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Reducing Water Needs At A Desert Property
In Arizona, a program to replace the green grass turf with native desert landscape around Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is anticipated to save $400,000 annually in labor and materials as well as millions of gallons of water. The airport has embraced the xeriscape approach—a landscaping method developed for arid ...
What New Services Should I Add In 2020?
There’s a reason why “growing pains” is a well-known term. Growing any business can be tricky, but for landscapers the statistics can be downright disheartening. In fact, 95% of landscaping businesses peak and get stuck in the adolescence phase without reaching maturity, with only 5% reaching $1 million in annual ...
Design/Build Project Expands To Grow With Client’s Needs
What began as one residential landscape project expanded to two distinct areas when the homeowner purchased an adjacent lot. Lindgren Landscape in Fort Collins, CO took this impressive project from start to finish. Imagine designing and building one project, and then having the clients offer you a second, totally different ...
What’s Hot This Year? Top Five Landscape Trends For 2019
What do pergolas, pink, and metals have in common? They all make an appearance on the National Association of Landscape Professionals’ (NALP) official list of the top lawn and landscape trends of 2019. Drawing upon the expertise of the industry’s 1 million landscape, lawn care, irrigation and tree care professionals, ...
Porous Pave Installations Use 13M Pounds Of Recycled Rubber
Porous Pave, Inc. reached a new environmental milestone in 2018: surpassing a total of 13 million pounds of recycled rubber used in installations of its permeable paving material. An eco-friendly green building product made in the U.S., Porous Pave is a highly porous paving material that offers superior permeability for ...
Story Of A Landscape: Replacing Existing Retaining Walls For New Patio
This story begins like so many others do: the clients contacted South Windsor, Connecticut-based Bahler Brothers, Inc., about building a patio. There was an existing plan, designed by another landscaper. Oh, and the plan called for building the patio on an existing retaining wall system. Things got much more complicated ...
