Juniper Landscaping Expands into Aquatic Maintenance with Acquisitions of Compass Environmental and Aquatic Weeds

FORT MYERS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Juniper Landscaping ("Juniper" or the "Company") today announced it has acquired Central Florida Lake Management, Inc. (d/b/a Compass Environmental) ("Compass") and Aquatic Weeds Inc. ("Aquatic Weeds"), two Central Florida-based providers of aquatic maintenance and related shoreline restoration services. Juniper is a portfolio company of Bregal Partners.

Aquatic Weeds is headquartered in St. Cloud, Florida and provides aquatic maintenance, mechanical weed removal and waterfront restoration services across Central Florida to residential associations, businesses and individual customers. Compass, based in Clermont, Florida, is an aquatic management and service provider offering aquatic maintenance of ponds, lakes and waterways, dredging, shoreline restoration and related pond and lake management services. Together, the acquisitions of Aquatic Weeds and Compass create a scalable aquatic maintenance platform within Juniper and add complementary capabilities that can be offered to existing and new customers.

"We are thrilled to welcome Compass and Aquatic Weeds to Juniper," said Brandon Duke, CEO of Juniper Landscaping. "These businesses add meaningful depth in aquatic maintenance, mechanical weed removal and shoreline restoration – areas where we see strong demand from our customer base. Together, they create a scalable platform for expanding these capabilities across Florida and give Juniper additional ways to serve homeowners' associations, commercial, government and other customers."

With the additions of Compass and Aquatic Weeds, Juniper continues to execute its acquisition strategy across the Southeast, building market density and adding services that strengthen Juniper's value proposition. Juniper will continue to pursue strategic acquisitions that expand its geographic reach, increase scale in existing markets and enhance its service capabilities.

About Juniper Landscaping

Headquartered in Fort Myers, FL, Juniper is a growing commercial landscaping platform providing a full suite of installation and maintenance services to homeowners’ associations, commercial, government, and a variety of other clients. With branch locations throughout Florida, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania, Juniper is one of the largest commercial landscaping businesses in the Southeast US. For more information, please visit www.junipercares.com. Juniper, along with its financial partner Bregal Partners, is actively seeking acquisition targets in Florida and all Sunbelt states. For information regarding potential acquisitions, please contact [e-mail].