The Working Summit for Landscape Business leaders.

SmartCon is three day event full of peer-driven sessions, practitioner speakers, and honest conversations about what it actually takes to build a profitable landscape business. Every attendee is an owner or senior leader. Every session ends with something you can use.

San Diego, March 8-10, 2027

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Three Days. Three Pillars.

Full session lineup and speaker schedule coming soon.
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Day 1: People · Monday, March 8
Time Details
1:00 PM – 5:30 PM Doors open early afternoon and the energy does not let up. A lineup built around the people decisions that define great landscape companies, closing with Cocktails for a Cause by the bay.
Time Details
7:30 AM – 3:30 PM The deepest day of the conference. Sessions built to hand you the systems and financial playbooks that actually scale a business. Then at 5:00 PM, our signature party kicks off. Trust us, you will want to be there for what happens next.
Time Details
7:30 AM – 12:00 PM A sharp, focused morning on where the industry is headed, closing before lunch so you can make your flight home already thinking differently about your busines.

Bringing your techs?

Technical Training is back this year. A limited number of Technician Track seats are available alongside any leadership conference ticket, covering SmartLink troubleshooting and programming hands-on.

This Year's Speakers.

What You Will Walk Away With.

Sessions that skip the theory

Every speaker has the receipts. They can answer your hardest questions from experience.

A front-row seat to what's next

AI tools your team can use this quarter. Business operating technology. The financial disciplines that separate companies that scale from companies that grind.

The best landscape leaders in the country

A network you cannot build anywhere else. 400+ Premier Partners from across the country, all in one room for three days.

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A network you cannot build anywhere else. 400+ Premier Partners from across the country, all in one room for three days.

Built for Landscape Leaders.

Owners and Principals

Ready to build a business that grows without depending entirely on them.

Operations Leaders

Responsible for margin, efficiency, and team performance.

Sales Leaders

Building a pipeline that performs consistently, not just when the owner is selling.

People Leaders

Hiring, developing, and retaining the team the business needs next.

What Past Attendees Say.

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Scott Needham

A landscape business leader who exited his own company and now advises across the industry. He speaks candidly about the decisions behind the results, not just the results themselves.

Chantel Ortiz

Senior Director of Customer Success, Weathermatic

Chantel Ortiz is the Senior Director of Customer Success at Weathermatic, where she’s spent three years turning great Partnerships into even greater outcomes. Based in Austin, Texas, she’s equal parts strategist and champion for Weathermatic’s Partner Program. You can say she is a bit obsessed with building processes that actually move the needle. When she’s not crafting the playbooks that drive partner revenue and value, you’ll find her cheering on the people and relationships that make it all possible.

Mark Pyrah

Founder and CEO, Peak Landscapes

Founder and CEO of Peak Landscapes, spanning Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver. He delivered the most talked-about session at SmartCon 2026 by showing exactly how AI is changing his day-to-day operations.

Mark Sedgley

CEO, Granum

CEO of Granum, a leading software platform for the green industry. He works with landscape and tree care companies across the country to help them run more profitable, efficient businesses.

Chris Psencik

Partner & Vice President, McFarlin Stanford

A trusted voice in landscape business strategy known for turning conference insight into real action plans. He closes SmartCon by making sure every attendee leaves with something they will actually use.

Bob Grover

Founder and CEO, Pacific Landscapes

Founder and CEO of Pacific Landscapes, a leading landscape company in the Pacific Northwest. He has built his business around the belief that technology only matters when it comes with real support behind it.

Jeff Harkness

CEO, 3PG Advisors

CEO of 3PG Advisors, where he works directly with landscape business owners on the financial side of running a profitable company. He brings real numbers and real benchmarks, not theory.