Biography

At the age of 12, Edward T. Butow owner of Blossom Lawns started working with his uncle cutting lawns. For each yard he would earn $2.00 out of the $ 25.00 his uncle collected for the job. This encouraged him to one day begin his own lawn maintenance business.

Blossom Lawns started business in 1976. Ed worked part time at this lawn service while holding a full time position with the Federal Government for eight years. He resigned from the government to pursue the continuing growth of his lawn maintenance business,which grew to 170 residential accounts. By 1986, he had opened a mower shop retailing and servicing small power equipment and turf products such as chemicals, seed, and sod to homeowners and other lawn contractors like him. The business branched out into the commercial market as well, maintaining condo complexes and professional buildings along with 250 current residential accounts. To date, Blossom lawns is contracted with First Energy for all  of central and part of southern New Jersey. Blossom Lawns is also running a full Intergraded Pest Management (IPM) Program for the county of Ocean Government properties, which consist of 32 acres. Blossom Lawns has a contract for Turf Maintenance of dry/liquid applications for two 100 acre developments, (Four Seasons, Lakewood and The Manor, Wayside). Blossom Lawns currently has five full time and six part time English speaking employees to help accommodate our customers.