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Business

Sustainable landscaping plays role in federal plan to stem pollinator decline

In response to the dramatic global decline of honey bees and other pollinator populations, President Obama’s Pollinator Health Task Force has released a report outlining strategies to help reverse the decline. The report addresses several issues the task force believes are contributing to reductions in pollinator populations, including pests and pathogens, shrinking habitat, lack of […]

May 28, 2015

Business

Five reasons your clients should consider ‘bee-scaping’

‘Bee-scaping’ invites struggling population into your clients’ yards As bee populations decline, public awareness of the problem – known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) – is increasing. More Americans also are recognizing the importance of combatting CCD, because the stakes are high: The collapse of bee populations poses a serious threat to U.S. crops, including […]

May 15, 2015

Business

Report shows pesticides may have larger effect on ecosystems

A scientific report out of Europe has found that neonicotinoids, a group of pesticides believed to contribute to the mass death of honeybees and widely used in the United States, could be more damaging to ecosystems that previously thought. Neonicotinoids have been banned in the EU since 2013, and the European Academies Science Advisory Council report […]

April 22, 2015

Design-Build

Bees Kill Arizona Landscaper, Injure Others

A single bee sting can hurt and be uncomfortable, but imagine hundreds of stings and being surrounded by a cloud of killer bees. That’s exactly the scene a group of landscapers experienced last week. An estimated 800,000 bees from a 3-by-8-foot hive swarmed and attacked four landscapers in Arizona, killing one and injuring several others. […]

October 14, 2014

Business

Florida Landscape Workers Attacked by 20,000 Bees

A few Florida landscape workers were attacked by thousands of bees. Approximately 20,000 bees swarmed the workers before a beekeeper took control of the situation.

July 24, 2014

Business

Keep your client’s property fruitful and flowering in the fall

Cool weather doesn’t mean the end for the landscape season. Try these plant varieties that flourish through the fall.

October 18, 2013

Business

Green Wall to Prevent Flooding in London

Composed of more than 10,000 ferns and herbaceous plants, this 68-foot green wall is the largest in England. Near Victoria station, the wall will collect rainwater from the roof to sustain the greenery.

August 26, 2013

Design-Build

Is stress killing us?

As I dug into my spring-maintenance work mowing the lawn, spraying weeds and waiting for my plants to bloom, I was entranced by two bees buzzing around my garden. Although these busy bugs seem to have a fairly simple life — hanging around flowers and honey all day — I’ve found it might not be […]

April 3, 2013