Environmental Insights

The state of Georgia encompases 59,425 total square miles. That’s a lot of landscape. In fact, it’s beyond the scope of any one landscaping company to service all that land. There’s plenty of room for friendly competition!

Which is a good thing, because it’s nice to have freedom of choice when it comes to choosing any company, including your landscape provider.

At T.Lake, we pride ourselves on our ability to get along well with and satisfy just about any customer. However, we recognize that tastes differ and we may not always be the perfect fit for everyone who needs landscape services in central Georgia.

With that in mind, we thought we’d highlight a few of the best landscaping companies in middle GA. These are all solid companies we feel are doing a great job for their Georgia customers:

Want to know a simple way to improve patient outcome, reduce staff stress and boost consumer satisfaction for your medical facility? Consider adding landscape features.

It’s true. Studies repeatedly show that gardens, plants and trees have a healing and stress-reducing effect that can significantly improve human experience and outcome in a medical setting. The economic advantages to the health care provider are many, ranging from lowered absenteeism and staff turnover to lowered cost of patient care.

What factors should you consider when planning medical campus landscape amenities? There’s a lot to think about, but here are a few places to start:

The best investment you can make for your lawn and landscape plants is an irrigation system. A properly installed and maintained irrigation system will keep your lawn and landscape plants in tip top shape.

A state-of-the art irrigation system is also the most efficient way to use our precious water resource; it’s not only good for the environment, but good for your pocketbook if your water is metered by a municipality.

To achieve superior results you need to hire a superior irrigation specialist to install and maintain your system.

Here is where people sometimes get all wet. You see, irrigation installation and maintenance is a specialty service. If you bought a new car and were experiencing problems with the computer electronics, would you seek out a backyard mechanic, or take it back to the dealership? I believe you would choose the latter.

The same can be said for installing and maintaining an irrigation system. It’s best to find someone with the proper credentials to do this work. A little homework now can save you a lot of headaches later. Believe me, we know. Much of the work we do as a professional irrigation contractor in central and southeast Georgia is repair and replace irrigation installations done by slipshod companies. Why not get it right the first time?

One doesn’t normally think of plants as tools, but when it comes to erosion control, ground cover plants are about the best tool imaginable. Ground cover plants provide an inexpensive and easily maintained solution to erosion problems on slopes, along roadways, and on construction sites - any place where disturbed or exposed soil is present.

Choosing erosion control plants is an art in itself. The best groundcover for erosion control on one site may be utterly unsuitable on the next, depending on a number of factors.

Let’s take a look at some of the most important things to consider when selecting the best plants for erosion control in various situations:

Autumn is one of the most enjoyable times of year in Georgia. Not only do we get to feast our eyes on Nature’s annual spectacle of color, but the crisp, refreshing air of fall provides welcome relief from the sweltering heat of summer. What better incentive to spend a few hours out in the yard or garden?

Those who need an excuse to head outside will be glad to consider the possibilities offered by fall landscape maintenance. Georgia properties benefit from a number of basic best practices in autumn that will help your landscape look its best all year long. Here are our top recommendations:

There’s nothing appetizing about a restaurant with a rundown, dirty exterior. If that’s how they maintain the outside of the business, just imagine what goes on in the kitchen, right?

Likewise, the look and state of your facility’s grounds tell clients and employees both a lot about how things are run on the inside.

The outdoor space is the first and last thing people see when they visit your site, so make sure it’s a good representation of what goes on inside your company. If it’s not, you could lose business and top-notch team members. Plus, it can lower employee morale, creating unhappy and unmotivated workers. Mediocrity never inspired anyone.

Here are five big-impact ways to add color and curb appeal to your corporate campus landscape.

You’re in charge of a construction project or an industrial property that currently has a wetland on the site. What does that mean for you, and how can you ensure your work is compliant with federal regulations?

Those are some important questions if you want to avoid fines and other issues — and ones you need to get answers to.

No one wants to hear from the EPA, OSHA or even the junior soccer team down the street that you aren’t handling your site’s dust correctly.

Dust mitigation isn’t the sexiest site service, but it’s a must on construction sites and haul roads.

Dust isn’t just a nuisance, it’s also a health and environmental concern that needs to be properly managed. And it’s up to you and your service provider to make sure it’s properly taken care of — or you could face large fines to the tune of thousands a day.

Here’s a look at how and why to incorporate dust mitigation techniques during construction.

It won’t be long before the hot, humid days of summer give way to cooler weather and colorful leaves.

But before you start thinking about getting the rake out, you better first make sure your lawn is ready for late summer and the upcoming changes that come with it.

Here are six things you need to add to your lawn care routine for your Macon or Central, Ga., yard.

To prevent headaches and costly problems, avoid these nine residential landscape design mistakes with your next project.