Welcome to Window Leaders

Window Leaders is a premier, full-service window & pressure cleaning company proudly serving the surrounding Miami Dade and Broward area.

Over the years, we have become the one-stop source for residential and commercial window washing and pressurecleaning services, and we continually offer our renowned solutions at a price that cannot be beaten.

Our cleaning technicians are fast, dependable, efficient, and friendly. Our mission above all else is to meet or exceed every clients expectations. We do not feel successful until you are fully satisfied.

Window Leaders, over the years, has achieved a respected standing in the surrounding Miami Dade andBrowardcounties in South Florida.

Window Leaders will help when your windows are in need of thorough cleaning, or your propertyislooking a bit tired and worn, you can count on Window Leaders to restore the appearance of your home or business to mint condition. If you need a professional residential or commercial cleaning service, our renowned cleaning technicians are committed to meeting your full satisfaction.

Window Leaders offer a different cleaning services

WINDOW WASHING SERVICES -Residential Window Cleaning -Commercial Window Cleaning -High Rise Window Cleaning

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES -Sidewalks -Driveways -Patios -Parking Lots -Brick & Other Stone Surfaces

LOW-PRESSURE WASHING -House/Buildings -Decks/Fences/Docks

RESTORATION -Decks

-Fences

-Docks

-Piers

-Wood Surfaces

Window Leaders offers low and high pressure, water and chemical applications for concrete, brick, stone, and stucco, including driveways, patios, sidewalks, and more. Our cleaning process restores brick, stone, and concrete to like new appearance. Dirt buildup, mildew, mold and other elements dull the appearance of brick and concrete. Low-pressure washing will remove the weathered look from your porch, patio, sidewalk, driveway, etc.

We can add seal and paint to protect the bright appearance of your concrete. Ask us about it!

Wood Restoration

Window Leaders can help you to protect your decks, fences and wood surfaces.

Washing and sealing your decks, fences and other wood surfaces will protect and prolong the life of your investment. Wood rapidly deteriorates without protection. Decks, fences and other wood surfaces get dirty and covered with algae, mold & mildew.

The following elements will help to deteriorate your wood surfaces, water, sunlight, contamination algae, fungus, and mold.

Window Leaders follow 3 steeps.

After that, we will apply a sealer to your wood surfaces ensure sealant will be absorbed to its full potential which will increase the life of the sealant on the wood.

We can add seal and paint to protect the bright appearance of your wood decks and fences.

Ask us about it!

If the wood is already too much deteriorate it, we can offer you a restoration of the damage, Window Leaders can help you to avoid these costly replacements.

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GUTTER CLEANING AND GUTTER FACE CLEANING

Gutter Cleaning

Most residential houses are designed to have gutters divert water away from the foundation and gutter cleaning is an essential part of a home and building maintenance.Gutters can fill up with leaves, dirt and other debris. Once they become clogged, they will not function properly. Rather than diverting the water away from your home, gutters will actually flood, causing damaging water to seep into the eaves, and walls of your home causing rot and possibly even foundation problems. Moisture in a structures foundation leads to exterior cracks in the brick and mortar, which can lead to extensive structural damage of your property.

Gutter Face Cleaning

Gutter black stains are caused by a chemical reaction that occurs between the asphalt from the roof and the aluminum in the gutters. This is a really tough stain, so unlike mold and mildew, traditional low-pressure chemical washing will not remove them.Window Leaders will wash and scrub all the gutters around your home by hand, using our special chemical solution to remove the stripes. Most likely we will be able to remove the stripes, but in some cases, the tar and asphalt from the roof may have permanently stained the gutters.Work with our premier cleaning technicians at Window Leaders today.We offer free estimates!

DRYER VENT CLEANING

No matter how large or ambitious your house or business cleaning goals may be, we have the state-of-the-art equipment, skills, and knowledge to get the job done.As part of our residential or commercial maintenance program, we offer outdoor light fixture cleaning as well as mirror cleaning. Before you know it, your residence or business will be gleaming with the renewed shine it deserves. All of our technicians are committed to offering top-tier window and screen cleaning at unbeatable prices.

AREAS WHERE WE PROVIDESERVICES

Window Leaders provide services the following locations

Miami Dade: Aventura, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Biscayne Park, Coral Gables, Doral, El Portal, Florida City, Golden Beach, Homestead, Key Biscayne, Medley, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miami Shores Village, Miami Springs, North Bay Village, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Opa Locka, Pinecrest, South Miami, Sunny Isles Beach, Surfside, Sweetwater, Virginia Gardens,

Broward: Coconut Creek, Coral Spring, Dania, Davie, Deerfield Beach, Everglades Parkway, Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale, Hollywood, Lauderdale Hills, Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Southwest Ranches, Sunrise, Tamarac, West Park and some locations in Palm Beach County: Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Lake Worth.

