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Get to Know Weed Man

The Weed Man Lansing, MI team lives and works in the communities that we serve. Offering quality service is our main goal for our customers and neighbors. Meet your Lansing, MI Weed Man team of lawn specialists who are professionally trained to manage all of your lawn care needs. We're happy to introduce ourselves!

 

Dave & MARNI Thurston | OwnerS

 

 

After graduating from high school in 1985, Dave moved to Lansing, MI to work with a friend who owned a lawn care company that was rapidly growing and in need of help. In 1990, that company went out of business. After a few weeks of trying to figure out what to do, he and his wife Marni decided to start their own lawn maintenance company. In coming years, they added landscaping, irrigation and Weed Man services. Dave has spent his entire career in the green Industry. In 2005, he received the Quarter Century Club Award, presented by the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association, being recognized for his significant contributions and dedication to the green industry, spanning for more than 25 years. Dave and Marni were married in 1987 and have five sons, daughter-in-laws and grandchildren, many of them working with Royal and Weed Man. Dave bought a Weed Man franchise in 2011 and we have been running strong ever since. Dave’s goals for the future are to continue to maintain a high level of service and retain customers for extended contracts while gaining referrals from satisfied customers.

 

Eric Thurston | General Manager

 

 

Eric started running Weed Man in 2012. In the beginning, he ran all things from our marketing campaigns, lawn care technicians, and dealt with all of the learning curves that came with starting a new franchise. Since then, we have won Weed Man USA's Rookie of the Year Award, and People’s Choice Award in the Lansing, MI area, all while growing and developing into a bigger operation. Every year we have grown roughly by 20% and we don’t plan on slowing down anytime soon!

 

Mitch Thurston | OPERATIONS Manager

 

 

Mitch started with Weed Man as a Customer Outreach Representative (COR) back in 2012. He was a part of our first marketing campaign experiment and has been with the company ever since. Eventually, he transitioned into a Lawn Care Technician position. Since 2018, we have had Mitch oversee our Operations and we have had more success than ever with him running and developing our team. They are better educated with customer service, they are trained more thoroughly, and the team goes out now treating your yard as their own, and strive to show you the Weed Man difference every day!