Michel Louvet of Wailly-Beaucamp, France, has been active in the landscape management business since 1975. As he has worked to build his business, Espaces Verts & Jardins, he has also unknowingly groomed his son Henri to work in the same business.
In 1997, Henri started working with his father after he agreed to do one thing for Henri: Buy him a Walker mower to operate alongside his father in the business. "I already knew what the Walker could do and how easy it was to run," says Michel. "I have been running the Walkers since 1988, and my dealer convinced me the first time he showed me."
The 22-year-old Henri has quickly moved beyond just mowing with his father. He now runs the mowing crew that has five employees and two apprentices, and completely maintains 80 properties on a 10-day schedule. Henri credits performance and ease-of-maintenance of the Walker mowers as reasons his mowing crew is successful.
"We understand and enjoy the maneuverability of the Walkers," explains Henri. "But the most efficient part is the maintenance." Equipment reliability is a necessity in this area that is home to many politicians and television personalities from Paris and London. News of not being a reliable company can travel fast in these parts.
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