The Level Green Landscaping Blog

Expert Industry Advice and Property Enhancement Suggestions.

The landscape of classic cartoons is definitely not safe. 

Somebody’s always either falling into a deep hole, getting run over by a truck, or having an anvil drop on their head.

Who’s in charge of safety over there? Somewhere, a property manager is in big trouble. 

Make sure it’s not you.  When you hire a commercial landscaping company, ask how they’ll keep your property — and the people on it — safe.

Imagine all the cool services you could have out on your commercial property:

• A hot dog cart
  
• Beard trimming
  
• An ice cream truck
  
• Free oil changes
  
• A golf swing coach

That all sounds great, but it won’t do much for your landscaping. In fact, think of all the grass-trampling extra foot traffic. Yikes.

Remember when you decided being on your HOA landscaping committee sounded like fun?

Flowers! Green spaces! Pondering cool amenities like walking trails and dog parks! 

But when you’re an HOA board member, let’s face it — landscaping can be kind of stressful.

You want your community to look great, feel welcoming, and attract new buyers. You want to protect your property value. You know landscaping plays a huge part.

You have high standards for yourself, employees and properties — and that’s part of the reason the owners and tenants are so pleased with the sites you manage.

But, you can’t directly handle every aspect of the commercial property, that is, unless you enjoy sleep deprivation and exhaustion. So, it’s important to find others who have that same high standard and thrive to be the best, especially when it comes to choosing your landscape maintenance company.

Maybe until now, everything you need to know about weeds has been how much would it cost to rent a flamethrower to torch them all for good.

How trendy are you?

Do you have a dog park, a fire pit, and permeable pavers? 

No? Let’s try again.

Do you have a mini golf course, a green roof, and robot lawn mowers?

No? Hmmm. Let’s get to work boosting your property’s commercial landscaping trends. 

Check out these popular landscaping ideas for commercial properties:

Nobody needs to tell a property manager about rising costs and pinched budgets.

It’s impossible to escape.

So when it’s time to renew the contract for your commercial landscape maintenance, you probably expect to see that cost increase, too. It just makes sense. 

“It’s been a tough market,” says Larry Leon, director of business development at Level Green Landscaping. 

Prices are up across the board, he says, but not everybody understands that affects the landscaping business, too.

What factors affect the cost of commercial landscape maintenance in Washington DC?

It's spring cleanup time. That means things are about to get real busy for commercial landscapers..

Does your commercial landscape maintenance contract include the spring cleanup services your property needs?

Hint: It needs a lot.

Winter can be rough on your property’s irrigation system.

Water may have seeped in over the past few months, freezing and thawing, causing landscape damage.

Sprinkler heads can be clogged with debris. Your pump might need some attention after all these months.

What’s your irrigation start up plan? Turn on the water and hope for the best?

We have a better idea. Use our spring irrigation system start-up checklist to make sure your system is ready for another successful watering season.

Take these irrigation start up steps to save water, money and prevent a mid-summer meltdown.

If RFP, to you, stands for Really Frazzled Person, it might be time for you to ask for an extra hand with your university landscaping.