Resources

For the second time in five years, BrightView Landscapes has won the ELITE Award for Customer Service by Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado. The award recognized BrightView for its client service with Cherry Hills III Homeowner Association.

Colors can influence a person's mood, and it's no different with the colorful flowers you plant in your landscape. BrightView Horticulturist Bruce Hellerick discusses the colors, how you should and shouldn't mix them, and what mood the colors evoke.

Spotted Lanternfly infestation is worse than predicted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia. Bill Paige, a certified arborist and BrightView’s spotted lanternfly remediation expert, shares tips for prevention against spotted lanternfly infestation.

BrightView is donating landscape rehabilitation work to Independence National Historical Park, including the complete replacement of sod in the park’s most visited section, Block One of Independence Mall, bounded by the Liberty Bell Center on South Sixth Street and Independence Hall on Chestnut Street.

BrightView’s President of Sports Turf, Murray Cook, has been a consultant with MLB for almost 30 years. Cook and his team were called on to make the field as close as possible to what players experience in U.S. stadiums.

The learning environment doesn’t stop at the classroom door. Increasingly, schools are turning their eyes to the outdoors, evaluating how to create inviting spaces which stimulate young minds and make their campuses more competitive.

Security and safety measures run the risk of making a school feel less like a place of learning, but a thoughtful landscape can combat this effect. Not only can it be employed to meet the latest requirements, it also plays an important role in softening or concealing imposing barriers or safety equipment.

Poor soil conditions, thatch accumulation, diseases, insects, and weeds can make it tough for turf to reach its full potential. When it becomes clear your turf can’t be nursed back to health, it’s time to consider renovation.

The "Idea of the Day" is simply the tendency of clubs to take the path of least resistance when ideas, many of which involve changing the course or its play, are raised at club or board meetings. Before you know it, the project takes off like a plane without a pilot. Why is it so bad to act on what might seem like a good idea? Because ideas that are not in line with your long-term goals can interrupt the continuity and flow of the course.

Doing more with less has become an unfortunate refrain for many schools. However, preserving the quality of education doesn’t have to come at the expense of campus appearance or safety. Outsourcing your landscape and grounds maintenance can help free up resources without sacrificing what matters most.