Commercial Lawn Maintenance Articles - Page 6 of 13 - Bluegrass

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s the time of year when Christmas lights are in full swing lighting up the town; and each year they get more extravagant than the last. You don’t have to search far to find the most flamboyant display in your area. Your news feed might be blowing up … Continued

Urban areas are one of the most ideal places for better stormwater management practices. Loaded with impervious surfaces, such as parking lots, median strips, islands and more, commercial landscapes become a highway for deposited pollutants to runoff the lot bombarding surrounding soils with contaminates. These contaminates – such as heavy metals, oils, sediment, and even … Continued

Written by: Shonda Lucks Storm-water Management – MSD Bioretention Basins The Problem Governments studies have shown that up to 70% of pollution in aquifers, rivers, lakes and coastal areas is carried there by storm-water runoff coming from rooftops, roads, driveways, sidewalks and mowed lawns. These impervious surfaces have taken the place of soil that readily … Continued

  A bioretention is flexible by design with a plethora of opportunities for the designer to get creative. The stormwater best management practices (BMP) can be achieved in several different ways and located in many different greenscape areas on a property. Therefore, there is a process of planning to consider in the bioretention plant selection … Continued

Urban and contemporary landscapes have been uplifted from their natural, wild surroundings and replanted into ideal domestic habitats. Free of debris piled atop its surface, landscapes in urban areas have become a well-manicured statement. One of the easiest ways to obtain its success is to incorporate mulch into your landscape preparations! Why should you mulch? … Continued

Anyone reading this is most likely familiar with the four (4) principles of management: Plan Prioritize Assign Follow up As one of the larger commercial landscape and snow removal companies in the St. Louis region, we must apply these principles to meet our customers’ expectations. We call this our customer commitment. Sale The customer commitment … Continued

You don’t have to be Edward Scissorhands to know the importance of pruning your shrubs.  An annual pruning will make them healthy and keep them from becoming overgrown and messy-looking.  Over the years, however, shrubs can begin to look misshapen and unhealthy. The older the shrub gets, the older the branches are, and they can … Continued

When hiring a maintenance provider for your large property, there are many things you should look at to ensure that the vendor you choose is not only reputable but also capable of handling a campus as large as yours.  You wouldn’t want to hire a landscaper who does residential landscapes to maintain your business’ property; … Continued

Let’s face it.  Today, people have a greater understanding of our impact on the environment.  Humans are ingenious at devising machines and chemicals to make life easier, whether it’s the invention of automobiles or preservatives to make our food last longer, but they can come with a cost such as pollution or depletion of resources. … Continued