Introduce Gold Medal Plants Into Your Garden In the spirit of the Olympics, it is time to go for the gold! We understand that not everyone can be a world class athlete and win a gold medal, but everyone can add a little gold to their landscape. Good landscape design balances having plants that flower with plants that offer color in their foliage. While it is nice to get a
It’s Smart To Use Trees To Help Cool Your Home Let’s not mince words; it is hot out there. But then again, it is late July and it is supposed to be hot. If you are like most of us, your air conditioner is running constantly. In this day and age of high technology, isn’t it nice that something as simple as planting a tree in the right location can
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 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
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
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,
Watering Grass Correctly Is Key To A Lush, Green Lawn It is another hot week. Your lawn will need some help if it is to thrive and look its best. Here are 7 things you need to know about watering our lawn: Water in the Morning Early morning watering is the best. It allows your lawn to take up the most water since it will not evaporate in the heat. Avoid
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 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
Try These Plants That Repel Mosquitoes As the days get warmer our thoughts naturally turn to spending time outside. Playing in the yard, working in the garden and dining on the patio are all wonderful ways to spend our time. Unfortunately, with the rising temperatures, mosquitoes are also making an appearance. One of the ways to help keep pesky, and dangerous, insects away from us is to use plants that naturally
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