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Vertical forests: Not towering trees but trees on towers
Vertical gardens are a well-known concept and so are green roofs, but the new creative concept is “vertical forests.” While most eco-friendly landscaping in urban settings remains trapped in utopian-looking renderings, this set of skyscrapers in Milan has already become a reality. The towers have more than 700 trees and 90 species of plants. Aside […]
October 17, 2015
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IrriGreen to show off ‘Genius’ system at Irrigation Show
IrriGreen will demonstrate its “Genius” Irrigation System at next month’s Irrigation Show in Long Beach, California. The show is set for Nov. 11-12 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. IrriGreen will be at booth 2064. The IrriGreen system uses digital technology and multi-stream nozzle design adapted from high-tech, commercial inkjet printers. IrriGreen says […]
October 16, 2015
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Mariani Landscape receives Family Business of the Year Award
Mariani Landscape, one of the country’s premier landscape design, installation and maintenance companies, recently received the Community Service Award presented as part of the 22nd annual Illinois Family Business of the Year Awards. The awards program is overseen by the Family Business Center at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business. The Community Service Award […]
October 16, 2015
This residential landscape was completed for a Mariani customer in Lake Forest, Illinois. Photo: MarianiLandscape.com
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Landscaper taps hydrant for seeding, may face fines
A landscaping company is facing potential fines by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for connecting to the East Longmeadow drinking-water supply without the town’s authorization. The out-of-town contractor is being investigated because it connected one of its hydroseeding trucks to a fire hydrant. Town officials say the connection could have caused East Longmeadow’s […]
October 15, 2015
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Prisoners help shape award-winning landscaping project
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has presented its Community Service Award of Excellence to Iowa State University students who worked on creating a therapeutic landscape at a women’s prison. The project started five years ago, when the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW) and the Department of Corrections approached the Landscape Architecture Department […]
October 15, 2015
ISU students pose with ICIW Warden Patti Wachtendorf in one of the outdoor classrooms. Photo: Bob Elbert, Iowa State University
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Commercial landscaping company holds its first ‘CommunityCare Day’
The nature garden in Greenbelt, Maryland’s Buddy Attick Lake Park is looking a lot better these days after Landcare employees made the park the focus of their first “CommunityCare Day.” Based in Frederick, Maryland, LandCare is one of the nation’s largest commercial landscape management firms, with 50 branches in 15 states. LandCare’s Baltimore Branch team […]
October 14, 2015
LandCare support staff, including clerks and accountants, joined the field technicians for CommunityCare Day. Photo: LandCare
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Tell landscaping clients it’s time to put bulbs in the ground
With fall , now is the time to get inspired because this is prime time to plant bulbs. Come spring, your client’s garden will turn into a backyard of blooms. Because bulbs have a season before anything is seen, there is a sense of heightened anticipation and therefore more care should be taken […]
October 13, 2015
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Husqvarna R&D focuses on how landscapers do their jobs
Husqvarna’s “Ramus” concept, which is focused on exploiting Bluetooth connectivity in battery-powered equipment, including trimmers and chainsaws.
October 12, 2015
Here an arborist climbs with the 536LiXP clearing saw attached to his belt. His battery backpack, which enables the saw to run six hours, also is visible. Photo: Husqvarna Group
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Exemptions cushion blow of ban on pesticides, herbicides
In an action thought to be the first of its kind, Montgomery County, Maryland, has effectively banned the nonessential use of pesticides on both commercial and private property. The measure was approved in a 6-3 vote. The county’s new regulation makes concessions for the use of pesticides to control invasive or noxious species and it […]
October 12, 2015
Council President George Leventhal is hopeful that Bill 52-14 will help improve the lives of Montgomery County’s citizens and its environment. Photo: mymcmedia.org
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Will bioluminescent trees replace streetlights someday?
Will bioluminescent trees one day replace street lights? Click here to read the story from Total Landscape Care.
