetter. Read More...

5/28/04
Symbiot Landscape Network Sales Partner Elected to ALCA Board of Directors. Donna Vignocchi, vice president of SLN Sales Partner ILT Vignocchi, Inc. was sworn in at the recent ALCA Executive Forum. Read More...

Symbiot Congratulates New ALCA Certified Landscape Technician-Interior from SISN Partner. Read More...

5/26/04
PestWest USA, new Symbiot P3 Partner, is offering a $10 prepaid gasoline card or national retail gift card for every $200 worth of PestWest products you purchase from June 1, 2004 through Aug. 31, 2004. For complete details contact distributors of PestWest products, call PestWest at 1-886-IPM-PEST or click here.

5/20/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Kichler Landscape Lighting is holding a three-day lighting conference in July for professional landscape lighting. Read More...

5/18/04
Deere & Co., parent company of Symbiot P3 Partners John Deere Landscapes and John Deere Equipment, announced a record net income of $477.3 million for the second quarter ending April 30. Read More...

5/12/04
Several Symbiot Partners and P3 Partners were featured in the May 2004 issue of Lawn and Landscape magazine. Jeff Oxley of SLN Partner Swingle Tree & Lawn Care gave pruning tips in "Proper Pruning" on page 92, Roger Braswell, president of P3 Partner Compact Power, was featured in "Micro Machines" on page 110, P3 Partners Caterpillar and John Deere were featured in the Compact Equipment Guide on page 122, and SLN Partner Bruce Bachand of Carol King Landscape Maintenance was quoted in the cover story "H2-B" on page 38.

5/10/04
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO strengthens its technical services department with two promotions within the division. Read More...

5/4/04
Symbiot P3 Partner FMC Announces Personnel Changes Read More...

5/4/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Navtrak Releases GPS Fleet Tracking System for the High-speed GPRS Networks Read More...

4/30/04
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO announced its net sales increased 8 percent in the first quarter. Read More...

4/28/04
For Immediate Release: Symbiot Business Group, Inc. Successfully Secures Funding From vSpring Capital and Rocky Mountain Investors for Product Development and National Market Expansion. Read More...

4/28/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Ariens contributed $10,000 toward a new park that will be built near the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. Read More...

4/26/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Liphatech Names Scott McCalley Western District Sales Manager Read More...

4/16/04
Six SISN Partners and Sales Partners were recently named "Up-and-Comers" by Interior Business magazine. Read More...
SISN Sales Partner Growing Green was featured as the April Inner Space for their design of The Jewel Box in St. Louis, Mo. Read More...
SISN Partner The Wright Gardner's Matthew Wright gave his advice on Web site design for interiorscapers. Read More...
P3 Partner Autograph Foliages explained artificial vs. preserved plants. Read More...

4/16/04
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO Opens Nine New Service Centers Read More...

4/16/04
Three partners in the Symbiot Landscape Network were featured in the April 2004 issue of Lawn and Landscape magazine. SLN Partner Carol King Landscape Maintenance graced the cover with a profile of their business, Treasure Coast Irrigation discussed their approach to bidding commercial irrigation projects and Dennis' Seven Dees (SLN Sales Partner) discussed safety training.

4/13/04
SISN Sales Partner Engledow Names New Division Manager Read More...

4/6/04
Symbiot Gives Partners Over $400,000 In Rebates Read More...

3/25/04
Bruce Wilson Joins Symbiot as Landscape Network Director Read More...

3/23/04
SISN Sales Partner McRae Anderson of McCaren Designs named 2004 Interiorscape Professional inductee to the CIPA Hall of Fame. Read More...

3/19/04
Symbiot's Online Estimator for InteriorScape Maintenance Featured in Interior Business Online Read More...

Symbiot InteriorScape Network Sales Partner Plantscape, Inc. Holding 12th Annual Christmas Decorating Conference in June Read More...

3/18/04
Symbiot P3 Partner John Deere Landscapes Expanding University Program Read More...

Candidates from 10 Symbiot Landscape Network Partner Companies Achieve ALCA's CLP Certification Read More...

3/17/04
Symbiot Featured in National News Outlets for Facilities Management Innovation

Symbiot was featured as an innovator in facilities management out-tasking across a number of news outlets today, including Yahoo! Finance, CBS MarketWatch, PR Newswire and Hoover's Business Information.

3/16/04
SPMN Sales Partner Launches Stinging Pest Control Product

Symbiot Pest Management Network Sales Partner John Gedeon Jr., owner of The General Pest Control Company in Cleveland, recently launched Apicide through Mystic Chemical Products. Read More...

Subterfuge Termite Bait Now Distributed By LESCO

BASF's termite product is now distributed by LESCO, Symbiot P3 Partner. Read More...

3/12/04
SPMN Sales Partner Appointed to Louisiana SPCC

Bob Kunst, president of Fischer Environmental Services and a past NPMA president, was appointed to the Louisiana Structural Pest Control Commisson by Bob Odem, commissioner to the Department of Agriculture. The appointment is for four years, and runs concurrent with the election of the state governor.

Every four years the pest control industry is asked to elect the individuals they want to represent them on the commission. Anyone who is a licensed pest control operator may run for the position and can be placed on the ballot.

