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Harvest the Green Partners

Harvest the Green Partners publicly describes an exclusive landscaping-industry focus and supports owners and buyers through acquisition searches, sale preparation, valuation, confidential outreach, negotiation, diligence, closing, and transfer activities.

Key takeaway

Harvest the Green Partners is an industry-focused intermediary for landscape businesses.

It states that it works with landscaping companies with revenues between $1.5 million and $25 million and provides buying-side and selling-side transaction support. The official acquisitions page does not publish standard fees, transaction values, closing dates, or detailed terms for its named examples.[1][2][3][5]

What does Harvest the Green Partners do?

Harvest the Green Partners is the landscape-industry business-brokerage and M&A advisory practice associated with Harvest Group. The practice publicly describes support for both buyers and sellers, including acquisition searches, sale preparation, valuation, negotiation, diligence, closing, and transfer assistance.[1][2] For buyers, Harvest the Green Partners states that it helps define acquisition goals, select and screen target companies, develop candidate lists, maintain confidentiality, contact targets, prepare offers, negotiate terms, conduct diligence, coordinate purchase documents, close transactions, and transfer acquired businesses. For sellers, it states that it prepares valuations and confidential marketing materials, identifies and screens buyers, evaluates offers, negotiates terms, coordinates diligence and purchase documents, assists with closing, and supports post-closing transfer.[2]

Owners comparing intermediaries can also review Auxo’s business broker, M&A advisor and investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and M&A advisor fee guide.

RevenuePublicly stated range
Lower published point$1.5MILLION
Upper published point$15MILLION

Published criteria: The firm states that it is an option for selling landscaping companies with revenues between $1.5 million and $25 million. A current 2026 seminar separately addresses landscape-company owners with revenue of $5 million to $25 million and describes a $5 million to $15 million owner audience for the event.[3][5]

What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Harvest the Green Partners?

An owner evaluating the firm should confirm which legal entity would sign the engagement and whether the firm would act as an exclusive intermediary or advisor. The owner should also clarify fees, expenses, exclusivity, termination and tail provisions, valuation methodology, confidentiality controls, buyer conflicts, treatment of working capital, debt, real estate, and earn-outs, and the expected level of owner involvement. The official acquisitions page does not publish standard engagement economics or detailed terms for named transactions, so those items require direct clarification.[2]
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Which legal entity would sign the engagement, and would Harvest the Green Partners act as an exclusive intermediary or advisor

The official acquisitions page describes the services but does not identify a specific legal entity or state whether an engagement is exclusive.[2]
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What are the fees, expenses, minimums, success-fee terms, exclusivity period, termination provisions, and tail provisions

The official acquisitions page does not publish standard brokerage fees, success-fee percentages, minimum fees, exclusivity periods, termination provisions, or tail provisions.[2]
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Can the firm provide recent closed transactions comparable by revenue and service mix, together with the applicable transaction terms

The official acquisitions page names companies helped sell or buy but does not disclose closing dates, transaction values, buyer identities, or detailed case-study terms.[2]

What size transactions does Harvest the Green Partners handle?

The official acquisitions page names International Environmental Corporation and Nature Care Services under companies Harvest the Green has helped sell or buy. A trade-publication report dated April 8, 2021 states that Sperber Landscape Companies joined forces with Cagwin & Dorward and that transaction terms were facilitated by Bill Arman of Harvest the Green Partners.[2][6] The stated transaction focus includes buying-side acquisition searches and selling-side representation. The described work spans target-company screening, confidential outreach, valuation, teasers and confidential business summaries, offer evaluation, negotiation, due diligence, purchase-document coordination, closing, and transfer support.[2] The firm states that it has worked exclusively with the landscaping industry for more than a decade. Its public materials reference landscape maintenance, lawn care, design-build, tree care, irrigation, snow removal, and broader green-industry businesses.[3]

What does Harvest the Green Partners publicly disclose about fees and engagement terms?

The official acquisitions page names companies helped sell or buy but does not disclose transaction values, consideration structure, buyer identities, closing dates, or detailed case-study terms for those examples. The same page does not publish standard brokerage fees, success-fee percentages, minimum fees, exclusivity periods, termination provisions, or tail provisions.[2] The official acquisitions page describes buying, selling, and integration services but does not identify a specific legal entity, broker-dealer registration, investment-adviser registration, securities license, or other firm-level regulatory status.[2] The publicly described process includes defining acquisition goals or preparing a business for sale, identifying and screening targets or buyers, maintaining confidentiality, preparing offers or marketing materials, evaluating and negotiating terms, conducting due diligence, coordinating purchase documents, assisting with closing, and supporting transfer or integration activities.[2]

Questions to ask before hiring Harvest the Green Partners

Which legal entity would sign the engagement, and would Harvest the Green Partners act as an exclusive intermediary or advisor?
The official acquisitions page describes the services but does not identify a specific legal entity or state whether an engagement is exclusive.[2]
What are the fees, expenses, minimums, success-fee terms, exclusivity period, termination provisions, and tail provisions?
The official acquisitions page does not publish standard brokerage fees, success-fee percentages, minimum fees, exclusivity periods, termination provisions, or tail provisions.[2]
Can the firm provide recent closed transactions comparable by revenue and service mix, together with the applicable transaction terms?
The official acquisitions page names companies helped sell or buy but does not disclose closing dates, transaction values, buyer identities, or detailed case-study terms.[2]
How are valuation, working capital, debt, real estate, and earn-outs treated in the proposed transaction?
The public service description establishes valuation and transaction support, while the official acquisitions page does not disclose detailed case-study terms for its named examples.[2]
What buyer universe would be contacted, how are conflicts handled, and what confidentiality controls would apply?
The firm states that it identifies and screens buyers and maintains confidentiality, but the public service description does not specify a buyer universe or conflict protocol.[2]
What owner involvement would be expected in the transaction and transfer process?
The firm states that it supports closing and post-closing transfer, but the public service description does not specify the expected level of owner involvement.[2]
What legal, broker, or real-estate licensing requirements apply to this engagement in the relevant state or states?
The official acquisitions page does not identify a broker-dealer registration, investment-adviser registration, securities license, or other firm-level regulatory status.[2]

Sources & research notes

Public-source research
  1. Official website / firm overview
  2. Services / capabilities
  3. Industry focus
  4. Geography / market coverage
  5. Transaction size / criteria
  6. Transaction / portfolio evidence
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