Starting and maintaining a successful business is a challenge that many attempt, but a real marker of success is when outside organizations take note of business owners’ ethics and skills. Joseph Warlick Whitwell has just received one such honor from Kudzu, for his work as the owner of Whitwell Landscaping. Kudzu has honored Joseph Warlick Whitwell’s popular landscaping service of two years with a perfect five-star rating.

“I’m proud of our accomplishments,” says Joseph Warlick Whitwell, “It’s an honor to be recognized for our hard work and it really matters when it comes from an outside source.”

Joseph Warlick Whitwell started Whitwell Landscaping in 2011, after operating a successful insurance business for several years. Through Whitwell Landscaping, Joseph Warlick Whitwell hoped to provide customers with a unique, hands-on approach to landscaping, to make their landscaping dreams come true through an innovative and collaborative design process and careful and diligent follow-through, keeping up with the client every step of the way.

“It’s very important that the client’s wishes be included in each part of our landscaping process,” says Joseph Warlick Whitwell, “How could we go about providing a landscaping service and not do that? They’ll be living with the results of our work every day, so it’s important that we touch base with our clients, treating them as a consultant in our process.”

Joseph Warlick Whitwell’s generous approach has done more than just contribute to Kudzu’s excellent rating. In fact, Joseph Warlick Whitwell is happy to report that in the past twelve months, Whitwell Landscaping has received 54 positive reviews from clients on Kudzu.

“For better or for worse, online reviews are usually brutally honest,” says Joseph Warlick Whitwell, “So it’s always exciting to see that people are getting the results we want. That means we’re doing our job. As a landscaper, that’s what keeps me wanting to do the best possible job I can with each new client and project. I truly couldn’t ask for more.”

Joseph Warlick Whitwell is pleased to be honored by Kudzu, but, he says, “If my clients weren’t happy, no award would mean much.” To Joseph Warlick Whitwell, his happy client base, more than anything else, is proof of good business practices.