Every Landscaping Season Starts at CPS Spring Fling CPS Spring Fling, the green industry’s premier irrigation, landscape, golf, pump & well and grow show in Colorado, once again lived up to its name this year. Our 30th annual CPS Spring Fling was one for the ages! Over 900 of the best and brightest industry professionals […]
H-2B Applications Exceed Visa Availability in 2018
H-2b Processing Change for 2018 The Department of Labor has announced a change in H-2B processing in 2018. According to the United States Department of Labor, the processing change is intended to “assure fairness regarding the issuance of H-2B temporary labor certifications due to the unprecedented volume of applications received on January 1, 2018.” Why […]
Success With Pre-Emergent Herbicide – Avoid Common Misconceptions to Ensure Success
There may be snow on the ground – but we all know it won’t be there for long! Our very own Mike Frank from our CPS Longmont branch has taken the time to remind us of all the Myths and Facts surrounding Pre-Emergents. Take a look! 7 Common Myths & Facts Concerning Pre-Emergents: 1. There […]
2018 Landscape & Outdoor Living Trends
Exciting trends are approaching for the 2018 landscaping season, and being in the know on such trends is a good way to be a forward-thinking contractor set up for success this coming season. Great news……Here in the mountain region, where we tend to spend as much time as possible outdoors, the upcoming trends certainly hit […]
The Power of Women in Landscaping Webinar
Business consultant Jeffrey Scott is offering a webinar series featuring “some of the movers and shakers in our industry.” From Jeffrey Scott’s website: Change is affecting every aspect of our lives and business: Economies, people, technologies and business methods are rapidly impacted. This series will provide you with amazing insights from experts with proven track […]
Help Us Support an American Hero
Please Join us in Support of Aurora Theater Shooting Hero: Joshua Nowlan On July 20th, 2012 a shooter opened fire on a crowd of 400 moviegoers in an Aurora, CO movie theater. As attendees scattered heading for the nearest exits, Joshua Nowlan instead used his body to physically shield and protect his friend’s wife from […]
Think Ahead This Snow Season – In-Season Efforts That Secure Future Contracts
Use In-Season Customer Outreach and Strategic Marketing To Secure Future Contracts Invest in your future by thinking forward this snow season. After you’ve optimized your snow maintenance contracts, trained your staff, carefully selected storm day routes, and prepared fleet vehicles it’s time to shift your focus toward building valuable, long-lasting relationships with your customers. The […]
Winterizing, Cleaning, and Storing Atlantic Water Garden Pumps
It’s coming up on time to winterize and store your water feature pumps. We recommend that all pumps are pulled out of the water features and stored in a warm place. For the mag-drive pumps (FP, MD, TT, TW Series pumps) we recommend that you would clean these pumps at this time before storing. For […]
Getting Started as a Holiday Lighting Installation Service Provider
Professional seasonal lighting installation is one of the fastest growing segments for residential and commercial contractors. Many landscape, roofing, and cleaning companies are adding holiday lighting installations to their roster of services with tremendous success. Now more than ever, residential homeowners, municipalities, office buildings, and housing developments are hiring outside contractors to put up their […]
CPS Wins Supplier of the Year Award!
Lowell Kaufhold and CPS distributors was awarded the “Supplier of the Year” award at the 2017 ASLA-Colorado Annual Gathering. The award is in recognition of outstanding professional achievement, support of ASLA-Colorado and the annual pheasant hunt supporting the JSR Foundation.