Spring Is Coming: Clean Up Your Landscape

The changing of the seasons affects not only your mood but your landscape as well. Changing climate conditions are a constant on this planet, and all plant life has always had to adapt to the specific changes in their area. With spring on its way, this means that there will be an abundance of nutrients available to your plants to use in their growth processes. Plant material will begin to shoot up, grow new foliage, and bloom. However, you have to ask yourself if your landscape is ready for this growth. The winter can be a time of freezing cold where your property maintenance falls back a little. This can lead to the accumulation of debris or dead plant material strung about the landscape. In an effort to start fresh this spring, here are some of the many benefits of a spring property cleanup.

Immediate Rejuvenation of Curb Appeal

As a commercial property manager, you engage in landscape maintenance services in hopes of driving in new business and retaining current tenants. If your landscape looks run down, the likelihood of someone making the choice to use your retail center or to send their parents to your senior living facility is much lower. While mowing the grass and pruning the hedges can keep things looking tidy, you lose all those benefits when debris and leaves are left outside to become eye sores. Having your property professionally cleaned will take you back to square one, and give potential customers a fresh new look at your landscape. 

Dirty Landscape Creates Disease

Another reason to engage in a property cleanup is that a dirty landscape can lead to disease. Now, this is the last thing you want to deal with as a property manager, as we know your plate is already full. Especially on your lawn, fungal diseases and pests can wreak havoc. The disease can cause decay and death of turf, sometimes to a point beyond rehabilitation. The same can be said for lawn pests who will chew on your blades of turf, or eat roots until they can no longer feed. Both of these predators can fester underneath the bacteria-filled cover of debris and leaves, using the trapped excess moisture to feed and spread. Having your property cleaned preemptively prevents the potential for this kind of problem. 

Fresh Start for Creative Design

In most ventures, it is usually smart to start from the ground up. It is wise to have the basics taken care of before you take on a more complex problem. The same is true for the landscape, and until your property is cleaned and maintained, you can forget about the creative inspiration for additional installations. When you give yourself that clean and uniform space to look at, you will be able to more clearly see what needs to be done next. Whether it be a new common area patio, or a retaining wall to direct water runoff, our team at Priority has you covered. 

Last but not least, we just wanted to mention that a property cleanup will make your property safer. We have seen everything from feces to broken glass on previous clean-up job sites. 

Our work has always been a reflection of our clients, both commercial and industrial. Like you, we take pride in your property and our TOP PRIORITY is to provide the most reliable resources, knowledge, and service to achieve and retain a superior and sustainable landscape. Give us a call at (708) 946-6121 or email us at [email protected] today.