Hire & Recruitment News: Green Industry Roll Call

Kubota Partners With Content Creator SB Mowing

The SB Mow It Forward nonprofit extends the mission through community service and youth entrepreneurship in lawn care. SB Mowing shares his property cleanup projects and community-focused initiatives across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, YouTube, and Snapchat.Kubota Tractor Corporation - SB MowingKubota Tractor Corporation announced a partnership with SB Mowing, one of the largest lawn care creators in the world with a combined audience of more than 50 million followers and best known for his before-and-after lawn care transformation videos and efforts to give back to communities in need. Through the collaboration, Kubota will provide a range of equipment to power SB Mowing’s work tackling large-scale overgrown properties and maintaining residential landscapes, while also supporting his philanthropic initiative, SB Mow It Forward.

As part of the partnership, Kubota will equip SB Mowing with a variety of equipment designed to handle demanding property conditions, including two SZ Series stand-on mowers, one ZD Series zero-turn mower and an SCL1000 stand-on compact loader. Together, this equipment will support a wide range of applications, from cutting through dense overgrowth and clearing debris to maintaining properties featured across SB Mowing’s content.

NaturaLawn of America Expands, Northern Virginia

NaturaLawn of America is now serving customers from a new, expanded Northern Virginia location. The Fairfax location is owned and operated by Phil Catron, CEO, founder and president of NaturaLawn of America, who brings 40 years of leadership and a long-standing vision for environmentally responsible, organic-based lawn care solutions for homeowners.

The new NaturaLawn of America branch will serve Fairfax-area communities including Arlington, Herndon, Manassas, Reston and more.

Ruppert Landscape Acquires Five Seasons Landscape Management

Ruppert Landscape, LLC acquired Columbus, Ohio-based Five Seasons Landscape Management (“Five Seasons”). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Five Seasons provides commercial landscaping and snow removal services and has a reputation for enduring client relationships and a people-centered culture. Five Seasons is led by Steve Woods and serves the Columbus market from an east and west branch. Steve partnered with Bill Leidecker at Five Seasons shortly after Bill founded the company in 1997. Steve Woods will join Ruppert Landscape as a partner and leader in the market.

This partnership aligns with Ruppert’s strategy to partner with market leaders, marking the company’s entry into Ohio and extending its footprint to 11 states and Washington, DC.

Reed & Perrine Lawn Products Workers Escape Union After Fighting Frivolous Union Delay Tactics

After a year-and-a-half delay caused by frivolous union legal tactics, employees at Reed & Perrine Lawn Products have finally succeeded in removing United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 152 union officials from power at their workplace. Reed & Perrine employee Christine Bradach kicked off the effort among her coworkers to remove the UFCW union in November 2024 when she filed a decertification petition at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Bradach received free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys in filing her petition.

In Bradach’s case, NLRB Region 22 blocked Bradach and her coworkers’ requested vote based on UFCW officials’ blocking charges. Almost a year and a half later, UFCW union officials withdrew the blocking charges – presumably because the NLRB communicated that it would finally dismiss them for having no merit. Immediately after NLRB Region 22 announced it would finally take up Bradach’s petition, UFCW Local 152 officials announced they were “disclaiming interest” in continuing their control over the facility – in other words, leaving the facility immediately to avoid an employee vote that would have likely ended in a lopsided loss for the union.

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Vertical Supply Group Acquires Malta Dynamics

Malta DynamicsVertical Supply Group, a supplier and manufacturer of life safety equipment for arborists, technical rescue, utility workers, military, lifting, and outdoor climbing markets, purchased Malta Dynamics of Malta, Ohio, from Watertown Enterprises. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Malta Dynamics is a full-service manufacturing company specializing in engineered mobile fall protection solutions and personal protective equipment, primarily serving construction and industrial customers in North America. 

Malta Dynamics will continue to be led by President Greg Brown, who joins the Vertical Supply Group leadership team. Brown will now report directly to CEO Jeff Morris. With this acquisition, Vertical Supply Group now has approximately 495 employees across the US, Canada, and the UK, with 18 locations globally.

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