October 10, 2015
A rendering of what Roosegaarde hopes bioluminescent trees will look like in an urban setting. Photo: Studio Roosegaarde
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Landscaping clients will love this haunted horticulture
Orange may be the new black, but you can never go wrong with some mysterious black plants to add a spooky feel to the landscape for the Halloween season. From foliage to petals, check out these 13 uncanny cultivars that can add a bit of dark, dramatic flair to your clients’ holiday decorations. ________________________________________________________ Horned […]
October 9, 2015
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How to: Keyhole gardens can work anywhere, beautifully
Keyhole gardens may have started in Africa, but their simple, efficient design makes them desirable in any location, especially those affected by drought. The name comes from the shape of the raised-bed design. If observed from a bird’s-eye view, the garden looks like a circle with a wedge taken out, or a keyhole. The design […]
October 8, 2015
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John Deere to showcase airless Michelins on Z900 Series ZTrak
You knew John Deere’s GIE+EXPO showcase would include a dandy or two. The company has served the landscaping industry a long time, so it’s no surprise one of its offerings at the tradeshow, which previews Oct. 21 with “Dealer Day” and opens to all Oct. 22-23 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, involves its […]
October 8, 2015
John Deere declares that the Michelin X Tweel Turf, a tire that never needs air yet boasts three times the wear life of a pneumatic tire, represents the “next revolution” in commercial mowing. Photo: John Deere
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Bob-Cat inks exclusive 2-year deal with OTR Wheel Engineering
Bob-Cat’s 2016 Predator-Pro and ProCat models will be equipped with special tires designed specifically for zero-turn lawnmowers by OTR Wheel Engineering. Bob-Cat announced this week it has entered an exclusive, two-year partnership with OTR Wheel Engineering and will make the “Zero T” tires standard on the two popular commercial mowers. According to Bob-Cat, a Schiller […]
October 8, 2015
OTR Wheel Engineering’s “Zero-T” tires are designed specifically for zero-turn mowers. Photo: Bob-Cat
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Landscaping growth challenge: All about people
Reinhart Grounds Maintenance Inc. (RGMI) puts people first in its franchise operation of landscape design/build and snow/ice management, and it's the foundation of their success.
October 7, 2015
Watched over by a saint, this waterfall and garden features plantings both submerged in and surrounding the pond. RGMI does plenty of heavy lifting in its construction, installation and snow-removal operations but also has opportunities, as in this job, to show off its eye for design. Photo: Reinhart Grounds Maintenance
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Black market for rare plants is frustratingly robust
Over the past three years, the University of Oxford has reported about 40 plant thefts and the latest was a rare carnivorous plant, Roridula gorgonias. Investigators believe the thieves came prepared with the proper equipment and knew which species they wanted. Other plants that have been taken include orchids and and species of the bromelia […]
October 7, 2015
Botanical gardens have resorted to placing cages around their rarer plants. Photo: dailymail.com
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Mix business with pleasure at Gulf Coast native plant sale
If you’ve never seen the Old South’s moss-dripping canopies of huge oaks shading many a coastal highway, here’s a native plant sale you may want to check out. Along U.S. Highway 98 near Fairhope, Alabama, the Weeks Bay Reserve will hold its 23rd annual sale of native plants Friday through Sunday, beginning each day at […]
October 7, 2015
Unique and hard-to-find native plants are featured at the sale, held each year at a beautiful setting along Alabama’s Gulf Coast. Photo: Weeks Bay Foundation
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Daylong Wealth Building Summit planned for GIE+EXPO
Three successful landscape entrepreneurs are lined up as speakers for a first-of-its-kind Wealth Building Summit at GIE+EXPO in Louisville, Kentucky. Set for Oct. 21 at Louisville’s Hyatt Regency, the all-day program will focus on how to create and accumulate wealth as a landscape business owner. Here’s a brief thumbnail of the speakers: Brian Lemmerman is […]
October 6, 2015
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