Environmental Insights

How the T.Lake Team Transitions New Landscapes Into Ongoing Maintenance

Posted by Tim Lake on Nov 28, 2023 11:13:46 AM

Ever wondered what happens to that beautiful garden or outdoor space after it's installed? Many landscaping companies can create a stunning look, but not all can ensure it stays that way.

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Topics: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Landscape Construction, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Services, Landscape Design

Our Services: What We Do In-House vs. What We Provide via Our Expert Partners

Posted by Tim Lake on Oct 31, 2023 2:54:06 PM

When it comes to landscape and outdoor care, we're often faced with requests for a wide array of services. From towering old trees in need of attention to gutters full of debris needing a cleaning, we’ve been asked to tackle it all.

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Topics: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Landscape Construction, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Services, Landscape Design

Choosing the Right Partner: Traits We Value in Preferred Collaborators

Posted by Tim Lake on Sep 25, 2023 1:39:00 PM

In today's business world, success is increasingly dependent on collaboration. Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, you need to be able to partner with other organizations to achieve your goals. However, not all partnerships are created equal. In today's fast-paced world, where convenience is king, it can be tempting to choose partners based on their ability to deliver quickly and easily.

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Topics: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Landscape Construction, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Services, Landscape Design

Maximizing Returns: The Significance of Hiring a Full-Service Landscape Contractor

Posted by Tim Lake on Jun 17, 2023 10:05:16 AM

In an era where economic status and return on investment are at the forefront of our minds, it's important to recognize the influence that landscape maintenance, construction, and landscape architecture have on these aspects.  

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Topics: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Landscape Construction, Environmental Services, Landscape Design

Reducing Fertilizer Costs

Posted by Tim Lake on Aug 23, 2022 5:50:00 PM

We all feel the increased cost of groceries lately, and analysts predict prices will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.  One of the significant factors driving this is an incredible rise in fertilizer costs, due to raw material scarcity and rising fuel costs.  In most cases, farmers have to make an economic decision to either reduce fertilization levels or skip an application altogether, resulting in lower yields.  It's a lose-lose proposition, but it doesn't have to be.

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Topics: Water Management, Environmental Services

Shrub and Tree Protection in Macon and Dublin Georgia

Posted by Tim Lake on Dec 8, 2021 3:53:45 PM

Take a look at your azaleas. Go on, get close. Right up in there. Now do the same with your camellias, magnolias, privet, and dogwoods. See those? Bugs. There’s a reason these plants (and others) have struggled to flourish in central Georgia for the last few years. And that reason lives right under our noses. 

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Topics: Environmental Services

Soil Health: The Natural Way to Restore Your Landscape

Posted by Tim Lake on Oct 19, 2021 12:46:23 PM

A healthy landscape starts from the ground up. Regardless of how you care for your turf and shrubs, if your soil is unhealthy, everything else will suffer. 

 

The development of chemical fertilizers in the early 1900s revolutionized gardening and farming for people across the globe. From wheat fields to residential lawns, petroleum-based fertilizers and herbicides have allowed farmers, gardeners, and landscapers more control over the types of plants they grow, and helped them to achieve successful harvests in challenging conditions. 

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Topics: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Environmental Services

Bridging the Gap: How Environmental Design is Transforming our Outdoor Spaces

Posted by Tim Lake on Oct 29, 2020 3:44:08 PM

When you picture the perfect outdoor space, what do you see? Greenery? Flowers? Shaded areas? Perhaps a bubbling boulder, or a small pond? Each of us has different ideas about what makes a space great, but the chances are, they will all share one thing in common: life

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Topics: Water Management, Environmental Services, Landscape Design

Crazy Weather? We’ve Got Tips. How to Get Your Georgia Landscape Through the Crisis

Posted by Tim Lake on Oct 29, 2019 4:50:20 PM

Unusual weather conditions always pose challenges to maintaining a healthy landscape. But when Mother Nature decides to play hardball by pitching from one extreme to the next, it calls for extra special TLC for Georgia landscapes.

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Topics: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Environmental Services

Safety First: Have You Vetted Your Landscape Contractor?

Posted by Tim Lake on Aug 13, 2019 6:51:33 PM

Ask any landscape contractor, big or small, if they have a safety plan and they’ll inevitably say, “Oh yes, of course we do!” But what does that really mean?

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Topics: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Landscape Construction, Environmental Services, Culture