Category: Allentuck Landscaping Co.

Celebrating One Year Injury-Free: Why a Safe Landscaping Company Matters

At Allentuck Landscaping Co., we’re thrilled to announce a significant milestone: 365 days without a single workplace injury! This achievement reflects our unwavering commitment to being a safe landscaping company in every aspect of our operations. Since our founding, we’ve prioritized the well-being of our employees and clients, making safety the cornerstone of our business philosophy. The Importance of Safety in Landscaping Landscaping might seem like a low-risk profession to

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Allentuck Landscaping Gives Back: Volunteering At Renewal & Remembrance

This year marked the 28th anniversary of Renewal & Remembrance, a day of service sponsored by the National Association of Landscape Contractors. Although our contingency from Allentuck Landscaping Co. was smaller this year, we were very proud to participate in enhancing two of America’s important landscapes and honoring our country’s veterans. This year, despite temperatures hovering nearly 100 degrees, over 500 volunteers worked at Arlington National Cemetery and the American

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My Crape Myrtle Looks Dead

My Crape Myrtle Looks Dead. Should I Worry? Crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are renowned for their stunning blooms, vibrant foliage, and resilience in various climates. These deciduous shrubs or small trees are beloved additions to many gardens, offering beauty from spring to fall. In our area, Crape Myrtles are treasured as one of the only types of trees that blooms in the late summer. Understandably, losing a Crape Myrtle from one’s

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Where Do Your Fall Leaves Go?

Living in a four-season climate is wonderful! We get to enjoy all the changes of the seasons. The flowers in spring, the sun in the summer, the leaves changing in the fall, and, although some people may not enjoy it, snow in the winter. It is that time between fall and winter that can be challenging to landscape contractors. This is when leaves fall from the trees and create havoc

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Why A Landscape Maintenance Program May Be Right For You

Introduction If you’re like me, then you’ve probably spent a lot of time in your yard – either relaxing or playing with your children. You’ve gotten to know it and enjoy spending time there. You know that it looks its best when maintained, but you also know that it’s hard work to keep things looking the way they should. That’s where we come in! With our landscape maintenance program, we

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Why Leaves Change Color In Fall

Ever Wonder Why Leaves Change Color In Fall? Every autumn we revel in the beauty of the fall colors. The mixture of red, purple, orange and yellow is the result of chemical processes that take place in the tree as the seasons change from summer to winter. During the spring and summer the leaves have served as factories where most of the foods necessary for the tree’s growth are manufactured.

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Cicadas And The Pending Doom – What You Need To Know

If you pay attention to the local media, we are about to witness an insect invasion of biblical proportions. It may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it is going to be something to witness. Ever year, Cicadas emerge from the ground, hatch, reproduce, and die. Once the young Cicada hatches, it will feed on tree fluids until it reaches a certain maturity it will fall to the ground

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All About Our Pesticide-Free Lawn Care Program

To many, a lush, green lawn is a part of the American dream. Lawns are a place to play, to picnic, or to just watch a pet dog roll around. In a sense, they set the table for the rest of the landscape.A healthy lawn does a lot of good for the environment also. It filters water before it reaches the aquifer. Lawns cool the surroundings and reduce noise. They

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5 Worst Pieces of Advice About Lawn Care

We’ve Debunked 5 Lawn Care Advice Myths There is a lot of bad lawn care advice floating around out there about lawn care. Some of it is urban myth. Some of it is spread by “know it alls”. Some of it is just a plain old fashioned cop out. We want to set the record straight on these lawn care myths once and for all so you can get your

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All About Our Complete Landscape Maintenance Plans

A Complete Landscape Maintenance Plan Makes Life Easier Our complete landscape maintenance plans are designed to deliver easy, no hassle results for you and your landscape. Wouldn’t it be nice to hire a company and know that your landscape maintenance was being performed professionally, and that you would not need to worry about it anymore? Wouldn’t it be nice to get that time back into your life. That is what

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