Peppy is a Tulsa native. He started his love for this business in high school by attending Tulsa Vo-Tech for Horticulture his junior and senior years, learning plant characteristics, landscape design, etc. During this same time frame, he also worked for a hydroseed company, mowed lawns and maintained flowerbeds.
Upon graduation from high school in 1985, Peppy officially started his own company, Peppy’s Landscape. He expanded his lawn and flowerbed maintenance business by adding landscape installation. The following fall Peppy started attending Tulsa Junior College (TJC) majoring in Horticulture. He continued to run Peppy’s Landscape while attending classes such as: Ornamental Turf, Diseases and Pests, Irrigation, Arboriculture, Landscape Design, Drainage, Soils, etc. With each new class, Peppy implemented this new knowledge and added these services to his business.
While still attending classes at TJC and running his own company, Peppy became an employee at TJC in their grounds department. Now, you would think that would be enough for any one person…but, oh no, not Peppy. It was book after book of additional, continued learning and next he installed his first water feature in 1987.
After attending and leaving employment at TJC, Peppy continued his education by intermittently taking additional classes from different vocations, such as: Masonry, Plumbing and Carpentry from Tulsa Technology and Surveying from Oklahoma State University. Also during this time, he met and worked with men who were taking him under their wings to teach him their trades, such as concrete construction and tree trimming.
Soon after leaving TJC, Peppy went to work at the City of Tulsa (CoT) in their Horticulture department, and again continued to run Peppy’s Landscape. While working for CoT he learned the specialized care of Roses and Azaleas and attended Heavy Equipment classes. Peppy left CoT in 1996 and from that time on he ran Peppy’s Landscape full-time. He stopped doing the lawn maintenance side of the business in 2000 and focused solely on construction and installation.
Debi
Debi migrated to the Tulsa area from Missouri. She started her career in business while in high school by focusing on business type classes, such as: Accounting, Business Administration, Clerical Practice, Typing, etc. While in high school, she worked part-time for an aviation company doing general office work.
Following high school, Debi worked in retail while attending classes at Florissant Valley Community College in St. Louis, majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Commercial Art. After college, she sharpened her skills in business management by working for several types of industries such as: a motorcycle/power equipment dealership as the office manager; a research and development company as the managing director; a YMCA as the assistant sports director; and a college as the business officer.
This has given Debi the advantage of learning a plethora of skills and gaining a large amount of management proficiency. Her experience includes wisdom in accounting, marketing, research, public and community relations, project management, personnel management, publications, communication, inventory control, facility and construction management, public speaking, event planning and streamlining.
Together
Debi joined Peppy in assisting him with running Peppy’s Landscape in 2004. They became business partners in 2005 and Peppy’s Landscape became Peppy’s Developments. The name change was to better encompass the multitude of services that the company offers, rather than sound like it is limited to just landscaping.
In 2007, Peppy and Debi expanded the services they offer even further by purchasing their first dump truck. This juncture has allowed them to start an additional company that they call Dumpin’ with Debi. Peppy’s Developments and Dumpin’ with Debi work as a whole or separately, depending on the project at hand. Combining these two companies permits them to make more services available to you.
Together, Peppy and Debi are dedicated to being your one stop outdoor construction company by creating and solving ALL of your outdoor wants and needs.