Landscaping in the News

New agreement to improve landscaping along expressways (Valley Morning Star)
HARLINGEN - Landscaping maintenance along Expressways 77 and 83 will improve under a new agreement approved by city commissioners Wednesday.

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Program to explain 'Landscaping on the Wild Side' (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
ARTHUR — University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Sandy Mason will share easy ways to develop an attractive landscape that birds, butterflies and other wildlife will appreciate during the program “Landscaping on the Wild Side – Attracting Wildlife to your Yard.”

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Failed sprinklers lead to landscaping damage at Visalia branch of Tulare County Public Library (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
A failed sprinkler system which has imperiled sections of landscaping at the newly renovated Visalia headquarters of the Tulare County Public Library — on the corner of Locust Street and Oak Avenue — should be back in operation Thursday, officials reported.

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Scandia Landscaping celebrates 25 years (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
CONNY AND WENDY GUSTAFSSON celebrate 25 years as Scandia Landscaping. Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune Conny Gustafsson and his wife, Wendy, are celebrating their 25th year in business as Scandia Landscaping.

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Scandia Landscaping celebrates 25 years (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
Photo by Robbi Pengelly CONNY AND WENDY GUSTAFSSON celebrate 25 years as Scandia Landscaping. Conny Gustafsson and his wife Wendy are celebrating their 25th year in business as a Sonoma landscape company.

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Bella Vista Considers Mailbox, Landscaping Restrictions (Arkansas News Bureau)
BELLA VISTA — People who want to build a masonry mailbox or install landscaping in a city right of way will have to get city permits under a proposed ordinance.

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Extreme Landscaping in Simi Valley, CA (dBusinessNews.com)
No detail spared on a Simi Valley Landscape mixed with high-end, custom landscaping and some uniquely eccentric features. Some Simi Valley residents spare no expense when it comes to landscaping their property.

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Wales Board Praises Two Businesses (East Aurora Advertiser)
The Wales Town Board is prepared to amend a special use permit for Promise Land / Mike Lina Paving, Inc. In the review process, board members praised Lina and his immediate Route 20A neighbor, Birch Grove Landscaping & Nursery, Inc., on the upkeep of the properties in the western end of town.

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Forget HOAs! New law allows more freedom with yards (WTSP-TV Tampa)
HOA's now have less power over your lawns. A new law says they can't crack down on Florida-friendly landscaping or brown yards as long as you're following your watering schedule.

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Knoch to Speak on Financial Benefits of Trails (East Aurora Advertiser)
Carl Knoch, northeast manager of trail development for the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, will be the keynote speaker at a program for the Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail at East Aurora’s Roycroft Inn at 7 p.m. on June 29. The Rail-to-Trails Conservancy has assisted in the development of more than 1,500 railroad-to-recreational-trail conversions throughout the United States.

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