The Story Behind Sprinkler-Guard
A Navy Veteran, a Bradenton lawn, and one broken sprinkler head too many.
Our Story
Built by a Veteran Who Was Tired of the Same Problem
Ken Kwiatkowski got tired of replacing the same broken sprinkler heads on his own Bradenton lawn. At 59, after a career as a CFO, he designed something to stop it. That decision became Sprinkler-Guard.
Ken is a U.S. Navy Veteran who served during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and is service-connected. He runs Sprinkler-Guard out of Bradenton, Florida, where every unit is manufactured. He built the company on the same standards that defined his finance career: accountability, quality, and doing the work right the first time.
Today Sprinkler-Guard protects sprinkler heads in yards across the country, with over 500 five-star ratings from homeowners and lawn professionals.
Named a 2025 Fastest Growing Business by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida State University.
The Name
So... What’s a “Grass Hole”?
Every brand has a story. Ours has a definition.
“Grass Hole” (noun) — a person whose obsessive yard care causes feelings of superiority, leading to aggressiveness and irritability.
The Grass Hole, like our mascot Angus, works tirelessly to achieve a perfect, green, debris-free lawn. Anyone whose yard has a lesser appearance is inferior. Grass Holes are very territorial and become highly agitated when humans or animals trespass in the yard area.
If that sounds like you, or someone you mow next to, you’re in the right place.
Don’t be an arsehole… install a GRASSHOLE®
