All Episodes

Ep 123. Partnership Done Right: Luke & Justin's Blueprint for Sky Palm Studios

Ep 122. Soil, Sprouts, and Moonlighting in Cedar Key

Ep 121. DSL, Drum Circles, and Deep Roots: How Erin Found the Green Industry

Ep 120. Sharpen Your Axe!

Ep 119. Pounding Trees with Sauce: MitoGrow Boosters That Actually Work

Ep 118. Spring Doesn't Create Operational Problems in Tree Care — It Exposes Them.

Ep 117. Pretzel Pavers, Protected Trees & Process: Building a Smarter Operation

Ep 116. Work Mullets, Dashcams, and Keeping Your Schedule Sane

Ep 115. Selling Smarter: On-Site Sales, SOPs, and Running Lean

Ep 114. Scripts, Systems, and Sexy Proposals: Upgrading Your Sales Process

Ep 113. The First Annual Landscape Rodeo: A Full Rodeo Recap

Ep 112. From Fanboy to BDM: Eric's Gravely Journey and Growth Playbook

Ep 111. Kicking off 2026: Water Main Craters, Lost HOAs, and Marketing ROI

Ep 110. Blood Serums, Big Pharma & Big Trees: Andrew Fucarino Joins Independent Tree Service

Ep 109. Roths, 401(k)s & SIMPLE IRAs: Retirement Game Plan for Blue‑Collar Pros

Ep 108. Wheelies, Skid Steers, and Backpack Blowers: The Landscape Rodeo

Ep 107. Profit Builder Breakdown: Pricing, Profit & Growth for Tree and Landscape Pros

Ep 106. Granum: Mark Sedgley's Merger of SingleOps, LMN, and Greenius

Ep 105. From Bushmaster to Baker: Scaling a 300‑Employee Landscape Company

Ep 104. Entrepreneurship Isn't A Fairytale: Lessons From 2025

Ep 103. Internet Wizardry, Jambalaya, and Leveling Up Your Business

Ep 102. Busy but Broke: Fixing Your Pricing with the Million Dollar Landscaper

Ep 101. Landscaping Unfiltered: From Canada to the EQUIP Expo

Ep 100. Shaking Up Success: Craft Cocktails, Tough Jobs, and Hard-Earned Wisdom

Ep 99. Winning Is In The Long Game: Current Struggles At SkyFrog And Independent Tree

Ep 98. Scaling Up Smart: Joey Coberly on Building Better Lawn & Landscape Businesses

Ep 97. Edutainment in Entrepreneurship: Mark Masseo's Story of Growth and Guidance

Ep 96. EQUIP Expo Debrief and the $500 Google Review Challenge

Ep 95. LiveSwitch: Work Smarter, Not Harder

Ep 94. Procrastination, Pickups, and the Pursuit of Growth

Ep 93. Seasonal Hustle: Surviving Slowdowns, Sagas, and Surprises

Ep 92. Scammed and Slammed: Don't Drink and Drive

Ep 91. Poopin' on the Clock, Bar Golf, and Swamp Stories

Ep 90. 5 Marketing Mistakes Green Industry Entrepreneurs are Making

Ep 89. Alligators, Expos, and ICE Deportation

Ep 88. Cultivating Success: The Williams Nursery Story

Ep 87. The Price is Right!

Ep 86. Keep your Fleet Fresh

Ep 85. The Landscape Rodeo

Ep 84. Hiring Made Simple: Team Engine's Approach to Workforce Success

Ep 83. Tree Preservation in Urban Redevelopment: Challenges and Solutions

Ep 82. Biochar, Rain Delays, and Business Survival: A Candid Conversation

Ep 81. Big Fish, Small Bream: Learning How to Let Others Lead

Ep 80. The CDL Conundrum: Clever Truck Strategies for Green Industry Pros

Ep 79. Behind the Scenes: Private Equity, Culture, Home Services

Ep 78. Shop Talk: From Weed Control to Employee Walkouts

Ep 77. Make Your Phone Ring: Crush Competitors with Intrigue Media

Ep 76. Vacations, Taxes, and Flounder Gigging: A Green Industry Escape

Ep 75. Marketing, Mentorship, and Making Waves

Ep 74. Semper Fi to Arboriculture: A Memorial Day Special

Ep 73. Dash Cam Diaries: Protection of Your Fleet with No Contract.

Ep 72. The $10 Solution: How Customer Insight Now can Revolutionize Your Business

Ep 71. Money Talks: Financing Your Business Growth with JoAnn from Northern Atlantic

Ep 70. Tree Climbing and Southpaw Saws

Ep 69. More Broken Trucks, Easter Parades, Mega Props, and Brace Rods

Ep 68. Taproots Horticulture: A Journey Beyond the Family Business

Ep 67. Fuel, Frustration, and Funny Business: A Mechanic's Nightmare

Ep 66. Chum the Waters: How to Get Top Dollar for Your Green Industry Business!