The Structural Pest Control Commission duties include the regulation of the pest control industry, approval of the termite contracts used by PMPs, hearing on possible rule violations, approval of new regulations, and approval of new chemical labels and labeling, among other things. Fischer Environmental Services is a Symbiot Pest Management Sales Partner.

3/3/04
Kichler Offers "Landscape Lighting 101" Seminar Free for Symbiot Partners

Kichler Landscape Lighting, Symbiot P3 Partner, is offering Symbiot Network Partners the opportunity to attend their upcoming March 23rd Landscape Lighting 101 Seminar at their world headquarters in Cleveland, OH FREE! Your only expenses would be your transportation costs and hotel for one night, if needed. This seminar is a full day, packed with information that will get you ready to add Landscape Lighting to your business this season!

For more information about this seminar and to register, please visit Kichler's Web site at www.kichler.com/lsa, then click on the Kichler Kollege button. Please indicate that you are a Symbiot partner when you register. Or call Michelle Rybus directly at 800-659-9000, ext. 6445 for more information. Don't delay! Deadline to register is March 16th.

3/2/04
Plants at Work to Continue for Three More Years

Plants at Work, the only professionally targeted information campaign educating end users about plants' effectiveness in workplace environments, will be continued for an additional three years. SISN Director Dick Ott is a program director of Plants at Work and Symbiot is a sponsor of the campaign. Read More...

2/25/04
SPMN Creating Job Personality Profiles for Pest Industry

Symbiot has secured the services of Dr. Wayne Helms, an industrial psychologist based in Atlanta, Georgia, to provide all SPMN Partners and Sales Partners with pest industry specific online personality profiling for successful candidates in four job categories. When the personality profile study is complete, SPMN Partners and Sales Partners will be able to test prospective employees and receive evaluations from Dr. Helms at a low cost. This service of employee pre-screening will lower human resources costs and efforts for pest management professionals in the Symbiot Pest Management Network. For more information, contact Larry Spruill at lspruill@symbiot.biz, or call him at 678-445-1811.

2/20/04
Symbiot P3 Partner LESCO Names New Pest Control Market Manager. Read More...

2/19/04
Symbiot P3 Partner Suncoast Nursery Celebrates 25 Years

Suncoast Nursery, Symbiot P3 Partner, is celebrating its silver anniversary. The 25-year-old wholesale nursery specializes in interiorscape-quality foliage and landscape ornamentals suitable for U.S. Department of Agriculture zones nine and 10. "Our 25 years of growing experience, commitment to research and development, and unmatched customer service make Suncoast a natural choice for discriminating buyers," says Ralph Garrison, president of Suncoast Nursery. Suncoast is a Symbiot Purchase Power Program Partner and offers a unique purchasing program to the Symbiot Networks.

2/13/04
Symbiot One2One Coaching Adds Pest Control Consultant

Symbiot's One2One Coaching Solutions has added a new consultant to its lineup of cost-effective business consulting services. Dick Ott, Vice President of Symbiot Solutions, recently announced that Dr. Gerry Wegner, BCE has joined One2One Coaching with a special emphasis on pest control operations. Symbiot partners and sales partners can order One2One Coaching sessions with Dr. Wegner or any of the consultants in the program in subscriptions of one, two or four sessions per year.

2/2/04
Symbiot Pest Management Network Partners Meet in Ft. Lauderdale

On January 13th and 14th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the Embassy Suites Hotel, thirteen Sales Partner companies retreated for Symbiot updates, networking among fellow pest partners, sharing best business practices and to answer the question of "How do I get the most value out of my investment?"

The day and a half agenda included presentations by Errol Cohen of Bizzy Bees Pest Control in Dallas, TX on "Multi-Family Services Program" and by Wayne Helms of Helms Grecco & Whitenack, Atlanta, GA on "Hiring Right - and why most people don’t." Six P3 Partner representatives also attended and presented to those attending their programs and Symbiot Offering updates for the Symbiot Pest Management Network.

Symbiot launched its newest innovative productivity tool for interiorscapers at the Tropical Plant Industry Expo in Ft. Lauderdale. Online Estimator for Interiorscape Maintenance allows interiorscapers to estimate maintenance jobs quickly and accurately. With pre-loaded maintenance times per plant and guarantee factors pre-loaded, this Web-based software available later this month is a must-have for serious interiorscapers. For more information, contact your Account Manager, DJ Hovermale.

Symbiot is launching One2One Coaching, a business consulting service utilizing recognized experts. Beginning in January, Symbiot Partners and Sales Partners will be able to schedule two-hour telephone consultations with experts in business operations, technology, human resources, business strategy and more.

Symbiot announces the addition of a new national contract salesperson and director of national contract operations, said Drew St. John, President and Chief Operating Officer. Jerry Underwood of Atlanta, Georgia joins Symbiot in national contract sales. He will meet the needs of Symbiot Partners and Affiliate Partners by identifying and obtaining national contracts for all Symbiot networks and services. Recently, Symbiot has seen a doubling of its national contracts, thus requiring additional staff to administer the new work. Jamie Vono of Lexington, Kentucky is joining Symbiot as the new director of national contract operations. As director of national contract operations, Vono will oversee and manage Symbiot network partners participating in national agreements for landscaping, interiorscaping, pest control, snow and ice removal and sweeping, as well as maintaining relationships with Symbiot national contract partners.