About
Us
A Full Service Company
We at Sybert Landscaping feel that no job is too big, or no job is too small. We strive to exceed all of our customers' expectations.
History
In 1979 two brothers, Randy and Scott Sybert, conceived Sybert Landscaping as a source of income to fund their hobbies. The company grew from a single pickup truck and Kubota tractor into a full service lawn maintenance and landscaping company serving the southwest suburbs of Chicago.
From its inception to 1986, the company operated as a partnership between the two brothers, performing small and medium size jobs. The company's primary focus was landscaping residential and small commercial accounts. One of the highlights was the full landscaping of a twenty-five acre condominium complex. This was the largest job undertaken by the company to date. This job not only opened new doors, but helped the brothers better understand the landscaping industry.
By 1986, it became apparent the partnership structure was no longer serving the best interests of the company. To open new avenues of revenue, Sybert Landscaping became a corporation and installed one of the brother's wives, Donna, as the president and owner.
The following year, Donna identified an under-served market in the horticulture industry-maintenance. To service this segment, the company created a new maintenance division with a single professional grade thirty-six inch SCAG walk-behind mower and a twenty-inch push mower. Soon the single walk-behind was replaced with larger equipment to meet the needs of over 100 maintenance accounts ranging from residential to large-scale commercial buildings. The maintenance division did not limit itself to finish mowing but added weed control. This brought ditch mowing for Homer Township, weed control along toll way routes for Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), and abandoned property for the Village of Romeoville. Shortly after receiving the IDOT contract, the State of Illinois certified the company as a Minority Woman Owned and Operated company.
Since the addition of the maintenance division, the company expanded its operations to include larger commercial and industrial properties. Some of our recent accomplishments include the complete landscaping of three large buildings in our hometown. Not only have these buildings become the crown jewel for their respective owners, one of the buildings even won a landscaping award given by the local chamber of commerce. Not only has the company added new clients, but new buildings have been purchased to house our ever growing inventory of equipment.
Future Goals
What will 2007 and beyond bring? This growing business has ambitious plans. Some of them include purchasing a larger building to store the ever increasing fleet of vehicles and equipment. The building would also serve as the base to operate a nursery and rock yard. In addition to the physical components, there are plans to add additional crews. A key component of these plans is the graduation of the owner's son, Andrew "Andy" Sybert from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign with a horticulture degree, who is now serving as the Senior Project Manager for the company.
As these ambitious plans are created, there are key elements in all of the plans , which cannot be forgotten. The first element is our customers. Without them, the company would be nothing more than equipment and crews with no place to go. The second is to do as the Native Americans believe, treat the land with respect. If we do not hold these two key elements as our primary driving forces, we will be doomed to failure.