Bartlett Tree Experts had its best year ever last year and expects this year to be even better. With 282 arborist representatives, the company really ramped up its commercial program last year and now has 21 programs. We visited their laboratories to find out what they’re researching right now. Researchers pollarded this sycamore tree to treat…
PHILLIPS, Calif. – Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday ordered mandatory water use reductions for the first time in California’s history, saying the state’s four-year drought had reached near-crisis proportions after a winter of record-low snowfalls. Mr. Brown, in an executive order, directed the State Water Resources Control Board to impose a 25 percent reduction…
PAULSBORO, N.J. – Aquatrols Corporation of America has acquired technology from Dr. Andrea Carminati and Georg-August-University Göttingen to improve the control of soil-plant-water relations. The commercialization agreement has been negotiated through MBM ScienceBridge GmbH, the fully owned technology transfer partner of the University of Göttingen. Carminati is the junior professor of soil hydrology in…
Green industry advocate Robert “Bob” Wade passed away on Feb.17 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Bob generously gave many years of service to the Irrigation Association as chair of the Government Affairs Committee. Bob was actively involved in several other affiliate organizations, including the California Landscape Contractors Association and the American Society of…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In its continuing effort to make its downtown more welcoming, and to support its sustainability initiatives, Grand Rapids is completing the replacement of 750 old iron tree grates with Porous Pave XL. Porous Pave is a highly porous, durable and flexible pour-in-place surfacing material that is a proven solution for green…
HERNDON, Va. – The Principles of Turfgrass Management certification program is now available as an online course. Passing this international turf program will earn you and your crew the Landscape Industry Certified Lawn Care Manager credential. Previously, this course was only offered as a print-based self-study. The online course allows students to receive access…
A xeriscape garden or landscape combines some of the biggest buzzwords in the landscape industry: pollinator-friendly, low-maintenance and drought-tolerant. Xeriscapes often incorporate all kinds of eco-friendly components like native plants, pollinator-friendly flowers, rain barrels, compost and more. But the defining feature of a xeriscape is that it’s designed with plants that don’t need much, if…
Irrigation valves are an integral part of an irrigation system. In fact, Alexis Bookman, product marketing manager with Irritrol, and Steve Hoveln, rotors, valves and accessories product manager with Hunter Industries, both describe valves as the heart of the system. “If the valve fails to operate, the entire system fails,” Bookman says. These system failures…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sustainable and low-maintenance design are the top trends for residential landscape projects, according to the 2015 Residential Landscape Architecture Trends Survey conducted by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Landscape architects were asked to rate the expected popularity of a variety of residential outdoor design elements in 2015. The…
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Toro Company is adding five new ¾-inch rotor models to its best-selling T5 RapidSet Series rotor product line. This includes the Shrub, Shrub Effluent, 12-inch High Pop, 12-inch High Pop Effluent and Lawn Effluent models. “Toro is excited to broaden our already comprehensive T5 RapidSet product family and…
