LANDSCAPER of the Year
2012
An Eye & BY TOM JACKSON G
iven his size, Ben Fotusky could have been a linebacker in high school, but back then, he had more important things to do than sports. At age 14, he started working after school to get the money to buy a car, and when he got the car, he used it to get more work.
That same work ethic helped him to pay his own way in college, working in his uncle's roof truss
Ear for Design
Ben Fotusky has a talent for design, construction and listening to customers.
plant near Murphy, North Carolina, while he took courses in the highly regarded two-year horticulture program at Hayward Community College. The knowledge he acquired at Hayward, a love of design and art and a knack for fi guring out any construction challenge, could only lead to one thing – a landscaping company.
Fotusky and his wife Cathy started Greater September 2012 / TOTAL LANDSCAPE CARE 31
finalist
