Neighborly adds Indianapolis-based Lawn Pride with plans to franchise – Landscape Management

Garden Pleasure, an expert garden care firm based mostly in Indianapolis, Ind., joins Neighborly. The corporate mentioned it expects to start franchising the Garden Pleasure model within the U.S. subsequent yr.

With this acquisition, Neighborly now has greater than 30 house service manufacturers , together with The Grounds Guys franchise. Each manufacturers will function independently with two distinct service fashions and techniques underneath Neighborly’s course, based on firm leaders.

“Garden Pleasure’s fertilization, weed management, aeration and overseeding providers have earned a remarkably excessive web promoter rating and buyer retention price,” mentioned Mike Bidwell, president and CEO of Neighborly. “We see large alternative to develop the model to new heights past its house market.”

Garden Pleasure President Andrew Neher based the corporate greater than 30 years in the past and is trying ahead to turning into a part of the Neighborly umbrella.

“Whereas nonetheless in school, I began my entrepreneurial journey in garden care.  With numerous arduous work and a extremely devoted and proficient group, we constructed Garden Pleasure into the thriving enterprise it’s as we speak,” he mentioned. “Now, it’s time for the Garden Pleasure group and the Neighborly group to collaboratively write the Firm’s thrilling subsequent chapters. Guided by Neighborly’s entrepreneurial spirit, management group, deep bench and expertise in house providers and a terrific capability to develop the enterprise, that is clearly the proper subsequent step in our evolution.”

Joshua Sevick, president of The Grounds Guys will oversee the combination of Garden Pleasure.

“As I’ve witnessed firsthand with The Grounds Guys, Neighborly’s dedication to investing within the manufacturers underneath its umbrella by way of the group’s confirmed franchise mannequin is a game-changer for reaching accelerated model progress,” mentioned Sevick. “I look ahead to seeing Garden Pleasure expertise the identical success underneath Neighborly that we’ve witnessed throughout all of our house service manufacturers.”