Green Lawn Care

As a founding member of the Professional Lawn Care Association of America (PLCAA), known today as the Professional Land Care Network (PLANET), Spring-Green has been a leader in the green industry since the association’s origin in 1982, promoting... When Spring-Green Lawn Care was founded in 1977, the lawn care industry was in its infancy. Spring-Green has also experienced consistent customer growth, with a 19 percent increase from 1990 to 2000 and 43 percent increase from 2000 to 2010. Spring-Green saw 30 percent growth in revenue from 1990 to 2000 and 90 percent from 2000 to 2010. Over the last 35 years, Spring-Green has seen growth of all kinds, which is a testament to the franchise model and the high level of customer service provided by each locally owned and operated franchise. Revenue has grown every decade for the last 35 years, and Spring-Green’s revenue was over $36 million in 2011. Spring-Green has been listed on the Lawn & Landscape Top 100 for nearly two decades.

  But even if you meet a client whose lawn is looking exactly like this right now, you can do a lot to ensure you help them regain a nice green lawn. If you live near the ocean and you are wondering why your lawn just won’t stay green, there is a very good reason for it.   If you are a landscaper and you work for lots of clients in this kind of area, it’s worth finding out more about this...   Instead of having a nice green lawn you’ll notice the tips of the grass will start to go brown.   Compost contains nutrition from the various items that have rotted down in it.   Think about this for a moment and you will see the logic in it.   If you have new plants you want to put out in your garden, you won’t use old compost or soil from...   But in gardens which are right near the ocean or close to a saltwater lake for example, the amount of salt which comes down on the lawn is much higher. Let’s take a look first of all at why lawns can suffer from being in a saltwater area.   You’ll buy a bag of compost or take some you’ve made yourself from your garden composter....

The Broccolo Way

Since Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care's roots lie in sustainable landscaping, its owner couldn't be more excited about growing consumer interest in going green. “It's an exciting time because all of us tree huggers are now in style,” Broccolo says.

Getting started

With all things 'green' and organic gaining momentum among consumers, adding a bionutrition program to your lawn care service could be a profitable move for your company. Also known as biofertility, the method involves applying living microorganisms to

On the horizon

Despite the many hundreds of hours of testing, for most lawn care applicators, it comes down to performance. So far the industry is responding favorably to the new innovation. Robert Windish, owner of New Jersey's Fairway Green has been using the Verge

What's the alternative

Sometimes, customers have no idea that Clean Air Lawn Care is out mowing and blowing on their properties. They can't hear a thing. That's because of the whisper-quiet electric equipment (yes, even an electric zero-turn mower) that Chris Carter,

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The so-called Organic Maintenance of Lawns and Landscapes using Green Alternative Pesticides is BOGUS. Despite claims to the contrary, overall, there are NO viable, efficacious, or economical Green Alternative Pesticides to replace conventional pest

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