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Rafaela Simoes and Laila ColvinAcclaimed Brazilian interior designers. The duo has captured the attention of the residential world with their polished design aesthetic.Rafaela earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design, from Bennett University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1999. Laila graduated in Arts and Fashion Design also in Rio in 2001. Interested in expanding her creative portfolio, Laila was hired as an Art Director for a Houston, Texas-based agency specializing in design and technology. In 2009, they formed 2id Interiors. The design duo now heads up a seven-person team and have offices in Miami and Rio de Janeiro.They now have 8 years of working together creating luxury Interior Designs in South Floridas most exclusive neighborhoods such as Miami, Indian Creek, Fisher Island, Bal Harbour, Aventura, Key Biscayne, Brickell Key, South Beach, Sunny Isles, Pinecrest, Williams Island, Golden Beach, Star Island, Brickell, Coral Gables, Gables by the Sea and many other cities in different states all across USA and other countries such as Brazil, Portugal, etc.

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Kaiba mainly runs Decks that centralize on a beatdown strategy to aggressively overwhelm his opponents with high ATK monsters. During the first several arcs of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime, his Deck is composed of vicious-looking monsters, with most of them being DARK Fiend-Type. The Spells and Traps in his Deck normally serve to disrupt and counter any strategies his opponents would use. His monster lineup is spearheaded by his signature card, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and its Fusion form, "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon". In the later arcs, he incorporates "Virus" Trap Cards such as "Giant Germ", "Crush Card", and "Virus Cannon" that give it the traits of a Virus Control Deck and swarm Deck, destroying all monsters in his opponent's Deck with more than 1500 ATK, further crippling their ability to defend against him.

As the series evolves, Kaiba's switches his focus towards Dragon-Type monsters. His later Decks incorporate an array of Dragon and Dragon-Type support cards such as "Spear Dragon", "Luster Dragon #2", Different Dimension Dragon", "Paladin of White Dragon", and "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" while still maintaining "Blue Eyes White Dragon" and "Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon" as his most aggressive boss monsters. His later Decks still retain much of the aggressive beatdown strategies to wreak havoc upon his opponents with high ATK incorporated with Dragon-type support cards that contain inherent self-protection effects.

This Deck is seen in a flashback during the Virtual World arc. These cards were taken away by Seto and Mokuba's stepfather, and were taken back by Mokuba Kaiba.

During Duelist Kingdom, his Deck utilized various brutal appearing monsters to reflect his personality. Ghost Kaiba also utilized Kaiba's Deck and the Duel Computer also used some of his cards when Kaiba wanted to test his new Duel Disk system. Notably, his signature card (through all seasons of the anime and manga) is the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". His main plan consists of using "Saggi the Dark Clown" as bait, then use "Crush Card" to destroy the opponent's Deck. Against Yugi he tries regaining Life Points or destroying the opponents cards to stall until he draws the right cards required for Summoning "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" for the final blow.

After obtaining "Obelisk the Tormentor" and developing the Duel Disk, Kaiba creates a Deck to test them both out and Duels against a Duel Computer, which used some of Kaiba's own cards.

In Battle City, Kaiba's Deck takes on several traits of a Virus Deck, which focuses on removing cards from his opponents' Decks and leaving them with limited options. One of the main strategies in this Deck includes using "Crush Card Virus" and "Virus Cannon" to mill his opponents' Decks, while also attempting to Summon "Obelisk the Tormentor" for the finishing blow. His "Obelisk the Tormentor" is supported with "Soul Exchange", and if that fails, he implemented parts of a Machine deck representing Kaiba's expertise in technology; mainly he uses his "XYZ" monsters as offense until he is able to Summon "Obelisk".

The Virtual World Deck is very similar to Kaiba's Battle City Deck, though with more emphasis on Dragon-Type monsters, and without his Egyptian God (as the Virtual World's Deck construction list excludes the God Cards).

During the Waking the Dragons arc, Kaiba uses a Virus/Critias Deck. Kaiba's Deck evolves considerably, as he begins to include many more Dragons in his Deck, while also gaining "Fang of Critias", and still supporting "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and "XYZ" monsters. He supports many of his Trap Cards with "Fang of Critias", creating powerful monsters to defeat the opponent.

Kaiba only Dueled once in the Grand Championship arc (in order to officially disqualify Zigfried von Schroeder). This Deck, which still consisted mostly of Dragons, focused on swarming the field with monsters that were removed from play, using "Dimension Fusion".

Kaiba duels once in this arc as well, against Yami Bakura, but the Duel is not finished because his opponent leaves in the middle of it. Against Bakura, he included cards from previous arcs, focusing mainly on his "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". Kaiba uses cards from previous arcs while he's in ancient Egypt to protect himself and others from harm.

