BrightPath is a landscaper development program designed to give BrightView team members opportunities for advancement in their career here. The program, which is being deployed in a phased approach, provides comprehensive training, coaching, and support, beginning with orientation and onboarding and continuing through promotion to successive levels.
BrightView celebrated the second anniversary of its landmark first Employee Resource Group, GROW (Growth in Relationships + Opportunities for Women). GROW’s mission is to attract, promote, and retain women within the company.
Landscape lighting can enhance curb appeal and maintain an inviting appearance after hours. Even when the sun goes down, your landscape is still on-duty. If your outdoor lighting is limited or unattractive, your property may not have the same appeal that it does during the day. Worse, dark corners can lead to injuries or invite crime.
Today’s golf business is extremely competitive, with courses vying for every player and every round. You need a strategy for taking more than your fair share of players and rounds from your competition. To use a sports analogy, you need a strategy for “winning your conference.”
Nothing says spring like tulips, daffodils, and other blooming flower bulbs. Bulbs are a fantastic investment that can yield years of colorful dividends. In fact, when planted in the right location with six to eight hours of sunlight daily, your bulbs can provide 25 to 30 years of annual spring blooms. August is the best time to order spring-blooming bulbs to ensure you’ll be ready for the fall planting season.
At BrightView, we believe in taking great care of our clients, teams, communities, and the environment. We take pride in helping our communities. The BrightView Mid-Atlantic team recently donated their skills to a deserving property in one of our communities, Stephen Knolls School, in Silver Spring, Md.
Most properties weren’t designed to have a pond, but if you get one for free every time it rains, that’s not a bargain - that’s a drainage issue. If standing water doesn’t float your boat, read and learn what can be done to stop it.
The world headquarters of TupperwareBrands Corporate, a stunning campus north of Kissimmee, Fla., has been refreshed, thanks in part to the experts at BrightView Landscapes. BrightView preserved the famous Tupperware rose gardens by rebuilding its hybrid tea roses.
Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area and commercial properties are now a Level II arboretum. To secure the accreditation, BrightView and other volunteers demonstrated stewardship and care for more than 100 species of trees and woody plants. Level II accreditation also requires additional educational and public programming.
Summer is great, until the mosquitoes start biting, at which point, all bets are off. Mosquitoes are more than just an itchy nuisance; they also carry diseases and viruses that can cause serious harm to humans and animals. Pesticides are just one part of the solution. Successfully keeping these pests at bay requires a multi-pronged approach.
