Total Landscape Care Digital Magazine
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R oss "Joe" Bowen never intended to run his own business. His passion for the industry started at a young age working for his father in the family land- scape business, Bowen's Inc., in Phoenix, Arizona. However, after working for his father most of his career, Joe ventured off on his own, heading to Portland, Oregon. He worked as the head of landscape construc- tion for a high-end landscape company in the area for three years but learned he needed a less- stressful and work environment. He eventually moved on and worked for another individual who had left the same company. However, after one year, he found the job equally as diffi cult. "I thought I could work for somebody and collect a salary, but at that point, I just thought, 'Alright, these companies are both crazy. Surely I can do this and not have the stress there is working for people like that,'" Joe says. After he decided he was done working for M A R C H 2 014 To t a l L a n d s c a p e C a r e . c o m 31 Breaking Barriers Portland landscaper fi nds success by doing things his own way. BY PATTY VAUGHAN Ross and Ben Bowen, Ross NW Watergardens