12/11/2025
Yesterday was our holiday party, and it was clear to me—yet again—why Gibson Landscape is such a special place. While the field employees lined up for food, the many superintendents, project managers, our president, his kids, and our office staff quietly stepped to the side, making sure the team who puts in the hard labor every single day ate first.
What’s even more remarkable? Is that no one has ever told them to do this. There is no policy. No big announcement. No unwritten "rule". Just genuine respect. Many of those same leaders had spent hours cooking pounds and pounds of food with the help of the office staff—only to then put the food on the tables, stand back and serve others. In most cases, they did not even sit down to eat themselves.
It struck me how deeply ingrained service is in Gibson’s culture. We talk about being a service-oriented company for our clients, but it’s just as true internally. There is was, right in front of me. Our leaders serve their teams with the same commitment, humility, and heart they bring to every project.
This small act—letting others go first, giving without expecting anything in return—says more about the character of this company than any mission statement ever could. And the best part? It spreads. When humble service like this is the standard at the top, it ripples outward.
It becomes who we are.
Yesterday, seeing that simple, yet profound, act of humble service, drove home the fact that service isn’t something we *do*, it’s just something we *are*.
