An attractive, carpet-like lawn adds value and enjoyment to any home; however, these benefits can come with a cost to the environment. Lawn care practices can impact water quality. At risk are lakes, streams, and eventually the ocean — the send point of all watersheds.
The pursuit of the “perfect” lawn now drives many homeowners to use an unprecedented volume of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, fertilizers, and herbicide-fertilizer combinations known as weed and feed products. This offers little or no benefit to turf.
By applying horticultural knowledge instead of pesticides and fertilizers, YARDSCAPING practices can create quality turf that delivers recreational and eye-pleasing benefits.
YARDSCAPING is not about using good chemicals instead of bad ones. YARDSCAPERS, conversely, put to work horticultural principles that deliver robust turf and landscapes that demand less of any product! You can too by following the practices outlined in the publication Is Your Lawn Truly Green? Sage Advice from Top Northeast Experts (PDF). For more information about Maine YARDSCAPING, please click here.