Apex, N.C. — Bland Landscaping Company, Inc., a leading North Carolina provider of commercial landscaping management services, has acquired Turf Service Inc. (“TSI”), of Greensboro, N.C.
TSI, founded in 1979 and led by Ray Comer and Greg Blaser, provides full-service landscaping, maintenance, and enhancement services to commercial customers primarily in the Greensboro and Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill areas.
“We are very excited to acquire TSI,” said Kurt Bland, Bland Landscaping’s President and CEO. “Since 1976, Bland Landscaping has been committed to excellence in everything we do. Ray, Greg, and their team have built a strong reputation for quality and excellent customer service, which fits in perfectly with what we are looking for in acquisition partners. As Bland Landscaping continues to grow, TSI provides a leading branch location in the Greensboro area and complements our existing base in the Triangle region.”
Bland Landscaping, based in Apex, is one of North Carolina’s leading full-service providers of landscape design, installation, enhancement, and maintenance services. Its customers include offices, hospitals, universities, municipalities, and homeowner associations statewide, including the Triangle, Triad, Coastal, and metropolitan Charlotte regions.
“Bland Landscaping was the natural partner for TSI, offering the systems to support continued growth as well as opportunities for TSI employees to further their careers. Our clients in both the Greensboro and Cary markets will benefit from this partnership, and I am confident that the future is bright for both our customers and employees,” Comer said.
Over the years, Bland Landscaping – whose in-house team of more than 400 full time landscape experts includes professional turfgrass and horticulture managers, landscape designers, chemical technicians, and floriculturists – has earned more than 100 state and national awards for environmental improvement and landscape excellence. In 2021, Bland Landscaping ranked 68th on the Landscape Management Top 150 list of lawn care and landscaping companies in the U.S. and Canada by total revenue, jumping 20 spots from its 88th ranking in 2020. Second generation owners Bland and his brother, Matt Bland, CFO and COO, lead the company.
Bland Landscaping continues to seek acquisitions of other maintenance-focused commercial landscape management providers, with a focus on companies based in North Carolina and South Carolina.
About Bland Landscaping Company
Bland Landscaping, a leading full-service provider of commercial landscaping management services, serves all major markets throughout North Carolina. The company’s full suite of services includes grounds management, landscape design, installation and renovation, irrigation, outdoor lighting, and hardscape projects. Since 1976, Bland has proudly operated under the principles of honesty, integrity, excellence, professionalism, and progressiveness to provide superior service and exceptional results to clients. http://www.blandlandscaping.com.
About Turf Services Inc.
Turf Service Inc. is a full-service commercial landscape provider founded in 1979 offering a variety of landscape maintenance and enhancement services. TSI’s highly skilled teams are committed to quality work and service excellence.