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BRINGING BEAUTY TO OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS
When Keith Brady began mowing lawns for his neighbors at the age of fourteen, he had no idea of the impact it would have on his future. “I started with nothing but a skateboard and a selfpropelled Snapper lawn mower,” mused Brady. “A year later I transported my push mower in the back of a hand-me-down Nissan 280z hatchback. I didn’t have my driver’s license yet, so my parents restricted me to a radius around our house. I would pop the hatch, load my mower and go do my route.”
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Brady learned at an early age the ups and downs that come with the business of landscaping. “It is a business with many variables, many that are out of our control. We have the weather, growing organisms and passionate property owners to name a few,” Brady added. However, none of these factors stopped Brady from starting a lawn care operation from the ground up. After high school, Keith took a break from landscaping while he pursued an associate’s degree from Lamar University. He
pictured (left to right): Ty Hall, Teri Frotchel and Vanessa and Keith Brady | photo by Ron Pritchett
B oerne B usiness M onthly | April 2021
