805-981-2400
Venco Western, Inc., founded in 1960 as a sole proprietorship, has grown to one of the largest regional landscape maintenance companies in Southern California. Purchased by William B. and William C. B. Burr in 1975 and incorporated in 1977 the company had two employees and sales revenue of $98,000.
Today Venco Western, Inc. employs 200 people, operates a fleet of 90 landscape maintenance and construction vehicles and serves clients from Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties.
Mission Statement
Every employee is committed to customer satisfaction. Each of us will provide a service that meets or exceeds our customers’ expectations while enhancing their environment.
We strive to uphold our reputation for:
- Proactive communication
- Regular on site meetings and landscape walks
- Over-and-above customer service
- Responsive account managers
- Smart water management strategies
- Landscape Maintenance
- New landscape
- Landscape design
805-644-6851
RICH ATMORE JR. President
Mr. Atmore has 23 years’ experience in the landscape and construction industries. He has managed a wide variety of habitat restoration, mitigation installation, non-native plant removal, fuel load reduction, and erosion control installation projects. He holds a California General Engineering Contractor’s License (#778147-A) and a Qualified Applicator’s License (#31104) from the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Mr. Atmore also provides stewardship for over 7,000 acres of open space and rangeland in the Ventura foothills and maintains a 350 head cow-calf operation on the property. He works with the Ventura County Fire Protection District on large-scale fuel modification projects and is President of the Central Ventura County Fire Safe Council. He is a Director of the Ventura County Contractor’s Association, a member of the Ventura County Farm Bureau, the California Cattlemen’s Association, the California Invasive Plant Council, and the California Native Grasslands Association. Mr. Atmore received the 2011 Award for Excellence in Agricultural Stewardship and Sustainability from the Ventura County Resource Conservation District.
- Cattle
- Firewood
- General Engineer
- Habitat Restoration / Mitigation
- Hillside Erosion Control
- Landscape
- Landscape Maintenance
- VCCA Board Member
- VCCA Past President
- Weed Abatement
805-797-1265
Landscaping , Landscape Construction & Landscape Maintenance for Residential, Commercial and Public Works Jobs!
- Irrigation
- Landscape
- Landscape Maintenance
805-648-4328
We specialize in Residential Landscape Design, Installation, Sprinkler Systems and Landscape Maintenance.
- Design Services
- Irrigation
- Landscape
- Landscape Maintenance
(805) 643-4966
Plowboy Landscapes provides commercial landscape construction and maintenance. This includes industrial projects, large estate, revegetation projects, government, and public works, hotels, retirement homes, shopping centers, HOA, and specialty jobs.
We also provide budget bids for landscape architects and contractors.
Our maintenance program includes
• Water Management
• Reduced Chemical Use
• Green Waste Management
• Plant Selection and Spacing
• Integrated Pest Management
• Mulching
• Soil Amendments
• Native Plants
• Machine Use
• Labor Time Studies
• Wildlife Habitats
• Nurturing the Environment
• Recycling
• Pollution Control
• Aesthetics
