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A Plant Guarantee Is Only As Good As The Landscape Contractor Behind It

Why Do You Want A Plant Guarantee? The answer is obvious – if a plant dies the company that installed it must replace it. Of course that’s the main reason to want a guarantee.  But I don’t think we choose a product or service just because it has a guarantee.  Most of us want a [...]

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Is This Transplanting Job Major or Minor?

In contracting it often comes down to man-hour (labor) and the equipment type & operator-time.  However with transplanting it’s not always clear-cut; there are many variables and circumstances to consider. To estimate this type of work accurately you must be clear on what this particular transplant job requires from start to finish.

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Is Transplanting The Right Decision?

Transplanting is integral to my projects because a majority of my work is with existing landscapes.  While many of the existing plants are worthless and can be removed, some have value and should be considered for transplant. Some of the reasons to transplant are: to correct “overcrowding” where a group of plants are too close [...]

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Terminology Doesn’t Always Equal Expectation

Have you ever ordered something in a restaurant and then been disappointed when it arrived at the table?  That’s chicken parmesan? This happens all the time and not just with food orders.  You have an expectation of what something should be, and when you ask for it by name you expect just that. In the [...]

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