On more than one occasion, Kaiba has opened his briefcase to reveal a large collection of rare cards.

First Briefcase

Upon hearing that Solomon Muto has a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kaiba brings a briefcase full of rare cards in an attempt to trade him for it.

Second Briefcase

Kaiba's second briefcase contained his prototype for the Duel Disk as well as many other valuable cards he took to Duelist Kingdom with him.

Third Briefcase

Kaiba's third briefcase of cards was offered to improve Koji Nagumo's deck prior to him dueling with Obelisk the Tormentor. Kaiba's condition was that he could keep the rare cards he added if he beat him in a duel.

Fourth Briefcase

Kaiba's fourth briefcase consists of some of his best and most powerful cards offered to Yugi for his duel against the Pharaoh.

Seto's early Deck includes these cards as well two unnamed monsters.

Seto's Duelist Kingdom manga Deck includes these cards, as well as one unnamed monster.

This Deck was made by Seto in order to test the power of The God of the Obelisk against his three "Blue-Eyes".

Seto's Battle City Deck is very similar to his anime Deck, and it also contains one Level 8 unnamed monster. Dark Marik described his Deck during his Duel with Yugi as a Power Deck designed to suppress the opponent with monsters while gathering sacrifices to Summon his God card. Kaiba is not limited to using his own monsters, however, making liberal use of "Soul Exchange" to use his opponent's monsters as the sacrifices he needed. At the same time, he did not abandon his "Blue-Eyes White Dragons," often using them as either backup or a temporary replacement for "Obelisk," and including multiple methods to Summon them with the utilization of the ordinary twin-Tribute method. He also retained his Virus strategies, which he used against Ishizu, but he likely temporarily abandoned them in the manga after learning that his "Crush Card" strategy would be ineffective against "Ra."

Kaiba runs a Crack-and-Power Deck. Having lost his God card, Kaiba has expanded upon his previous strategies; he includes new support for Virus Cards and also more "self-fusing" Fusion Monsters, notably the "Material" series. His "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" are back to their old position of spearheading his Deck.

Kaiba was only shown Dueling during Gerard's flashback. He defeated him with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

A Monster Spirit named Kaibamanwho was rumored to have been created in honor of Kaiba, has been shown to possess a Deck based on Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon Deck. All the listed cards were part of Kaibaman's Deck.

In the movie, Kaiba's Deck works by removing monsters like the "XYZ" monsters from play to Special Summon them back to the field. After obtaining "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon", he modifies his Deck slightly to include it and "Pyramid of Light"

Only the cards used by Kaiba in his Duels were shown in the film. The full Deck List was given in the novelization of the film.

In the film, Kaiba plays a "Blue-Eyes Deck", featuring expanded support for "Blue Eyes White Dragon" and other high Level Dragon-Type monsters.

During this duel, Kaiba claims to have specially pre-delivered Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon Structure Deck.

Kaiba's signature card is shown to be Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

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General Electric Company (GE - Free Report) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2018 results on Jan 31, before the market opens.

This industrial conglomerates financial performance in the last four quarters was mixed, having recorded better-than-expected results in two and lagging estimates in the other two. The companys average earnings surprise was a positive 3.53%. In the last reported quarter, the companys earnings of 14 cents lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 21 cents by 33.33%.

The companys share price movements were not impressive. In the past three months, the stock price decreased 10% compared with the industrys decline of 1.1%.

Let us see how things are shaping up for General Electric this quarter.

Factors Influencing GEs Performance

General Electrics third-quarter results were disappointing as the bottom line lagged estimates and declined on a year-over-year basis. Weakness in the Power segment was one of the major reasons behind poor performance in that quarter and prevailing headwinds might be a concern for the fourth quarter as well. The Power segment has been losing grounds to increasing popularity of renewable energy sources, macroeconomic challenges, overcapacity in the industry and geopolitical tensions.

To revive the ailing segment, General Electric announced plans to split the power businesses in two one with gas product and services groups, and the other comprising steam, grid solutions, power conversion and nuclear businesses in October 2018. Also, the company still stands by the restructuring plan of June 2018 that will evolve it into a high-tech industrial company focused on Aviation, Power and Renewable Energy.

General Electrics Aviation business gains from healthy growth in air travel globally as well as from increased shipments of LEAP engines and rise in air freight volumes. Conversely, Renewable Energy benefits from project builds and improvement in shipments while the Oil & Gas segment benefits from increasing onshore activities and Healthcare gain from the rising emerging market business. However, the Transportation segment is dealing with weakening locomotive end markets.

It is worth mentioning here that General Electric intends to reduce structural costs in excess of $2 billion in 2018. However, exposure in the finance sector and high debts has been troubling.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the Industrial segments revenues in the to-be-reported quarter is currently pegged at $30,987 million, reflecting decline of 3.8% from the previous years $32,214 million. Profit for the Industrial segment is likely to decrease 10.9% year over year to $3,156 million.

