Allentuck Landscaping Co. News – March 18, 2016

What a beautiful weather week we have have! Our team has taken huge advantage of it by plowing through a lot of spring clean ups for our customers.

Speaking our our team, in case you missed our last newsletter; Our Crew Leaders Rock!, here is the link – https://allentucklandscaping.com/our-crew-leaders-rock/. We are truly blessed to get to work with so man fine people.

Did you know our Crew Leader corp has an average tenure rate of 14 years with Allentuck Landscaping Co!

Gardens for Grade School Grants Update

Update on Gardens for Grade School Grants – We currently have 8 very deserving area schools in the Garden Grants program. There is still time to nominate your school and/or vote for one of these. The winning school to be announced on March 31. The current standings are:

East Silver Spring Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD – 101 votes
Ronald McNair Elementary School in Germantown, MD – 57 votes
Rosemont Elementary School in Gaithersburg, MD- 4 votes
Dufief Elementary School in North Potomac, MD – 21 votes
Rock View Elementary School in Kensington, MD – 6 Votes
Fallsmead Elementary School in Rockville, MD – 1 vote
Rachel Carson Elementary in Gaithersburg, MD – 0 votes
Barnesville School of Arts & Sciences in Barnesville, MD – 0 Votes

Nominate/vote at https://tinyurl.com/gvos343 (Click on the Gallery button)

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What’s Blooming Now in Montgomery County, MD?

This is always an exciting time of the year. It seems like every day, we are seeing new plants in bloom. Here is a partial list of some of the plants we have seen popping:

Patio Terrace in North Potomac with pillars and stone gravel

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Allentuck Landscaping Co. News – March 18, 2016