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Features
Industry Insights
8 State of the Industry
10 Unearthing the Best in Life in 2015
Garden Media Group's 2015 Garden Trends Report
highlights new lawn and landscape concepts
13 Landscape and Irrigation Buying
Intention Survey Results
Business Management
14 Providing a Safe Work Environment
Irrigation and Water Management
16 Go with the Flow
Planting the rain, and more, to grow abundance
Landscape Design
and Construction
24 Award-winning Projects
An inside look at the winners of the 7th Annual
HNA Hardscape Project Awards
Viewpoint ....................... 6
Show Preview .................. 7
Ad Index ....................... 32
Marketplace .................. 32
Staying Current ............. 34
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015
VOLUME 39 NUMBER 1
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Departments
CONTENTS
Products
Equipment Focus
Loaders and Attachments ....... 3
Irrigation Innovations
Irrigation Show New
Product Contest Nominees ... 20
Product Round-up
String Trimmers, Edgers
and Attachments .................. 31
Volume 39, Number 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015
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