Case Studies

Client: ASPM Landscapes Service: H-2B Background ASPM is a professional landscaping business offering landscape design and installation, including both gardening and hardscaping. ASPM was founded in 2008 by Matt and Robin Wilke and is based in Norfolk, Nebraska. ASPM was doing well, but as the business continued to grow, the owners struggled to find consistent, experienced, hard workers. They heard about the H-2B program from other landscape companies and contacted Youngblood

Client: Cumberland Valley Nurseries, Inc. Service: H-2A Background Cumberland Valley Nurseries, Inc., owned by the Pelham family, is a fruit tree nursery in McMinnville, Tennessee. They ship thousands of trees to orchards throughout the country every year. CVN was facing difficulties finding the labor force they needed and getting all the necessary work done during the season. Nick Pelham, CVN manager, says, "If we were going to stay in business, we had to have some help. The

Client: Shady Rest Nursery Service: H-2A Background Shady Rest Nursery, owned by Mike Shirley, is in McMinnville, Tennessee and produces bare root deciduous and flowering trees. The nursery was established in 2000. For the first 10 years, Shirley never encountered problems finding local, seasonal workers. About 8 years ago, however, it became, as he says, "just about impossible." Shady Rest Nursery had trees that suffered because of a lack of workers to tend to them throughou