Developing beautiful, healthy landscapes at your home or place of business, does not always mean hours of maintenance and ritualistic pesticide use. In fact, through some proper landscape planning, proactive maintenance, and proper plant selection, you will significantly reduce your requirements for weeding, watering, continued maintenance and eliminate the need for pesticides. Gardens are easy to maintain if you consider how Mother Nature makes it work. The native plants that grow in nearby conservation areas and natural parks have adapted to local soils, insects and climate, make ideal choices for your home garden. Natural gardens need not be boring or unkempt looking either. New cultivars are being developed all the time, and while they may not always be quite as hardy as the original native plant, they do offer a wider variety for you to choose from. By using the right plants in the right place and creating balanced ecosystem approach, your garden will begin to function on its own, requiring very little help.
The use of pesticides to control common turf pests will break down the natural function of the landscape, creating a chemical dependency for continued maintenance and permanently remove numerous beneficial insects and organisms from your lawn and soil. There is increasing concern about the impact of lawn and garden pesticides on our health and the healthy of our environment. A well cared for lawn should not need pesticides. Through some basic preventative maintenance steps completed each spring, a healthy lawn will be provided with the resources needed to out-compete weeds and be less susceptible to turf insect based problems. You can create a beautiful lawn and garden without putting your health, the health of others, or the natural environment at risk.
Make your landscape a natural Healthy Landscape this spring and see the first hand benefits of going green!
For more information or questions about our Healthy Landscapes Program, email or call 519-822-1260 x 2109.
