Every drop of water that falls from the sky and lands on the ground goes somewhere. It collects on parking lots or pools up in the low-lying areas of our properties. It rushes into drains. It flows into bioswales or retention ponds. Water from rain...
What level of landscape maintenance does it take to get healthy plants, green turf, weed-free beds and a neat appearance? Many facility managers ask this question because they’re working within a budget and must make decisions about where to...
There’s a lot of talk about “value” in the business world—the importance of providing value and delivering value. But what do we really mean when we speak about getting value from a ground management partner? How should your commercial landscape...
Fall is that time when we hunker down over the next year’s budget and review expenses. We consider the tasks required to keep our grounds looking the way we expect. As you finalize your annual landscape maintenance budget, you’re probably wondering...
Following summer, the lawn on your Kentucky property has weathered heat, dry spells and high traffic. The natural consequence of these inevitable conditions is tired-out turf. We’re talking about bare spots and thinning grass. Insects and disease...
Managing care of the wide range of maintenance tasks on your commercial property is like running an operation that’s unrelated to your core business. If you’re a manufacturing plant, your focus is on producing goods—not tending to landscaping. If...
