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Cleaning up your leaves should be a dual approach.
Leave the leaves in your beds! Overwintering critters will thank you and there are many benefits.
Your lawn won’t be happy if a thick layer of leaves is left for the winter. Mulch the leaves with your mower, if that’s not enough, blow and rake your leaves into other areas of your property.
For more info on your local leaf clean up:
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Controversy over landscaping in the Park Ave neighborhood!
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Homeowner’s, Dave and Holly moved to 64 Barrington Street from Seattle, Washington with full intentions of preserving the historic nature of their home and gardens by eliminating unsightly diseased trees blocking the architecture and eradicating most of the lawn. They wanted a welcoming garden that softened the hardness of all that
asphalt.
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Broccolo was chosen to design a garden with a sensitivity to planting native plants and pollinator friendly flowers with the historic flavor of the late 1800’s. See examples of the Historic Ellwanger Garden:
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While in the middle of the project, some neighbors complained, with a mistaken notion that lawns are the preferred historical aesthetic appeal for their neighborhood. The city of Rochester Code Enforcement Officer shut
down the project until an application and approval could be granted by the Rochester Preservation Board.
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INSTALLATION including many bulbs.
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The night of the hearing, the board members were very welcoming and, in the end, approved of our design
stating that it is a good example of the type of landscape that balances both environmental and historic values.
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Jauvan Baker, nickname Smurf was involved in every step of this walkway, berms and gardens front and back.
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Completion of front yard with all gardens and no grass.
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We want to encourage others to challenge the 20th century idea of lawns and transform their properties into
functional and aesthetically pleasing habitats that welcomes diversity in the 21st century. Let’s get back to our roots of edible flower gardens and sharing with our neighbors. Broccolo thanks Dave and Holly for bringing their west coast vision to the Rochester community.
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Last chance for Dormant Pruning! Now until end of April. Broccolo dormant pruning for overgrown landscape plants. It’s best done when plants are dormant before Spring budbreak. Call now to set up a consultation to assess what plants will benefit in YOUR landscape.
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This overgrown privet hedge has been on a 3 year reduction and rejuvenation program. Old plants such as lilacs, viburnums, & forsythia need the old wood thinned out to encourage healthy young sucker growth. In order to enjoy the flowers and foliage, remove 1/3 per year. This year the hedge height was also reduced. See the before and after photos.
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BEFORE: Very large dying stalks need to be removed to encourage new growth.
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AFTER: The hedge still looks natural and ugly stumps are not visible from afar or when fully leafed out.
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Rod has been with Broccolo since 2007 working on his passion for lawncare! He is now our field supervisor so in addition to servicing his Fairport customers, he is responsible for training our new technicians and spreading his knowledge of all things turf related. Rod is versatile and will fill in other departments so you might see him on your property doing anything from specialty pruning to mulching. He wears many hats and wears them well, thank you Rod!
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New York voters can help create clean drinking water and improve the quality of life by voting “yes” on November 8, 2022!
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