Our History
Landscape Maintenance Service Contractor in Upland, PA
C. Caramanico & Sons, Inc.’s mission is to build long-lasting relationships with customers, vendors, and employees by providing the highest level of commercial landscaping service in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
Caramanico History
In the 1930s, Carmine Caramanico, an Italian immigrant, operated a small gardening service from his home in West Philadelphia. In 1946, immediately after World War II, his sons, Dan, and Dom, joined him to form Carmine Caramanico & Sons, a residential landscaping service. With many new businesses in the workforce after the war, Dan and Dom knew that they had to work hard to remain in business. However, it was not just hard work that would plant their business and make it grow, they sowed in strong values as well. Quality work, excellent customer service and building strong relationships were at the root of everything they did.
Dan and Dom moved the business out of the city to Springfield in 1950. It was there that they quickly expanded their customer base as new residential construction was booming in Delaware County throughout the 50’s. In the 1960s, the business expanded to include concrete and blacktop services, quickly followed by commercial landscape installation and maintenance services. A small nursery operation in Gradyville, PA was started to supply the business with small evergreens and flowering shrubs. By that time the company had expanded to 13 employees.
In 1985, Dan’s sons, Michael and John purchased the business. They incorporated the business and turned their focus to commercial landscaping with a specialty in landscape maintenance and installation.
In the early 1990s, the business continued to expand and added excavation projects such as golf course and athletic field construction. Hardscaping, including patios and retaining walls, soon followed.
In 1999, the business moved to Upland, Delaware County, PA to a spacious 3-acre complex that includes an office, a 5000-square-foot workshop for maintaining trucks and equipment, and outside storage for bulk materials and supplies. In 2013, the company was honored by The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce with the Family Business of the Year Award.
In 2014, John’s sons John Jr. and William purchased the business and have focused on growing the commercial landscape maintenance division along with snow and ice services. They continue to operate from Upland in Delaware County, and have added satellite locations in West Chester, PA, Camden, NJ, and Allentown, PA.
The business has grown to 100+ associates and is regularly included in Landscape Management Magazine’s Top 150 list of Landscape Contractors. In 2015, C. Caramanico & Sons, Inc. was awarded a Merit Award of Excellence by the National Association of Landscape Professionals for Central Green at The Navy Yard. In 2016, the company’s Safety Committee was certified by the State of Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry. In 2018, John Jr and Bill introduced The Caramanico Way, a vision that describes the values, behaviors, principles, and practices that are the foundation of their unique culture. It explains how the entire company relates to each other, their clients, and even their suppliers. It’s who they are, and it’s what drives their extraordinary success.
John & Bill transitioned C. Caramanico & Sons, Inc. from a primarily landscape installation company in 2014 to a company that leads with landscape maintenance.
The first step in transitioning the company was identifying the client base that we enjoyed working with and valued the service and quality that the Caramanico team had always delivered upon. Commercial landscape maintenance aligned with our mission and vison of growing careers for our team members as it proved to be stable, reliable, and consistent workflow.
Since 2014, C. Caramanico & Sons, Inc. landscape maintenance department has grown by over 500%. We pride ourselves as being recognized by our customers as a landscape partner that deliver quality landscape curb appeal with the experience to handle all landscape renovations and improvement projects.
C. Caramanico & Sons, Inc. provides snow & Ice management services for our landscape maintenance clients positioning ourselves as year round solution for our valued clients.
Significant Achievement Since 2014:
- Growth and development of a professional account and operations management teams.
- Growth of the Caramanico landscape family from 45 employees to over 125.
- Initiating The Caramanico Way.
- Onboarding a new Operating System for Sales and Operations.
- Starting and developing an in-house/self-performing Turf Team.
- Creating and managing an in-house Irrigation Department.
- Creating a State Certified Safety Committee.
- Developing the CLEAR Training Program for all Crew Leaders.
- Furthering our Commitment to Sustainability and being Guardians of the Planet through utilization of electric mowers and fuel efficient vehicle fleet.
- Growing our salt brine usage by over 200% since 2018.
- Onboarding a Weathermatic Irrigation Management System to help clients reduce water usage and be more sustainable and efficient.
- Over 3000 hours annually of training for our management and frontline teams.
- Team member certifications and accreditation including Accredited Snow Manager & Landscape Industry Certified.
- Establishment of Satellite Locations in Malvern, Camden, and Allentown that support Landscape Maintenance Operations.
- Recognizing and rewarding a “Superstar of the Month” for exemplifies The Caramanico Way.
- Providing an annual Summer Picnic attended by employees and their families.
C. Caramanico and Sons, Inc. will continue to grow our teams’ career and skill development along with investing in cutting edge technology and equipment allowing us to provide a best in Market Landscape Solution for clients that value landscape curb appeal and reliable snow service.
