Our History

KBM actually began many years ago as a different entity run by Kevin Merkle in the Milford region. His focus was on small to mid sized residential customers who valued detail oriented work and superior customer service. Over the years the company grew into what is now KBM Lawn & Landscape, LLC. A year ago a new partner entered, additional resources were added and KBM began to expand into other areas as well as adding more services and more skilled workers to our team.

While we continue to grow our values have not changed one bit. Service, Reliability and Customer Care come first. Our philosophy has and always will be to run the company as a small family owned and operated business yet offer the highest standards of workmanship to clients of any size. We treat a small lawn the same way we treat a 20 acre office park. Our work is Guaranteed and we will always have a foreman on site to make certain we are meeting your expectations.

Kevin Merkle - Owner

Spent his entire life in the Milford/Orange area.  Is a certified landscape professional with over thirty years’ experience in landscape design and maintenance.   Founded KBM almost seven years ago and handles all aspects of production and management.    As the business continues to grow, his goals will be to move the company into other areas of property improvement while continuing to maintain his strong customer skills and process management.

Seth Gershman – Owner

Grew up in New York City and graduated Clark University in 1990 with a liberal arts degree. Spent over twenty years in corporate America working for several fortune 500 companies in their Sales, Marketing and Promotions departments. Devised complex campaigns and strategies to help position everything from software solutions to music for mass public consumption. Since coming on board as a co-owner several months ago he looks at KBM as a new challenge that will allow him to explore his entrepreneurial side by helping to grow a very successful small business while maintaining the important values that got KBM where it is today.