When a shopping center, office park, or another commercial property has a garden, that garden requires regular upkeep to ensure that the landscape is visually appealing, healthy, and trouble-free. It is worth hiring professionals to take care of commercial landscape maintenance in Santa Cruz. Here are five tasks commercial landscape maintenance involves.
Weekly Lawn Upkeep
A weekly lawn mowing and maintenance service includes mowing, trimming, and blowing leaves and debris off walkways and driveways, so that commercial buildings can enjoy a picture-perfect garden without having to do all the work.
Shrub and Tree Pruning
Regularly pruning tree limbs can improve the health of a tree, control its growth, and enhance flowering, fruiting, and overall appearance. Ideally, trees should be pruned for the first time at two to five years of age, and then every five years after that. Pruning can be done in the winter or early spring, as wounds close faster and growth can begin in the spring, making insect infestations less likely. Yearly pruning is included in commercial landscape maintenance services.
Cleaning Up Leaves
Leaves tend to fall during the spring and autumn, and a clean-up is the perfect way to get the landscape looking good. A clean-up will also improve the health of the plant material. This process of commercial landscape maintenance usually includes:
- Cutting back perennials
- Removal of weeds and leaves
- Application of pre-emergent herbicide to all beds
- Hand and mechanical edging
- Granular fertilization of perennials, shrubs, and ornamental trees
Mulching
Mulching landscape beds leaves them looking beautiful, but there are other benefits to mulching, including:
- Preventative weed growth
- Conserving moisture in the soil
- Adding to the value of the property
- Adding organic matter to the soil
- Stabilizing soil temperature
- Keeping vegetables, flowers, and fruits clean
Pesticide Applications
Various pests and insects can damage any landscape and cost time and money. Regular applications of pesticide can protect the landscape and shield outdoor areas from infestation.
