Watch Us Grow: Industry Standouts

Help us showcase our industry’s best.

The Watch Us Grow: 2025 Industry Standouts contest, brought to you the Irrigation Association, celebrates the standout professionals and businesses shaping the future of the landscape irrigation and lighting industries.

From innovative entrepreneurs to rising stars making an impact, we want to highlight the people driving progress through exceptional leadership, education, innovation and service. This year, we’re expanding our focus beyond business growth to recognize individuals and teams making a difference — whether through workforce development, cutting-edge technology, or outstanding customer service.

Know someone who deserves recognition? Nominate them today and help us showcase the industry’s best!

The top industry standouts will be featured online and in Issue 2 of Irrigation & Lighting magazine, released in June. All entries must be submitted by April 1.

Read below to learn more about past standouts.

Watch Us Grow is a contest of the Irrigation Association to recognize industry standouts among irrigation and landscape lighting service providers and share their stories in print and online.

 

2024 standouts

  • Alex Morgans, CIC, CIT, owner of Morgans Irrigation in Bayville, New Jersey
  • Sari Ann Tyler , owner of Front Range Landscape in Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Erik Dyba, CLIA, CLT, CIT, manager of David J. Frank Landscape Contracting in Germantown, Wisconsin
  • Taylor Campbell, president and co-founder of Campbell Lawn & Irrigation in Sterling, Virginia

2023 standouts

  • Aaron Walls, owner of Purple Walrus Landscape Company, Lewisport, Kentucky
  • Suzanne Saylor, director of Shearon Interiors for Shearon Environmental Design, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
  • Loren McIrvin, owner of Allied Landscape, Livermore, California

 2022 standouts

  • Bradley Hill, CIT, irrigation services operations manager of Par 3 Landscape Management, Las Vegas
  • Jason Walker, CIC, owner of Pate Landscape Company, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Kevin Tucker, owner of Aqua-Bright Irrigation & Illumination LLC, Sykesville, Maryland
  • Sean Mullarkey, CIC, CID, CLIA, owner of TriState Water Works and Lux Landscape Lighting, Cincinnati, Ohio

2021 standouts

  • Connor Zielinski, president of Irri Design Studio, Kissimmee, Florida
  • Juan Carlos Esparza, owner of Urbanscapes Landscaping Services, San Jose, California
  • Mark Stuhlsatz, vice president of regional operations for Ryan Lawn and Tree, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Mario Argentina, owner of H2O Sprinklers & Backflow, Long Island, New York