Our top stories of 2025

With 2025 nearing its end, the Lawn & L:andscape team wants to reminisce with you on the articles you read most this year.

Our top reports

The Top 100 list: This is consistently our most-read page on the website and the focus of one of our most popular issues of the year. Here's who made the Top 100 in this year's issue.

Benchmarking Your Business: We cover how much you charge your clients, how much you pay your employees and more in our annual report.

State of the Mergers & Acquisitions Market Report: While some companies are flourishing, others are watching their wages and property costs closely to be profitable.

State of the Industry: Halfway through the decade, it's open roads with some traffic for the industry as we head into 2026.

Best Places to Work: See what companies earned 2025 recognition as the best spots for employees in the green industry.

Our top stories

Remembering Jim Huston: Longtime columnist and industry legend Jim Huston passed away in 2025, but landscapers took time to remember his legacy in this April article.

John Deere debuts autonomous mowers and mower: We visited John Deere in Gilroy, California, for the reveal of John Deere's latest products.

Osprey Landscape Group adds EarthWorks: The move supported Osprey's growing platform, which began with the acquisition of Pacific Landscape Management in Oregon.

Lymow unveils new mower: The Lymow One features an upgraded front mulching deck and LySee navigation.

The January cover story: We found out how brothers John and Mark Stephens built a $20 million business in New Hampshire.