Brookside Garden Center

Members of the Connecticut Grounds Keepers Association (CGKA) and Project EverGreen’s GreenCare for Troops initiative joined forces in early August to perform a makeover of three yards belonging to families who currently have a member deployed with a branch of the U.S. military. The makeover included tree trimming/pruning, shrub trimming, bed edging and clean up, weeding, mulching, mowing and trimming. In addition to the makeovers, each family will continue to receive lawn and landscape services for the balance of each deployment at no cost from a GreenCare for Troops volunteer. Participating companies included Brookside Garden Center; Iovanna Property Maintenance LLC; TJB-Inc Landscape & Drainage Contractors; CB Property Maintenance; and Costello Landscaping. Kosilla Landscaping; KH Industries; and Costello Landscaping have committed to maintaining the properties for the balance of the deployments. “I love being outdoors and taking care of my yard and had many plans for it before I found out I was being deployed,” comments Jared*, one of the service members whose family received lawn care. He says one of his first thoughts was, ‘Who will take care of all the stuff I do around the house?’ “When I was told there were people willing to come to my house while I was away and help with the yard it filled me with so much joy, I cried a little,’ says Jared. “The work Project EverGreen and the CGKA did has given me a chance to relax about some of the things that I cannot control when I am not ...