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How do you Power the Nation? Community Contest ⭐

  • December 1, 2025
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baraica
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Celebrating Day of the Trades on 12/12 🛠️

 

When you see a beautifully maintained park, a safe and clear roadside, or a vibrant commercial property, you're witnessing the hard work of the landscape trade. Last year we established 12/12 as Day of the Trades. We invite you to celebrate your dedicated colleagues who #PowerTheNation.

 

Now we want to know- How do you power the nation? 

 

We love seeing your contributions, and it's time for a giveaway to say thank you this holiday season. Enter your official contest submission in the comments section of this post from now until next Friday 12/12/25 - Day of the Trades. Contest will close at 5 PM PST.

 

Ideas for submissions include:

  • Your proudest trade moment, a major accomplishment related to the industry

  • Highlighting an employee who is always going above and beyond for the organization

  • A project your team completed and how it impacted the business 

  • A way your company gives back to the community, local or even on a national level 

We will randomly pick 5 lucky winners from the comments section, and each winner will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card. 🎁

Winners will be announced in the comments section. 

 

Aspire honors the tremendous commitment of those within the trades community. These individuals are essential to connecting and automating our environment, reshaping our infrastructure, and ensuring the smooth operation of our daily lives, from home to work and everywhere in between.

 

Briz, Community Moderator
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    Kbaird
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    • Kbaird
    • Brainy
    • December 9, 2025

    I don’t often like to highlight my own achievements, but this year I accomplished something that I have been working towards for 7 years.

    In 2019 I became an ISA Certified Arborist which opened many doors for me. It helped me start my first business, it definitely was a shining gold star on my resume when I applied for the last company I was at, and it marked me as someone knowledgeable about a specific domain.

    From the moment I passed I knew that I wanted to work towards the highest level that the International Society of Arboriculture provides: become a Board Certified Master Arborist (BCMA).

    This spring I took and passed my board examination, making me one of fewer than 1500 BCMA’s worldwide. It also led to me co-teaching a Certified Arborist prep course and presenting alongside professional that I have admired from the time I was 15. 

    The trades have changed my life. 

    Better today than yesterday, better tomorrow than today.
      SoboYiW
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      • SoboYiW
      • Brainy
      • December 10, 2025

      One project that reflects my contribution—and my team’s contribution—to the industry is the Harwood No. 14 landscape development. I served as the senior estimator on this project in 2022, working closely with both the installation and maintenance teams to deliver a technically complex and high-visibility urban landscape.

      Our team collaborated to solve design challenges, coordinate specialized materials, and implement irrigation and planting strategies that supported long-term sustainability in an urban environment. The project required detailed cost modeling, cross-team communication, and continuous problem-solving to align the design intent with constructible, maintainable solutions.

      Harwood No. 14 later received the 2025 NALP Judges’ Award, recognizing the technical quality of the work and the industry value of the solutions we implemented. For us, the significance was not the award itself, but the demonstration of how thoughtful estimating, coordinated installation, and proactive maintenance planning can advance standards for urban landscape projects and contribute to better long-term outcomes across the industry.
      Southern Botanical Earns Highest National Award at the 2025 NALP Awards of Excellence

       

      Learn and grow everyday - Dallas, TX
        Kbaird
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        • Kbaird
        • Brainy
        • December 11, 2025

        One project that reflects my contribution—and my team’s contribution—to the industry is the Harwood No. 14 landscape development. I served as the senior estimator on this project in 2022, working closely with both the installation and maintenance teams to deliver a technically complex and high-visibility urban landscape.

        Our team collaborated to solve design challenges, coordinate specialized materials, and implement irrigation and planting strategies that supported long-term sustainability in an urban environment. The project required detailed cost modeling, cross-team communication, and continuous problem-solving to align the design intent with constructible, maintainable solutions.

        Harwood No. 14 later received the 2025 NALP Judges’ Award, recognizing the technical quality of the work and the industry value of the solutions we implemented. For us, the significance was not the award itself, but the demonstration of how thoughtful estimating, coordinated installation, and proactive maintenance planning can advance standards for urban landscape projects and contribute to better long-term outcomes across the industry.
        Southern Botanical Earns Highest National Award at the 2025 NALP Awards of Excellence

         

        Amazing job Yi!

        Better today than yesterday, better tomorrow than today.
          baraica
          Community Manager
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          • baraicaCommunity Manager
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          • December 13, 2025

          Thank you ​@Kbaird and ​@SoboYiW  for your submissions and helping us celebrate Day of the Trades! 💚

           

           

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