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By Red Seal Vas14/09/20254 min read

What happens when you fail to collect the required 30 ISA education credits in 3 years

30 in 3 years is a win When the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) forces certified people to collect education […]

  • arborist notes
  • education
  • training
  • trees
By Red Seal Vas02/11/20245 min read

A new landscape foreman: green and naive!

Fired! I fired so and so last week is not something I enjoy hearing from a new landscape foreman. Here’s […]

  • meditations
  • mistakes
  • training
By Red Seal Vas19/10/20245 min read

Scamming a Red Seal landscape manager is not easy

Always something! After twenty five seasons in the field, I can say I’ve seen a lot of craziness from landscapers. […]

  • landscape maintenance
  • training
By Red Seal Vas18/02/20244 min read

Announcing a new online course with Red Seal Vas

Guaranteed improvement after 35 lessons! Every season there would be a number of in-house messages for all employees to read […]

  • education
  • training
By Red Seal Vas21/01/20244 min read

How to train a first-time brush cutter

Apprentice Winter time is perfect for training new workers. Just last week I had to show a new guy from […]

  • education
  • landscape maintenance
  • training
By Red Seal Vas12/01/20245 min read

What details managers expect foremen to see

Journeyman-level work I really enjoy my occasional site visits when I come to help out or fill-in. It gives me […]

  • landscape maintenance
  • training
By Red Seal Vas30/09/20229 min read

My best advice for wannabe landscapers

Quora question for Vas I’m a busy dude so I answer questions on Quora when I find the time. And […]

  • landscaping
  • meditations
  • training
By Red Seal Vas28/03/20225 min read

One priceless name tag

In the beginning Picture me, years ago, already an experienced landscaper, sitting inside the candidate tent. I was about to […]

  • education
  • horticulture
  • training
By Red Seal Vas19/02/20223 min read

The worst second opinion ever!

2nd opinion What do you do when two landscape professionals give you different opinions on proper deep edging? Like most […]

  • landscaping
  • training
By Red Seal Vas17/10/20213 min read

One temp solution to labor shortage

Busy autumn What do you do when you’re short of workers and your landscape company is facing a busy fall? […]

  • landscaping
  • training

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