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Landscape Concepts has been a leader of the Green Industry for over 25 years.

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Mike Kerton
Founded by Mike Kerton in 1981, Landscape Concepts Management is an example of dynamic business growth and dedicated service. The company has grown from a small local landscaping business into one of the largest and most diversified commercial landscaping companies in the Midwest, with hundreds of employees and annual revenues in the tens of millions.

From the beginning Kerton envisioned a company capable of offering its clients all the exterior landscaping services in-house, using its own resources and its own specialists. By eliminating the need for sub-contractors such a company was able to provide better quality, faster response, accountability and, most of all, a pro-active approach to all foreseeable and unforeseeable challenges. The process of assembling specialized units started in 1985, the Tree Care and Fertilizing divisions being among the first. Hardscaping, Water Features, Irrigation, Seasonal Colors, Design and Planning, etc., followed shortly. To take full advantage of the new system, a matrix management formula was implemented. Individual Account Managers were now able to use all and any resources rapidly and efficiently thus providing their clients with a true single point of contact approach. The concept was highly successful, and by 2001 some existing clients asked Landscape Concepts to provide them with similar services in other geographical areas of the Midwest. Consequently, corporate branches were opened in Aurora, Detroit and Indianapolis, with service satellite offices in Minneapolis and Toledo.