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Miami-Area Landscaping Company Does Booming Summer Business.

By Dale K. DuPont, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 7--Tammy Brown's business really has a big growth spurt in summer. Just like your lawn.

Pink Palm Landscaping booms the second and third ...uarters of the year. Customers go from twice a month to weekly service that includes lawn maintenance, landscape installation and fertilization. Tree trimming picks up, too, as hurricane season intensifies.

Brown also gets a lot of new customers in summer. She gets calls from people who have let their yards go -- except for cutti

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