From left: Dworsky, Brickman

LOS ANGELES-The Brickman Group of Gaithersburg, MD has acquired Dworsky Cos., one of L.A.’s leading commercial landscape services firms, in a deal that increases Brickman's presence in Southern California to 15 branches and 1,000 employees. Brickman, a 72-year-old company that had 11 branches and 700 employees in Southern California before the acquisition of Dworsky, for the past 20 years has been expanding as the nation’s largest landscape management provider.

Dworsky is a family-owned company established in 2002 that is headed by founder Dave Dworsky. Its focus is on the landscape maintenance of commercial centers and office parks. Its client list includes properties such as Hughes Center, Sun America and Equity Office Properties.