GE Capitals Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales the fourth quarter is pegged at $1,992 million, down from $2,473 million reported in the previous quarter and up from $1,545 million generated in the year-ago quarter.

Earnings Whispers

Our proven model provides some idea about stocks that are about to release their earnings results. Per the model, a stock needs a combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) for a likely earnings beat. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before theyre reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

The case with General Electric has been provided below.

Earnings ESP: General Electric has an Earnings ESP of 0.00%, with both the Most Accurate Estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate pegged at 18 cents.

General Electric Company Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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Zacks Rank: General Electric currently carries a Zacks Rank #3.

Note that we caution against stocks with a Zacks Rank #4 or 5 (Sell-rated) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing a negative estimate revisions momentum.

Stocks That Warrant a Look

One company in the industry that you may want to consider as our model shows that it has the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter.

Griffon Corporation (GFF - Free Report) currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 and has an Earnings ESP of +37.50%.

You can see the complete list of todays Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Two companies in the Zacks Industrial Products sector that is likely to post upbeat earnings results this quarter is Colfax Corporation (CFX - Free Report) and Nordson Corporation (NDSN - Free Report).

Colfax currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 and has an Earnings ESP of +1.43%.

Nordson currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 and has an Earnings ESP of +4.82%.

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A lawn is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawnmower (or sometimes grazing animals) and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes. Common characteristics of a lawn are that it is composed only of grass species, it is subject to weed and pest control, it is subject to practices aimed at maintaining its green color (e.g., watering), and it is regularly mowed to ensure an acceptable length,[1] although these characteristics are not binding as a definition. Lawns are used around houses, apartments, commercial buildings and offices. Many city parks also have large lawn areas. In recreational contexts, the specialised names turf, pitch, field or green may be used, depending on the sport and the continent.

The term "lawn", referring to a managed grass space, dates to no earlier than the 16th century. Tied to suburban expansion and the creation of the household aesthetic, the lawn is an important aspect of the interaction between the natural environment and the constructed urban and suburban space.[2]In many[clarification needed] suburban areas, there are bylaws in place requiring houses to have lawns and requiring the proper maintenance of these lawns. In some jurisdictions where there are water shortages, local government authorities are encouraging alternatives to lawns to reduce water use.

Lawn is a cognate of llan which is derived from the Common Brittonic word landa (Old French: launde) that originally means heath, barren land, or clearing.[3][4]

Lawns may have originated as grassed enclosures within early medieval settlements used for communal grazing of livestock, as distinct from fields reserved for agriculture. The word "laune" is first attested in 1540,[5] and is likely related to the Celtic Brythonic word lan/llan/laun, which has the meaning of enclosure, often in relation to a place of worship.

Lawns became popular with the aristocracy in northern Europe from the Middle Ages onward. The early lawns were not always distinguishable from pasture fields. The damp climate of maritime Western Europe in the north made lawns possible to grow and manage. They were not a part of gardens in other regions and cultures of the world until contemporary influence.[6]

Before the invention of mowing machines in 1830, lawns were managed very differently. They were an element of wealthy estates and manor houses, and in some places were maintained by the labor-intensive methods of scything and shearing. In most situations, they were also pasture land maintained through grazing by sheep or other livestock. Areas of grass grazed regularly by rabbits, horses or sheep over a long period often form a very low, tight sward similar to a modern lawn. This was the original meaning of the word "lawn", and the term can still be found in place names. Some forest areas where extensive grazing is practiced still have these seminatural lawns. For example, in the New Forest, England, such grazed areas are common, and are known as lawns, for example Balmer Lawn. Lawns similar to those of today first appeared in France and England in the 1700s when Andr Le Ntre designed the gardens of Versailles that included a small area of grass called the tapis vert, or "green carpet".

It was not until the 17th and 18th century that the garden and the lawn became a place created first as walkways and social areas. They were made up of meadow plants, such as camomile, a particular favorite. In the early 17th century, the Jacobean epoch of gardening began; during this period, the closely cut "English" lawn was born. By the end of this period, the English lawn was a symbol of status of the aristocracy and gentry; it showed that the owner could afford to keep land that was not being used for a building, or for food production.

In the early 18th century, landscape gardening for the aristocracy entered a golden age, under the direction of William Kent and Lancelot "Capability" Brown. They refined the English landscape garden style with the design of natural, or "romantic", estate settings for wealthy Englishmen.[7] Brown, remembered as "England's greatest gardener", designed over 170 parks, many of which still endure. His influence was so great that the contributions to the English garden made by his predecessors Charles Bridgeman and William Kent are often overlooked.[8]

His work still endures at Croome Court (where he also designed the house), Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Harewood House, Bowood House, