Mariani Expands Again With Addition of New Jersey Firm
Jessica Schwartz
Could Your Landscape Business Handle A “No Mow May?”
No Mow May, a grassroots initiative first popularized by UK-based Plantlife, is gaining some popularity in the US. With the goal of creating a larger habitat for pollinators, the No Mow May campaign asks property owners to stop lawn mowing and weed-whacking on May 1st and let wild flowers—and even weeds—grow ...
Turf Magazine Wins Two Top Editorial Awards
Turf magazine received two first-place editorial awards at the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) Annual Meeting last week in Kansas City, MO. Turf took home Top Writing honors in two categories. “H-2B: An Employer Perspective” by Mari Medrano, human resources director for CoCal Landscape in Denver, CO, won first place ...
My Landscape: Turf, Trees Integral To Office Park
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Pathline Park is a 42-acre office park designed to maintain a light environmental footprint. Gothic Landscape, a commercial landscaping company based in Valencia, CA, provides service to this property owned by Irvine Company. Through careful maintenance of turf and trees, Gothic delivers on the ...
Sustainability Feature: Defending The American Lawn
Who would have thought the All-American lawn would become a hot topic of debate? One has only to read various social media posts, blogs, and news articles today to realize the “traditional lawn” is under attack. Lawns are charged with consuming more resources than the benefits they provide, requiring massive ...
A Vegas Ban On “Useless” Grass? What It Really Means
Is there such a thing as “useless” grass? Officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), which serves a drought–prone area, think there is. On April 5, SNWA lobbyist Andy Belanger asked lawmakers from the Las Vegas Assembly Committee on Natural Resources to mandate the removal of “unused” turf ...
Australian Research Finds Turf Helps Bushfire Management
Pre-pandemic, the unprecedented 2019-2020 Australian bushfire season, which ran from June 2019 to May 2020, dominated global headlines. Colloquially known as the “Black Summer,” it had a devastating effect on lives, homes, and precious ecosystem. Here in the U.S., we battled our own raging fires in Oregon and California ...
How Is Your Company Helping During The COVID-19 Crisis?
For over 30 years, Turf has received support from lawn care professionals, and manufacturers and service providers to the lawn care and landscape industry. As our way of saying thank you, Turf would like to highlight and recognize companies that are going above and beyond during the COVID-19 crisis. If ...
