April 29, 2024
We were recently awarded a three-year contract to care for the grounds of the State Capitol, where we will be providing spring and fall cleanups, lawn care, and weed control. DJF has been providing commercial services in the Madison area since 1996, mainly landscape management and sustainability projects that include green roofs and water conservation […]
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April 15, 2024
The green roof we finished installing late last year at Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa is the largest green roof in Wisconsin. It is now also the first project in the state to be awarded certification for sustainable and resilient landscape development under the Sustainable SITES Initiative rating system that is administered by Green Business Certification […]
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April 12, 2024
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Founded 65 years ago this month, DJF kicked off its anniversary by breaking ground for its new mechanic shop. Coincidentally but fittingly, the groundbreaking took place on April 8, the birthdate of the company’s founder and namesake, David J. Frank. A brief history lesson for those who don’t know our company roots. David […]
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March 20, 2024
We repeated our results from last year. Four gold medals and one silver. The four golds were the most of any company in this year’s Wisconsin Landscape Contractors Association’s Excellence in Landscaping Awards competition!
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March 15, 2024
Irrigation Manager Erik Dyba has been promoted to manage the DJF branch in Madison. The branch, one of six company dispatch locations, was established in Madison in 1996. Erik began his career at DJF in the late 1990s as a client service representative. He later moved to Colorado and successfully started and managed a full-service […]
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March 9, 2024
Talk about going out on top. Senior Horticulturist Kurt Bartel, who is retiring in September from DJF after 35 years, was inducted into the Wisconsin Landscape Contractors Association’s Hall of Fame on March 8. After college (University of Wisconsin, BS in Horticulture and Plant Pathology, Integrated Pest Management graduate studies), Kurt began his 45-year career […]
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September 12, 2023
Three golds in one year the most in company history
That will probably be the reaction of some of the landscape companies across the company when the eyebrow-raising results of the national awards competition are announced at the upcoming National Association of Landscape Professionals conve
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June 30, 2023
DJF was honored as a Best Place to Work in Snow & Ice for 2023 from the Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA) at the 26th Annual Snow & Ice Symposium in Hartford, Conn., on June 16. This is the fifth consecutive year we have received this national recognition. The award recognizes companies in the […]
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