Our Day at Arlington National Cemetery

Allentuck Landscaping July 12, 2016

Renewal & Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery For 20 years now, the National Association of Landscape Professionals has set aside one massive day of service to help enhance and preserve the landscape at Arlington National Cemetery. It is called Renewal & Remembrance. This year, ten of our team members joined over 500 of our colleagues to perform turf care, irrigation system improvements, tree pruning, cabling and and lightning protection, and

What Is The Correct Lawn Mowing Height

Allentuck Landscaping June 28, 2016

What Is The Best Height To Mow My Lawn? This is a question we get asked a lot, by both our clients and by homeowners. The reason it is asked is simple; the lower I mow my lawn, the less I have to mow it and the sharper it will look, right? Well, not exactly. The general rule about how much of your grass can be cut if with each

8 Front Walkway Ideas for Maximum Curb Appeal

Allentuck Landscaping June 21, 2016

A New Front Walkway Can Give Your Home A Fresh Look Sometimes a new look is just what a home needs to feel fresh again. We have gathered 8 walkways that Allentuck Landscaping Co. has designed and installed over the last few years to provide you with front walkway ideas and to give you new thoughts about how to make your front entry look brand new. Each front entry idea

Project Profile – What’s Old Is New Again

Allentuck Landscaping June 5, 2016

Recycling Landscape Materials To Make New Projects If you did not know it by now, at Allentuck Landscaping Co, we love to recycle just about everything we can think of. We turn our customer’s yard waste (to the tune of 5,400 cy. yds each year) into leafmold that gets returned into gardens. In the shop we recycle tires, batteries, oil and metals. Of course, in the office we recycle paper,

Rockville Home Gets A New Front Walkway and Landscape

Allentuck Landscaping May 23, 2016

A Fresh Look Is Sometimes Just What A Home Needs Sometimes, it is just time for a fresh start. This was the case with a long time customer of ours in Rockville, Maryland. We had been working for this customer every spring for the last ten years doing their spring clean-up, pruning and flower planting. The landscape and walkway had probably been in place even longer than that and was

Our First Gardens for Grade School Grant Install

Allentuck Landscaping May 23, 2016

Our First Gardens for Grade School Grant Installed at East Silver Spring Elementary School This past week Allentuck Landscaping Co. installed our first Gardens for Grade School Grants raised planter. If you recall, all elementary schools were invited to enter and have their communities vote for them on our Facebook page. The winner was East Silver Spring Elementary School. They requested that we install a butterfly garden and we were

North Potomac Citizens Association Offers Fire Safety Information

Allentuck Landscaping May 11, 2016

Learn Home Fire Safety Practices Please join the North Potomac Citizens Association on Wednesday, May 11th at 7:00pm for a presentation by Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS). MCFRS representatives will share fire safety information and explain their free Home Safety Visit program and Maryland’s new smoke alarm law. Learn how to sign up to have fire and rescue personnel assess the safety of your home. Following the presentation, we will have our Annual

Will All This Snow Harm My Landscape?

Allentuck Landscaping February 1, 2016

Blizzard Jonah dumps record snowfall on our area. That was a heck of a lot of snow last week. Now that we have shoveled our way out and the kids are getting back to school, the one remaining question is; will all this snow damage our landscapes? A Blanket Of Snow We have all heard this term used to describe how beautiful a thick layer of snow can look on

6 Perfect Plants For Spectacular Spring Color

Allentuck Landscaping April 10, 2015

It is not too early to plant some annuals! It has been a long hard winter and we are all itching to get some color into our gardens. Before you run out to the nursery and load up on annuals, but beware, there is still a danger of frost and cold nights in our area which could kill some of the annuals nurseries are showing. Remember, it is the nursery’s

How To Design The Perfect Front Foundation Garden

Allentuck Landscaping March 31, 2015

Creating The Perfect Front Foundation Garden Is Easy If You Follow These Steps Let’s face it, a house without a foundation garden simply looks naked, sort of like a picture without a frame. The right plants in front of a house not only hide the foundation, but if planned properly, enhance the beauty and value of a home dramatically. But where to start? A Layered Approach This may seem like

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Our Day at Arlington National Cemetery

What Is The Correct Lawn Mowing Height

8 Front Walkway Ideas for Maximum Curb Appeal

Project Profile – What’s Old Is New Again

Rockville Home Gets A New Front Walkway and Landscape

Our First Gardens for Grade School Grant Install

North Potomac Citizens Association Offers Fire Safety Information

Will All This Snow Harm My Landscape?

6 Perfect Plants For Spectacular Spring Color

How To Design The Perfect Front Foundation Garden

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