Schill Grounds Management acquires Strauser Nature’s Helpers

Schill Grounds Management has acquired Strauser Nature’s Helpers to expand in eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York and New Jersey.

Locally owned and operated by Founder Zech Strauser since 1998, Strauser Nature’s Helpers specializes in landscaping, lawn care and snow removal for commercial clients including multi-family complexes, retail, hospitality, government, student housing and resort properties in the Poconos, Lehigh Valley and Lancaster among other areas.

Combining with Strauser extends Schill’s reach further east into Pennsylvania around the Philadelphia area, as well as parts of northwestern New York and New Jersey. Strauser has about 75 employees who are joining Schill.

“We have been longtime admirers of Zech’s work in growing Strauser Nature’s Helpers into a premier provider of landscape services and snow and ice removal in Eastern Pennsylvania and beyond,” says Jerry Schill, CEO of Schill Grounds Management and founder of the company 30 years ago.

Adding Strauser Nature’s Helpers to the Schill brand, along with the recent acquisition of BAM Outdoor, brings the company to about 1,200 employees as Schill has grown to become one of the largest landscape management and snow and ice removal companies in the country. The company ranked No. 33 on Lawn & Landscape's Top 100 last year. 

Schill continues to grow organically throughout the upper Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions, as well as through acquisitions. Since 2020, Schill has made 12 acquisitions.

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“We are thrilled to partner with Schill and become part of an organization that also prioritizes growing careers, sustainability, responsible resource management, and superior customer service,” Strauser says. “Joining the Schill family delivers greater value for customers. I also believe we will advance our mission to help the Strauser team meet their personal and professional goals well into the future.”