IA chooses Watch Us Grow: 2024 Industry Standouts

These irrigation and landscape lighting professionals were chosen for their skill in improving customer service.
This program highlights irrigation and landscape lighting contractors whose business saw growth in 2023-2024.

The Irrigation Association, Fairfax, Virginia, named the four winners of Watch Us Grow: 2024 Industry Standouts contest. These irrigation and landscape lighting professionals were chosen for their skill in improving customer service while developing education and certification opportunities for their teams. 

This year’s standouts include the following: 

Each of the winners was featured with an in-depth profile in Irrigation & Lighting’s Issue 2 print and digital editions, published in July. 

“We are proud to recognize the winners of this year’s ‘Watch Us Grow: Industry Standouts’ contest,” says IA CEO Natasha Rankin, MBA, CAE. “These companies and leaders embody the spirit of innovation and demonstrate how education, understanding customers’ needs and adhering to standards of excellence drive our industry forward. By sharing their success stories, we aim to inspire others to deliver solutions and embrace ideas that foster growth not just for their own companies, but for the industry as a whole.” 

This year’s event was brought to you by the IA and sponsored by The Toro Company, Irritrol and Unique Lighting Systems. 

Read about this year’s winners and find out about last year’s featured class at irrigationandlighting.org/watch-us-grow. 

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Patrick McLoughlin
Learn more about some of the recipients of the Irrigation Association’s 2025 Anthony W. “Tony” LaFetra Scholarship Program sponsored by Rain Bird, given to college students studying and pursuing careers in the irrigation field.
Natalia Panova
Learn more about some of the recipients of the Irrigation Association’s 2025 Anthony W. “Tony” LaFetra Scholarship Program sponsored by Rain Bird, given to college students studying and pursuing careers in the irrigation field.
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Plant containers, trees, shrubs and vegetable gardens may be watered one day per week using drip irrigation or hand watering only.

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