Your Glen
Gate Property Care Manager takes care of all the following for
you.
Spring
- Wake up your
landscape.
Evaluation
Inspect
for winter damage: woody ornamental shrubs and trees, driveways,
walkways, masonary decks.
Landscape
Design
Walk with
GG landscape designer to review property and decide on
areas requiring redesign.
Organic Care
Decide on
level of organic care.
Bed Clean
Up & Plant Preparation
Remove winter
debris; cut back winter interest grasses and perennials,
prune roses and semi-evergreen plants.
Driveway
Remove snowplow
sand, and clean all displaced gravel.
Edges
Re-establish
existing bed lines with new cut edges to create smooth
flowing lines and crisp differentiation between bed and
turf or hard surfaces
Fertilizer
Balanced fertilizer
will be applied to all beds, and lawn applications will
begin now and continue throughout the summer.
Mulch
Applied to
all beds to improve appearance and help with nutrient and
moisture retention.
Weed & crabgrass
Control
Pre-Emergent
will be applied to all beds to assist in control of weeds.
Apply controls to all fine turf areas to assist in control
of crabgrass and broadleaf weeds. Remove weeds from inbetween
flagstones.
Sprinkler
Activate system,
balance clock for spring watering needs, check each spray
and rotary pattern for overlap and precipitation rates,
adjust nozzles, clean sediment filters, install new battery
for clock.
Driveway &
Yard Drains
Drain grates
will be removed and sumps cleaned after spring buds and
flowers have dropped.
Outdoor lighitng
Evaluate and
adjust landscape lighting.
Seasonal flowers
& pots
Design and
prepare flower pots, perennials and rose beds; plant annuals.
Touch ups
Toucing up
and painting outdoor architecture and pergolas.
Fencing
Inspect and
repair as needed
Summer
- The growing season.
Plantings
Design
and care of indoor plants.
Seasonal flowers & Pots
Rotate seasonal
color in pots and beds.
Cultivation & Edge
Touchup
Mulch will
be turned over and bed edges touched up thorughout the
year.
Ground Covers
Cut back and
prune ground covers to keep within intended spaces, and
to encourage fullness.
Perennials,
Roses & Flowering Woody Ornamentals
lowers will
be deadheaded and cut back as appropriate, fertilizer and
insecticides specially formulated for perennials and roses
will be applied, stakes and cages will be set up as needed.
Plant Health
Care, Integrated Pest Management (PHC-IPM)
A licensed
PHC technician will monitor and treat woody ornamental
shrubs for cultural, disease and insect problems throughout
the season.
Lawn Health
Care, Integrated Pest Management (LHC-IPM)
A licensed
LHC technician will monitor and treat turf for cultural,
disease and insect problems throughout the season.
Weed Control
Hand weed
and apply post emergent herbicide treatments. Including
along curbs, walkways and on patios.
Pruning, Espalier
& Sculptural Pruning
Some specimens
require special pruning throughout the summer. Ohters require
hand prcuning just once.
Mowing
Weekly mowing
for all fine turf areas to seasonal-appropriate height,
line trim where lawn abuts all edges, blow all lawn clippings
from hard surfaces.
Sprinkler
System performance
and watering needs of your plants will be monitored and
your sprinkler system maintained by our Field Manager as
needed throughout the growing season.
Ticks
The health
of your family and our staff is of utmost importance, therefore
Glen Gate will include tick perimeter reduction treatments.
Autumn
- Preparing for
next spring.
Seasonal flowers & Pots
Plant
fall annuals in pots and select beds; plant spring flowering
bulbs.
Prepare lawn
for spring
aerate, fertilize,
balane pH and overseed,
Deer & Winter
protection
Apply anti-desiccants.
Spray braodleaf evergreen and install burlap and mesh protections.
Perennials
& Roses
These plants
will be put to bed for the winter, including cutting back
appropriate perennials, and mulch protection of roses.
Sprinkler
Close system
down, force high volume of compressed air through each
line to purge water to protect from freezing.
Driveway &
Yard Drains
Drain grates
will be removed and sumps cleaned after fall leaf drop.
Leaf Clean
Up
All turf and
beds will be cleaned of fallen leaves.
Tree care
Inspect trees
for bracing, wiring or removing limbs. Deep feed trees
and shrubs.
Gutters
Clean all
gutters of leaves and debris
Winter
- Dormancy.
Indoor plants
Design
and care of indoor plants.
Plowing
includes
staking driveway in preparation for plowing; and keeping
walkways free of ice and snow.
Holiday Lighiting
Design,
mount and then remove decorations and lighting.
Dormant Pruning
Select
species of woody ornamental shrubs and trees are pruned
to improve branching structure and enhance appearance
of the plant.
Lighting
adjust
night lighting to maximize winter interest.
Keep up
Your property
will be walked very other week for assuring it is free
of debris.