Ep 65. Pivot, Profit, and Personal Growth: The Blue Duck Blueprint

Ep 64. Shed Squatters, Outrigger Injury, and Yard Sign Wars.

Ep 63. Battery Revolution: How Kress is Transforming Outdoor Power Equipment

Ep 62. Masters of the Canopy: Inside the Florida Chapter Tree Climbing Championships

Ep 61. Biscuits and Gravy, Discovering New Tree Legislation, and Onboarding New Talent

Ep 60. Tony Rudolph: From Family Business to Solo Operator

Ep 59. Yard Signs, Leftover Take Out, and Losing Golf Tournaments

Ep 58. Building Relationships and Delivering Quality: Inside North Georgia Landscape Management's Commercial Approach

Ep 57. H-2B, Not That Scary After All

Ep 56. MitoGrow's Innovative Approach: A Deep Dive into Solving the Root of the Problem

Ep 55. Tree Check Up with John Snow

Ep 54. Lighting Up the Outdoors: Insights from Bold Landscape Lighting

Ep 53. End Of The Year Recap

Ep 52. From Vending to Landscaping: One Entrepreneur's Journey Through the Pandemic

Ep 51. F*%k Ups and Eating Crow

Ep 50. Papa Jerry Round Two: Independent Tree Service Branches Out

Ep 49. The Stripes and Grind of a Solo Lawn Care Entrepreneur

Ep 48. Kids Take Over the Mic, Bedtime Stories Included!

Ep 47. Scaling a Service Business and Diversifying Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Conversation with Kory Ballard.

Ep 46. Success= Intersection of Opportunity + Preparedness

Ep 45. Cast Your Vote for Eliminating Trailers

Ep 44. Hurricanes: High Tides, High Winds, and High Stress

Ep 43. What do you do for fun? A Glimpse into Entrepreneurial Therapy

Ep 42. Mentorship and Collaboration: Freddie Lewis' Path from Pro Baseball to Landscape Entrepreneurship

Ep 41. Treetop Talks: Insights from Production Tree Climbers

Ep 40. Live with a Florida State Representative: Insurance Reform and Flying Cars!

Ep 39. Unlocking Savings and Efficiency: Heritage Landscape Supply Group's Early Order Program Revealed

Ep 38. Saluting Branches: A Day of Service at the Florida National Cemetery

Ep 37. Tackling Back Pain in the Green Industry: A University of Florida Physical Therapy Study

Ep 36. Will Running This Business Ever Be Easy?

Ep 35. Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent in the Green Industry

Ep 34. Bringing German Engineering to American Landscapers: An Inside Look at Schaffer Loaders

Ep 33. Key West, Employees, and Vanishing Episodes

Ep 32. Building a Profitable Landscaping Business: Lessons from Tony Bass

Ep 31. Steve Samuels: From Football to Foliage and the Power of Software

Ep 30. Couch Cushions, PGRs, and the Evolving Green Side Up Podcast

Ep 29. Quality Over Quantity: Building a Thriving Pest Control Empire

Ep 28. Trees Florida Debrief and Exciting Business Updates

Ep 27. US Navy Veteran, Entrepreneur, Civil Servant: Travis Owen

Ep 26. Tree Climbing Tales from the Trade Show Floor

Ep 25. Addiction, Discipline = Freedom

Ep 24. Branded Bull: Branding, Websites, and More

Ep 23. Treesources: In Collaboration with Nature

Ep 22. Trees Florida: Preparing for Our First Trade Show

Ep 21. Tom Cruxon, A Tree Man From Across The Pond

Ep 20. Worker's Comp, It's Not That Scary!

Ep 19. From Carpenter to "Pond Digger": A Veteran Pond Pro and True Fish Freak!

Ep 18. All Things Equipment

Ep 17. Vacations and Getting Fired

Ep 16. Elevate Sales to New Heights, Without the Overhead.

Ep 15. Poaching, Pathways, and City Hall

Ep 14. Good Friends, Cold Beer, Hard Work

Ep 13. TCC Master's Challenge with Colin Kelly

Ep 12. Florida ISA Tree Climbing Competition: Master's Challenge

Ep 11. Commercial Landscape Guru: Trey Rolquin

Ep 10. My Business is on Fire, Literally!

Ep 09. BeaterMowersLife: Building a Lawn Care Community

Ep 08. Commercial Sales: Cults, Tacos, and Property Managers

Ep 07. No Crape Murder Here!

Ep 06. Crafting Company Culture: Inside Independent Tree Service & Sky Frog Landscape

Ep 05. Guarding Green: Safeguarding Your Landscape Business Against Theft

Ep 04. Papa Jerry: When Independent Tree Was Just A Seedling

Ep 03. - Our First Guest, Johnny the Plumber - Part 2

Ep 02. - Our First Guest, Johnny the Plumber - Part 1

Ep 01. Welcome to "Green Side Up." - Get To Know Jason Lee & Jordan Upcavage.