Have you counted the trees on your commercial property lately? Do you have 10? 25? 100?
If you started counting at lunch and now the sun’s going down, you can really use some tree care budgeting tips.
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It’s not always easy for HOA board members to agree, but can we all agree HOA landscaping budget management can be challenging?
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.
Weeds are sprouting by the campus signage, students have trampled one corner of the Quad lawn, and the rose bushes outside the president’s office have weird black spots on their leaves.
If you manage a municipality, you know all kinds of landscaping needs pop up.
Hundreds of acres of finicky grass that needs mowing three times a week. Historic buildings that need landscaping that looks like it did in 1906. Environmental disasters. So. Many. Pavers.
Lots of great relationships involve hand-holding — it’s a key part of sunset strolls on the beach, right?
But when it comes to your relationship with your commercial landscaping company, you don’t have time for hand-holding. You need them to take the lead, get the job done, and make both you and your landscaping look good.
You’re so busy that every time you add another meeting to your calendar, a small part of you sighs heavily, swears, or needs to take an antacid.
You don’t have time to waste.
If you’re happily looking around at your commercial property’s newly planted trees and shrubs, and it looks perfect, somebody messed up.
It shouldn’t look perfect yet Trees and shrubs grow — and grow — and allowing space for that growth over the coming years is part of great commercial landscaping planning — and planting. Proper plant placement is crucial for landscaping success.
Some mixed-use developments are so inviting, with vibrant restaurants, upscale shopping, flickering fire pits, and a packed calendar of fun festivities, you just want to live there.
Oh wait, you can.
That’s the beauty of a mixed-use community — live there, work there, shop, dine, gather, and have fun.
The landscaping at these bustling hot spots has to look great all the time, and there’s little slow time for landscape maintenance.
An HOA community is bustling with activity: people strolling, kids playing, dogs frolicking, somebody complaining about something. (You know who you are.)
Streets and sidewalks are lined with everything from parked cars to skateboarders to kids’ sticky lemonade stands. (Neighborhood tip: make a kid happy and buy a cup.)
That means HOA landscapers have to take extra precautions as they mow, trim, and edge.