Landscaping in the News

Reader says landscaping of area should be finished (Tulare Advance-Register)
Kaweah Gardens, a mixture of single-family homes, fourplexes and duplexes northeast of Visalia's Pinkham Street/K Road intersection, was completed around 2005. A lighting and landscaping district was established soon afterward.

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Steal landscaping ideas from local businesses (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The next time you're idling in a drive-through lane, take a look around for gardening ideas. Corporate landscaping can offer inspiration for this year's plantings.

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Crooks Rob Landscaping Business (KCTV 5 Kansas City)
Police are looking for crooks who stole expensive equipment from a local landscaping company.

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Hayes: Nature clues us in on landscaping season (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Even though Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Groundhog’s Day predicting more winter, the last few days suggest the coming of spring.

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Proper landscaping could save your home from wild fires (Florence Morning News)
Fire officials talk about different ways to protect your house from wild fires with landscaping techniques.

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'Lousy Lawn' Case Spurs Proposals to Change Orem Landscaping Laws (FOX 13 Utah)
Orem city officials are drawing up proposals that would allow more drought-resistant landscaping in residents' yards. City officials say the move was at least partially motivated by the highly-publicized "lousy lawn" case, in which a 70-year-old woman was handcuffed and put in jail for not watering her property and resisting arrest after an officer tried to ticket her.

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Broadway widening called crucial project (Northwest Indiana Times)
CROWN POINT | In Rollie Brauer's vision, Crown Point's east side would be built up with hotels, commercial development at the Interstate 65 and U.S. 231 interchange, landscaping and a bike path winding alongside city thoroughfares.

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Riverside utilities board sends water-recycling proposal to City Council (The Press-Enterprise)
Without the city of Riverside embarking on a multimillion-dollar plan to treat its wastewater and use it to irrigate parks, schools grounds and other outdoor landscaping, its residents would eventually have to rely more heavily on imported supplies and pay steeper prices for it, the city's top utilities director said Friday.

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'Lousy lawn' case spurs proposals to change Orem landscaping laws (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 9:56 AM- OREM -- Orem city officials are drawing up proposals that would allow more drought-resistant landscaping in residents' yards.

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Trees and shrubs from ground up (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Landscaping with trees and shrubs is a big commitment in many ways: sheer size, life span and cost. In more subtle and artful ways, these plantings affect your property's look and value, your privacy and the pleasure you get from your daily encounters with the world just outside your door. This handbook is a source of inspiration and seasoned advice for making sound choices from the start and ...

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