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Strategies for Environmentally Sound Practice

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Lambert makes compost tea daily and applies it to landscapes as an organic fertilizer.

Lambert Landscape Company

June 15, 2012by Adam A Leave a comment

Lambert Landscape Company designs, builds, and maintains high-end residential landscapes in primarily Classical styles. Projects feature custom-designed urns carved in Italy, carefully clipped boxwood geometries, hand-laid mosaics, and other craft-driven […]

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Green Waste, Installer, Landscape Architect / Designer, Maintainer, Vehicle Fuel, Water and Fertilizer
Midwest's new facility is divided into discreet growing areas, which limits vehicle travel. Courtesy Midwest Groundcovers.

Midwest Groundcovers

June 15, 2012by Adam A Leave a comment

Midwest Groundcovers (MG) produces about 12 million plants each year on 120 acres west of Chicago. It grows shrubs and perennials, including forty varieties of sedum aimed at the green-roof […]

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Green Waste, Grower, Plant Pots, Vehicle Fuel, Water and Fertilizer
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MESA Design Group

June 15, 2012by Adam A Leave a comment

Fred Walters feels that most installation and maintenance specifications were established by contractors for their own convenience. Walters is a principal of the Dallas-based landscape architecture firm MESA Design Group, […]

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Oregon Association of Nurseries

June 15, 2012by Adam A Leave a comment

The Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) represents more than one thousand nurseries in the third largest nursery-production state in the nation (after California and Florida). Oregon is known for being […]

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Energy Consumption, Professional Organization, Water and Fertilizer
The main building features a green roof and a greenhouse that helps with building heating. Courtesy Christy Webber Landscapes.

Christy Webber Landscapes

June 14, 2012by Adam A Leave a comment

Christy Webber has been in the green industry since 1988, when she began mowing lawns in Chicago neighborhoods. She started her eponymous firm in 1990 and has built it into […]

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Energy Consumption, Installer, Landscape Architect / Designer, Maintainer, Vehicle Fuel, Water and Fertilizer
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Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association

June 14, 2012by Adam A Leave a comment

Plastic pot recycling seems to be getting done primarily because it’s the right thing to do. There’s very little profit in it, and many nurseries, industry organizations, and contractors have […]

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Plant Pots, Professional Organization
This vertical wall is just one of Pacific's many experiments and showcases, designed to convince site owners to go greener. Courtesy Pacific Landscape Management.

Pacific Landscape Management

June 14, 2012by Adam A Leave a comment

Pacific Landscape Management primarily maintains landscapes. It has been in business since 2001 and takes care of about six hundred acres of mostly corporate campuses and commercial properties in the […]

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Energy Consumption, Maintainer, Plant Pots, Vehicle Fuel, Water and Fertilizer

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