Fairway acquires 3 companies in Tampa Bay region

Fairway has grown its footprint and service portfolio in the Tampa Bay region by adding Earth’s Best Natural Pest Management, Arbor Bay and Southern Care Lawn and Pest.

These new businesses offer pest control, tree services and full-service lawn and horticulture services.

Earth’s Best offers natural and organic pest control, using eco-friendly treatments in Florida with their orange oil termite spot treatments. Arbor Bay historically focused on tree trimming and removal but has recently expanded into tree and ornamental plant health services. And Southern Care Lawn and Pest delivers a full selection of services from traditional lawn fertilization and weed control to insect, pest and disease management and to tree and ornamental care.

“Florida is a key state for green residential services," says Fairway CEO Greg Harbison. "The Tampa Bay area provides a great hub for Fairway to grow our portfolio of brands, and most importantly, to provide a greater variety of services to our customers.  Earth’s Best, Arbor Bay, and Southern Care allow us to do just that. Even better, they all share our values of delivering service excellence to our customers and an employer-of-choice culture to our employees.”

“Finding the right platform that would not only help us grow Earth’s Best but also respect the unique nature of our business was really important to me,” says Bill Ezzo, founder of Earth’s Best. “Fairway offers both of those things.”

“It wasn’t about selling for us. It was about finding the right strategic fit to help us take Arbor Bay in new directions for the future, to build on what we have already accomplished," say Arbor Bay founders Michael and Christine Marciniak in a joint statement. "We found that with Fairway.”