2021 Was Fantastic. Start Planning Now for a STRONG 2022!

You've made it! Look back on all you have accomplished this season with great pride. It was a record-breaker! It's not too early to start thinking about next season. Here are some ideas to consider now: Invest in inventory. It may make sense to stock-up on products you will need for 2022 projects before year end. Most manufacturers are planning additional price increases the first quarter. Send us your shopping list.   Make year-end tax moves. Consult with your tax professional to plan your profits. Take advantage of reduced taxes on corporate and pass-through income. Enjoy additional tax benefits from funding retirement accounts and equipment purchases made before December 31. Pick 2-3 key winter projects. Whether you need to work on improving profitability, enhancing worksite efficiency or streamlining your quote-to-cash cycle, choose how you spend the winter months wisely. Get ahead of inflation, backlogs and peak demand. Planning can have a dramatic impact on your job satisfaction in the year ahead. Take some time over the holidays to review these and plan to win in 2022. Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season! The Team at Aqua-Flo Supply 

Aqua-Flo is Hiring! Check Out a List of Our Open Positions Know a friend or family member who is looking to build a career with a fast-growing landscape / irrigation industry leader? We're hiring for many positions throughout Southern California. Visit our website or click here for more information.

Synthetic Turf Custom Cut to Your Job Needs - Now Available! New service for our professional customers: Get custom-cut synthetic sod from all 9 Aqua-Flo branches. Our new Moorpark synthetic sod center stocks a wide selection of styles and offers custom-cut rolls for your project needs. Every roll is professionally wrapped with a core for easy handling and installation. Tightly rolled, no more folding and expertly wrapped Custom cut 2 day lead time  Pre-cut sizes of 15ft and 25ft available in-stock  Ask about bulk full roll availability  We're ready for your orders! Just let us know what type of sod you want, along with your project dimensions. Call or stop-by any location to get started.

Offer Your Customers Color-Changing LED Lamps for Holidays & Events Brilliance LED makes it easy to add color-changing capability to any standard landscape lighting installation with their Chameleon series lamps. Imagine being able to tune and zone an LED lamp using an app on your mobile phone.   Using the Unique Chameleon app and a Bluetooth-enabled phone, you can perform a variety of customizing functions.  Assign lamps to zones, adjust color temperature, RGB color options, dimming and more. No fancy transformer or other expensive options required.     Quickly create eye-catching holiday or event accents with landscape lights, or turn an ordinary backyard living space into an extraordinary resort-like wonderland. Ask us for full details!

Stop Carrying Multiple Accent Light Fixtures & Lamps One Adjustable Fixture Does It ALL! Carry just one fixture that can be field-tuned to the exact requirements.  WAC Lighting accent fixtures are fully adjustable for light output and beam spread.      WAC Lighting fixtures are fully adjustable without the need to disassemble the fixture or switch parts.  Simply set the desired light output (lumens) and beam spread and move to the next fixture.     Brightness Adjusts with a Screwdriver Set the level of light with a twist of the wrist. No need to disassemble to change lamps. Easy field adjustment to your client's preference. Continuously Adjustable Beam Spread Simply twist the shroud, then lock to tune the beam to the object(s) being lit. No guessing, no fuss. With WAC's adjustable fixtures, there's no need to use trial-and-error to find the right light.  Just adjust each fixture to exactly what's needed and go.    Learn more here: 5011 Accent, 5111 Mini-Accent. Stop by to see them all in person at Aqua-Flo!

Rain Bird Launches Upgraded LNK2 WiFi Module Step your customers up to phone-app connectivity! Rain Bird's WiFi module quickly upgrades their most popular controllers (including ESP-Me and ESP-TM2) to WiFi capabilities, making them fully accessible and programmable from iOS or Android compatible devices. New features with LNK2 include: • Strengthened network connection. • Automatic weather adjustments using internet weather data from local weather sources automatically adjust system run times on a daily basis. Your customer's yard gets only the water it needs - eliminating unnecessary irrigation during wet weather.

How to Take Your Own Landscape Lighting Photos Many contractors are investing in a quality camera (Digital SLR) to capture images of their projects for use on their websites and in social media. Here are some tips for capturing great landscape lighting shots: Skip the camera's night setting and instead use manual settings. Set ISO to 100. Set aperture for maximum clarity (between 5 and 16). Set the shutter speed to 30 seconds. Use a tripod to avoid camera movement. Be sure to level the tripod. Use a timer or remote shutter release to capture images. (no blurry pictures from pushing the button) Take photos one hour after sunset Use bracketing (taking the same shot at different f-stop settings). Bracketed shots can be layered and combined in Photoshop. Do these things and you'll have brochure-quality landscape lighting photos!

Don't Lose Your Best Employees to a Competitor Avoid surprises with an employee retention plan. Landscape companies are actively poaching each others' employees. Build bridges with your team members to keep them part of your company: Recognize your workers' families during the busiest months. Long hours don't just impact your team, they also the workers' families. Send appreciation with a note and a gift card.   Communicate, communicate, communicate. Have a weekly meeting where team members can share ideas. Listen for sources of concern or conflict. Address problems proactively.  Offer random rewards that are tailored to the person. A gift card with their paycheck. New fishing gear. A weekend getaway. Figure out what makes your team members "tick" and offer rewards that match with their hobbies and likes. Or find cool ways to say thanks, like hiring a mobile car wash company to wash your employees' vehicles on a Friday.   Looking to build a full retention strategy? Download this free guide for landscape pros.