WALP Conference 2027

Northwest Landscape Industry Conference, Trade Show & Awards Banquet

January 20 – 22, 2027  at Hotel Indigo, Everett, WA

The 2027 Northwest Landscape Industry Conference will be held from January 20 – 27, 2027 at the Hotel Indigo in Everett, WA.  It will be an invaluable learning and connecting experience your with fellow landscape professionals and industry leaders to exchange business resources, strategies, and solutions.

We are excited to announce that our featured Speakers with be The Harvest Group with EdLaflamme and Bill Arman.

Ed Laflamme and Bill Arman each bring over 50 years of experience in the Green Industry. Ed is a Landscape Industry Certified (LIC) professional and author of the bestselling book Green Side Up: Straight Talk on Growing and Operating a Profitable Landscaping Business!. He founded and built the largest landscape maintenance company in Connecticut, which was voted one of the top 25 landscaping companies in the U.S. and maintained over 10 corporate world headquarters.

Bill began his career at ValleyCrest Companies, where he rose from apprentice gardener to Regional Vice President of Southern California, overseeing a $25 million maintenance portfolio and managing more than 600 employees. He later served as VP of Human Resources, where he and his team built recruiting, training, and performance review systems for over 6,500 employees. He’s also the author of The Harvest Way for Recruiting and Hiring the Right People and received the National Leadership Award in 2006.

In 2007, Bill and Ed co-founded The Harvest Group, a consulting firm that helps landscape business owners grow, increase profitability, and prepare for sale. Since its founding, The Harvest Group has served clients in 48 states and 9 countries. In 2014, they partnered with Alison Hoffman to launch a business brokerage arm, Harvest the GREEN Partners, Inc., helping owners sell their companies or get them ready for market.

They also created The Harvest Way Academy, an online platform featuring 100+ video lessons, guidebooks, and tools—a virtual encyclopedia designed to help landscape businesses scale and make more money.

Through consulting, coaching, speaking engagements, workshops, webinars, podcasts, and writing, Ed and Bill continue to help landscape leaders across the industry “Harvest Their Potential!”

Conference Registration Opens September 1, 2026

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