Bland Landscaping Company acquires Foster Lake & Pond Management

Bland Landscaping Company, Inc., a North Carolina provider of commercial landscaping management services, has acquired Foster Lake & Pond Management of Garner, N.C.

Foster Lake & Pond Management, founded in 1983 by Johnny Foster, provides lake, pond, stormwater and fishery management services to commercial customers in the Raleigh/Durham “Triangle” and Charlotte markets.

“We have known and worked with the Foster Lake & Pond Management team for many years and have the utmost respect for the business Johnny has built,” says Kurt Bland, Bland Landscaping’s president and CEO. “Since 1976, Bland Landscaping has built a reputation for quality work, attentive customer service, and a commitment to excellence in everything we do, and Foster aligns perfectly with that focus. Foster is a true thought leader in the aquatics market, and we are excited to expand our capabilities to provide our customer base with a full-suite of landscaping and aquatics services throughout the Carolina’s.”

Bland Landscaping, based in Apex, is a full-service provider of landscape design, installation, enhancement and maintenance services. Its customers include offices, hospitals, universities, municipalities and homeowner associations statewide, including the Triangle, Triad, Charlotte and Coastal regions.

“I’m very proud of what we have built at Foster Lake & Pond Management,” Johnny Foster says. “Knowing that our team will join forces with an organization that puts employees and customers first provides me with great comfort and satisfaction. Bland Landscaping has a proven vision for growth and strong company culture, which will benefit our clients as well as our employees. In the rapidly-growing Triangle and Charlotte markets, our clients will benefit from the expanded and enhanced services that result from this combination.”

Over the years, Bland Landscaping – whose in-house team of more than 600 landscape professionals includes turfgrass and horticulture managers, landscape designers, lawncare technicians, irrigation technicians and floriculturists – has earned more than 100 state and national awards for environmental improvement and landscape excellence. In 2023, Bland Landscaping ranked 52^nd on the Lawn & Landscape Top 100 list of top lawn care and landscaping companies in the U.S. and Canada by total revenue, jumping 27 spots from its 79th ranking in 2019. Second generation owners Kurt Bland and his brother, Matt Bland, CFO and COO, continue to lead the company.

Bland Landscaping continues to seek acquisitions of other maintenance-focused commercial landscape management and related service providers, with a focus on companies based in North Carolina, South Carolina and surrounding states in the Southeast region.