The Level Green Landscaping Blog

Expert Industry Advice and Property Enhancement Suggestions.

Your lawn is working harder than you think it is. Are you giving it everything it needs? 

Hopefully, it’s out there impressing people, making your commercial property look appealing and well maintained. 

Your lawn is the first thing people see when they drive up to your property.

It’s no secret gas-powered leaf blowers make a lot of noise. 

“I think we’ve all had the experience of walking past somebody using a gas blower on full throttle,” says Dan Dyson, branch manager of the Burtonsville branch of Level Green Landscaping.  

“You can’t hear anything except the blower. Put a couple of them together and it’s deafening noise.”

But it doesn’t have to be that way. 

“Last week I was on a job where the edgers, the weed eaters and the blowers were all electric,” Dyson says. “You barely knew we were there. You could actually have a conversation.”

Expect more of that quiet in Montgomery County next summer when a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers goes into effect. 

Have you thought much about your shrubs lately?

Probably not. They’re the quiet, hardworking plants in your commercial landscaping, never complaining or demanding much.

But if you ignore them, your landscaping will suffer. They need more attention than you might think. 

How long do shrubs live? How do you keep shrubs healthy?

There’s a lot to love about the changing seasons here in the Mid-Atlantic — plump porch pumpkins in fall, the first grilled burgers of summer, the thrill of remembering where you put your snow brush as the first flakes fly.

Your commercial property landscaping marks the changing seasons, too, from spring daffodils to falling leaves to smart dormant pruning in winter. 

Seasonal landscape maintenance is a crucial part of keeping your commercial property landscaping healthy, thriving, tidy and impressive.

Is your commercial property landscaping fresh and modern, with innovative gathering spots and graceful ornamental grasses? 

Or is it still sporting sad over-pruned junipers way past their prime?

Maybe you haven’t really noticed. But your customers and tenants do. 

Good commercial landscape design doesn't stay the same — it changes, with trends, technology and evolving customer tastes.

Imagine you’re pulling up in front of the hotel where you’re about to stay for a few days. It could be any high-end hotel, but let’s just say for fun that it’s yours. 

You park the car, unload your suitcase, and grab your party size bag of cheese puffs (no judging here— you’re on vacation!)

Look around. What do you notice? Could your landscaping’s important first impression use a boost?

It’s not always easy for HOA board members to agree, but can we all agree HOA landscaping budget management can be challenging?

If you’ve been showing up to work wearing hip waders, maybe you already realize you have a drainage problem on your commercial property.

Got your mittens ready? Your parka? Your boots?

When winter blasts in with extreme cold, you’re covered. 

But what about your plants? 

Here’s a look at how to protect trees, shrubs, and plants from winter damage.