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Guiding Your Landscape into the Future

If your community or site was landscaped over two decades ago, you likely have been faced with repairs and enhancements. Plant material has a life span, irrigation components wear out, drainage systems fail, gardens evolve, trees outgrow their spaces, pests invade. The list goes on. Landscapes are after all, are living and constantly changing. Are you planning for the future of your landscaped site? Do you have budgeted reserves [...]

By |2021-03-23T18:47:43-07:00March 23rd, 2021|Planning, Sustainable Landscape Management|0 Comments
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What Size Container Stock Should I Plant in my Landscape?

Bigger Plants Are Not Always Better Because we are coming upon the best planting season of the year, fall, let's talk about container plant sizes. Plant material comes in a range of container sizes, 1, 5 or 15 gallon, 24", 36" 48" boxes and up, and some species come bare root in the winter. The natural human instinct of instant gratification leads many clients [...]

By |2020-02-14T20:32:52-08:00October 10th, 2019|Planning, Plant Selection, Trees|0 Comments
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Fall is the Best Time for Landscape Planting

Establishing new landscape plantings is most successful if timed right Here in San Diego and Southern California, we are coming up on the best season for planting landscape trees, shrubs, perennials, turf and ground covers. On large homeowner association, estate and municipal sites, it is difficult to have a good new plant establishment rate without extra care like additional watering and monitoring. That extra care takes time away [...]

By |2020-02-14T20:46:54-08:00September 14th, 2019|Planning, Plant Selection, Sustainable Landscape Management|2 Comments
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5 Takeaways From Our Garden Tour

A couple weeks ago Botanicon led a tour of the Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon, CA. Our focus was educating HOA Board members and Property Managers on low maintenance, water wise plant choices for their communities. And who doesn't like to get outside and look at beautiful plant specimens? Thank you to all who attended and sponsored our event. 5-Takeaways-from-HOA-Garden-TourDownload Weeping bottlebrush - Drought tolerant tree with [...]

By |2020-02-14T21:04:45-08:00July 2nd, 2019|Planning, Plant Selection, Training and Education|0 Comments
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Costs of Over-Planting

People love lush landscapes and instant gratification. Clients of landscaped sites want that full garden look from day one. Property owners, contractors and landscape architects achieve this by densely populating the ground with plant material, regardless of species size at maturity. It sells and leases properties, plain and simple. But what are the long term costs? And is this sustainable? When asked to review site planting plans or [...]

By |2020-02-14T21:16:29-08:00May 6th, 2019|Planning, Plant Selection, Sustainable Landscape Management|1 Comment
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Landscape Maintenance Specifications

5 Advantages to Writing Maintenance Specs Specific to your Site Specifications for landscape maintenance are instructions to the contractors performing the work - mowing, pruning, leaf clean up, irrigation management, pest monitoring and control, etc. They are written by professionals knowledgeable in horticulture, plant care, irrigation and landscape management. With a landscape inventory in place, maintenance specs specific to your site, and input from owners and managers, we [...]

By |2020-02-14T21:22:25-08:00April 3rd, 2019|Planning, Sustainable Landscape Management|0 Comments
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What’s on Your Mind?

5 Takeaways from Stakeholder Surveys on Your Landscaped Site Some people love surveys, some people cringe. But when managing a large landscaped site long-term, the data a survey can provide decision makers is invaluable. Plants are living assets, which grow, change through the seasons, require ongoing maintenance and monitoring. There are so many choices in the market for landscape service providers, new plant cultivars, water restrictions, noise considerations, [...]

By |2020-02-14T21:25:49-08:00March 11th, 2019|Planning, Sustainable Landscape Management|0 Comments
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What’s on Your Site?

5 Benefits of a Landscape Inventory Trees, shrubs, turf, ground covers, walking paths, and irrigation systems are common components of a landscaped site. These items bring value to a property over the long term. They are horticultural and fixed assets which have been paid for beginning with design, installation and finally yearly maintenance. Imagine a park without trees. A soccer field without grass. A sloped area without plantings. [...]

By |2020-02-14T21:30:18-08:00February 6th, 2019|Planning|0 Comments
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