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Outdoor Power Equipment Institute chooses leaders
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) elected its 2015-16 officers and directors during the organization’s recent annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here’s a rundown of the new leadership: OPEI Chairman: Lee Sowell, president of outdoor products with Techtronic Industries Power Equipment. “I am proud to be part of the outdoor power equipment industry, […]
July 10, 2015
Lee Sowell, president of outdoor products with Techtronic Industries Power Equipment, is OPEI's new chairman.
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Here’s one way to grab landscaping clients’ attention
Related story here. Some folks don’t see the point in a small truck. They’ve got things to do, people and things to carry and can’t abide a four-foot bed thank you very much. But even the most utility-mindful truck fan couldn’t dislike the Bugtruck, or at least want to know what it’s like to cram […]
July 10, 2015
The Bugtruck took home some hardware from its first show.
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Landscapers bring their best to Arlington National Cemetery
Some 400 members of the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) will come together at Arlington National Cemetery on July 20 to beautify and improve more than one-quarter of the cemetery’s historic grounds. Because of capacity restrictions at the cemetery, NALP’s 19th annual Renewal & Remembrance event is limited to volunteers who are NALP members. While […]
July 9, 2015
NALP volunteers are shown here at the 2014 Renewal & Remembrance event. Photo: National Association of Landscape Professionals
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New water ordinance rules will affect more California landscaping
Proposed rule changes in California could soon mean that much smaller sites will fall under the jurisdiction of the state’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance. The changes recently moved one step closer to finalization. The public comment period on the revisions ended June 26 and they are now slated to go before the state’s Water Commission […]
July 9, 2015
The revised ordinance will place further restrictions on water use. Photo: www.water.ca.gov
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Landscape, interior designers collaborate for a cause
Landscapers and interior designers volunteered at the former home of late filmmaker John Hughes at an annual benefit put on by Chicago’s Infant Welfare Society.
July 8, 2015
Mariani Landscape and Frank Ponterio Interior Design worked together on the garden areas of the Lake Forest home. Photo: Linda Oyama Bryan
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Landscapers use Plowz & Mowz to find new customers, jobs
A new computer application that delivers on-demand snow plowing and lawn mowing services is not only changing the way homeowners find and schedule these services but also how landscapers connect to the customers who need them. Developed by former college roommates Wills Mahoney and Andrew Englander, Plowz & Mowz was launched in 2014 in Syracuse, […]
July 8, 2015
A shot of the Plowz & Mowz app on a smart-phone screen. Photo: www.plowzandmowz.com
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Subsite Electronics introduces redesigned, mobile-friendly website
Subsite Electronics is introducing its new mobile-friendly website, which the company says was redesigned based on customer input. The new site provides landscapers as well as utility, pipeline and other underground construction professionals easy access to information regarding Subsite Electronics’ selection of “Underground Awareness” products for enhanced jobsite safety and productivity. Among landscape contractors, the […]
July 8, 2015
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Big landscapes: Oregon parks work toward restoration
In an effort to restore the Western Oregon landscape to what it looked like in the mid-1800s, the Benton County Natural Areas and Parks Department is removing plant species such as conifers that have invaded and taken over what was once an expansive meadow of native grasses and spreading oak trees, known today as oak […]
July 7, 2015
Clearing out conifers that have overtaken the native oaks is a key part of the effort. Photo: Andy Cripe, Mid-Valley Sunday.
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Edible landscapes’ popularity argues for broadening skills
It seems clear that edible landscaping is more than a passing trend, so landscape contractors may want to do a little homework on the practice. Why take a pass when a client asks about adding a vegetable garden next to the area where you’ve installed a flower garden? It’s certainly reasonable to expect the skills […]
July 7, 2015
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Freeway landscaping plan draws fire for water use, plant choices
Some Southern California residents, as well as a landscape designer from the area, are calling into question a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plan to plant more than a million square feet of freeway landscaping that will be irrigated with overhead sprinklers along State Route 91 – a major east-west freeway – as the state […]
July 7, 2015
The State Road 91 landscaping project calls for replacing landscaping that was removed during a construction project on the freeway in 2012. Photo: www.aaroads.com
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Invasive plants support mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus
From merely annoying to downright destructive, non-native, invasive plant species can wreak havoc on a landscape. As they colonize habitats, invasive species exclude native plants and animals, thereby decreasing native biodiversity. A new study from the University of Illinois has found yet another reason to stop the advance of invasive plants while encouraging the growth […]
July 7, 2015
The Culex pipiens mosquito, which spreads the West Nile virus, is also known as the common house mosquito. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey (www.usgs.gov).
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Agriscaping Technologies feeds growth of edible landscapes
A few summers ago, I was visiting a friend in Chicago when I noticed on our walk home from lunch a front flowerbed with lettuce in it. The beautiful yellow and purple leaves looked nice among some annuals, and I couldn’t help but wonder if there was function behind the lettuce leaves other than looking […]
July 6, 2015
An edible landscape such as this one can be an attractive, peaceful place to relax outdoors. Photo: Agriscaping Technologies
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E15 affects landscapers’ equipment, everyone’s environment
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to take up an appellate court decision that upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to expand the current ethanol blend in gasoline from 10 percent (called E10) to 15 percent (E15). That wasn’t welcome news to several automakers, fuel companies, car enthusiasts, and especially outdoor power equipment manufacturers, […]
July 6, 2015
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Iconic landscape architect’s project may be restored
One of the projects of renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951) may soon be returned to its former glory. The Park District of Highland Park in Illinois recently hired Ratio Architects to assess the feasibility of restoring the garden pool and surrounding landscape Jensen designed for the summer estate of Sears Roebuck mogul Julius Rosenwald. […]
July 6, 2015
Jensen also designed the landscape surrounding the Ford House, seen here. Photo: fordhouse.org
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Landscaping on historic Green Bay street gets help from Packers
The Green Bay Packers organization has stepped up to help maintain the median landscaping on Lombardi Avenue in the team’s Wisconsin hometown. In 2011, the state planted 172 trees, 640 shrubs and nearly 3,000 perennials in the median and handed the maintenance responsibilities over to the Village of Ashwaubenon in October 2014. “It’s beautiful,” Ashwaubenon […]
July 6, 2015
The village roadsigns bear lots of famous names. Photo: waymarking.com
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American to head Bayer unit developing products for landscapers
Dr. Jacqueline Applegate, a longtime executive with Bayer, has been named head of the corporation’s Environmental Science unit, the non-agricultural business operations division of Bayer CropScience. The Environmental Science unit includes a wide range of weed- and pest-control products marketed to professional landscaping companies as well as consumers. Applegate, who will be based at the […]
July 3, 2015
Dr. Jacqueline Applegate took over the position as head of the Environmental Science business unit of Bayer on July 1.
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Get involved with industry issues – you can make a difference
You are focused on your business; sometimes just keeping it afloat, or focused on making it better, or focused on growth. You have your nose to the grindstone and sometimes it is hard to pull away and focus on bigger-picture issues that impact your business such as legislation and regulations. But those big-picture issues are […]
July 3, 2015
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Manage landscapes to prevent damage from Japanese beetles
Japanese beetles begin to make their appearance at this time of year. Landscapers should be on the lookout for the voracious feeders, which are known to go after more than 320 plant species, including roses, birch, linden, grapes, raspberries, Norway maples, beans, apples, plum, crabapples, elms, beech, asparagus and rhubarb. The beetles, typically about a […]
July 2, 2015
Photo: www.pestkill.org
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