Environmentally Sensitive Landscape Practices:
- Reducing landscape waste through on-site mulching and third party recycling
- Reducing or eliminating the use of pesticides through Integrated Pest Management
- Use of organic fertilizers and hybrid programs where appropriate
- Use of biodegradable and recycled plant containers
- Landscape renovation to integrate sustainable native plantings
- Comprehensive irrigation management as part of a holistic plan to ensure the right balance of soil – plant – water on our clients’ properties, thus reducing the need for excessive watering and fertilizing
Environmentally Sensitive Operations:
- Fuel efficient company vehicles (including hybrids and 4-cylinder vehicles for sales and operations managers)
- Efficient route mapping to reduce trip time of vehicles on the road
- Operating an efficient fleet of maintenance equipment that runs cleaner and works more efficiently than any fleet in the industry
- Pioneering the use of experimental low carbon emission equipment (such as propane-fueled trucks and mowers)
Responsible Resource and Waste Management:
- Energy conservation such as retrofitting fluorescent lighting fixtures with high efficiency ballasts and adjusting programmable thermostats to conserve utilities
- Reduction of paper use in our offices, through implementation of on-line work flow processes that eliminates needless generation of documents
- Office and yard recycling programs to include paper, plastic, glass and where possible, even motor oil
- Purchasing from local vendors to ensure healthier, more geographically appropriate plant material, while reducing the environmental impact of shipping materials across the country
So whether our customers want to improve the environment by making a few tweaks to their plant mix, or completely redesign the site for a significant reduction in their footprint on the earth, Brickman has the expertise to help our clients make the right choices today, to create a landscape that will sustain itself for many years to come.
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