Kalamazoo, MI – June 9, 2022 – Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of premium site furniture, structure, LED lighting, and accessories, is proud to announce that the company has again earned a Great Place to Work Certification™, its fourth in a row.

Great Place to Work Certification^TM is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying outstandning employee experiences. 

“For more than 50 years, Landscape Forms has remained extraordinarily committed to our team members, our communities, and the natural environment. This certification is a proud moment and validation of all of our efforts related to our people,” says Landscape Forms Chief Executive Officer, Margie Simmons. "Our commitment is integrated into our identity and purpose. Caring for team members and being good stewards of the environment makes sense for a business whose stated purpose is to enhance people's experience in the outdoors.”

According to Jim Marshall, Landscape Forms Vice President of Culture, there are many aspects to the company’s culture that make it unique, but a commitment to a high level of participation and particularly developing a sense of autonomy through flexible scheduling are key drivers of the company’s workplace success.

“We have a longstanding commitment to participation and participative management,’” Marshall describes. "We’re always working to evolve our culture and our organization, and I think these efforts show. We want to empower people to make the decisions that are right for themselves and for their families. That’s how our founder, John Chipman Sr., led the company, and that continues to inspire us today."

To learn more about employment opportunities at Landscape Forms, visit landscapeforms.com/careers.

About Landscape Forms

Landscape Forms is the industry leader in integrated collections of high-design site furniture, structures, accessories, and advanced LED lighting. Since its founding in 1969 Landscape Forms has earned a reputation for excellent design, high quality products and exceptional service. The company is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and includes Kornegay Design, located in Phoenix, Arizona, and Loll Designs, in Duluth, Minnesota, in its family of brands.  It has sales representatives throughout North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Landscape Forms collaborates with renowned industrial designers and consultancies, landscape architects, and architects to design and develop integrated collections of products that address emerging needs and help create a sense of place. Additionally, the company has formed global marketing partnerships with select companies that share its commitment to design. Landscape Forms has an installed base of products around the world. Clients include municipalities, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand leaders such as Harvard University, Linked In, New York Central Park Conservancy, Bryant Park, Google, Coca Cola, Oculus, U.S. Tennis Association (USTA), Nike, National Museum of African American History (Washington, D.C.), Barclays Center, Adidas, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Microsoft, and Uber. We’ve been named one of the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production for 2020 and 2021 by Fortune magazine, Michigan Manufacturer of the Year by the Michigan Manufacturers Association, and by 269 Magazine as one of Southwest Michigan’s Wonderful Workplaces.

About Great Place to Work Certification™

Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place to Work-Certified. 

About Great Place to Work®

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.