What’s on your spring to-do list?
Clean out the garage? Invest in some new flip-flops? Get your hands on that new Ben & Jerry’s salted caramel brownie ice cream with the chocolate topping?
Your landscaping company should have a to-do list, too — full of important spring landscaping tasks. (Although that Ben & Jerry’s sounds pretty good.)
Commercial spring landscaping in Austin, TX means tidying up, weed control, fertilizing, aerating. There’s a lot to do out there. Here’s a look.
1. Tidy Up The Landscape
Winter can cause a bit of a mess.
Dead, slimy flowers. Dead tree branches that could topple to the ground. Damaged shrubs.
Spring landscaping for commercial properties means removing unsightly and hazardous debris to make room for the new plants and fresh mulch to kick off a fresh new season.
2. Apply Pre-Emergent Weed Control
Weeds are stubborn and sneaky little demons, and the best way to control some varieties is to prevent them from sprouting in the first place.
That means pre-emergent weed control, which prevents pesky weeds from sprouting.
A dose of post-emergent hits the extra stubborn ones once they show up.
3. Add a Fresh Layer of Mulch
Don’t try to skate by with your mulch from last year. Spring landscaping means fresh new mulch.
Mulch breaks down over time. It fades. It starts looking ratty. When it gets thin, weeds creep in.
Fresh beds of rich, dark mulch make a huge impact, especially from the street, against crisp green lawn and bright beds of flowers.
Mulch retains moisture, keeps weeds at bay, and it makes the rest of your landscaping look crisp, clean, tidy, and inviting.
And here in Texas, with our extreme heat during long, hot summers, mulch provides insulation against these extreme temperatures.
4. Aeration and Seeding
This important spring landscaping task will keep your lawn healthy year-round.
Your turf gets compacted over time, from all those tenants and customers walking on it and heavy mowers running over it.
Areas of dead thatch build up that block important water and oxygen from getting through to the roots.
Aeration uses a machine to pull out tiny cores of soil from your lawn. These new holes allow water and oxygen to get to the roots, so they can grow nice and deep.
Aeration is followed by overseeding. All those fresh new holes provide the perfect spots for grass seed to settle and germinate.
5. Topdress with Compost
This adds nutrients and organic matter back into your lawn to give it a boost when it’s nice and freshly aerated.
Top dressing should happen immediately after aeration. This is a great time to get the compost into those little holes created in the turf. It also will camouflage the little round plugs of soil extracted during the aeration process.
6. Apply Fertilizer
You’re hungry when you wake up, right? So is your lawn. An important commercial spring landscaping task is fertilizing, to give your lawn the nutrients it needs for the season ahead.
7. Tidy Up Plant Beds
You can’t just leave planting beds alone and hope for the best. They need regular maintenance, including a substantial spring landscaping spruce up, to stay looking appealing and fresh.
Edging and weeding keeps them tidy, along with staying on top of the mulch.
Keep the edges neat, crisp, and defined. This always makes a great impression. Not only does this present an attractive, well-tended look, but it keeps turf from creeping into your landscaping beds.
8. Irrigation System Check-Up
We’re coming up on the heavy watering season soon, so spring is a great time for an irrigation system checkup.
Your irrigation technician should check all the run times and update the watering schedule for the season, so your system isn’t watering your landscaping too much or too little for the time of year.
In spring, your lawn and landscape don’t need the same amount of water as they do in the scorching heat of summer.
Your commercial landscape maintenance company should emphasize on-going irrigation maintenance, including monthly walkthroughs by irrigation technicians to stay ahead of any problems.
An irrigation tech should check your system for small issues like broken spray heads and leaky nozzles before they turn into big, costly problems.
Ready for a Spring Landscaping Spruce-Up? Leave it to North By Northwest in Austin, TX
You don’t want your commercial property looking winter weary.
Messy, neglected landscaping turns away potential renters and customers and turns off valuable current tenants.
That’s a worry you don’t need on your plate. Leave your important spring landscaping tasks to us. We’d love to partner with you to make your commercial landscaping impressive and your job hassle-free.
Are you ready for stress-free landscaping? Schedule a time to meet with one of our experts today. We’ll gather the details, create a customized plan just for you, and you can stop stressing as we improve and beautify your landscaping.
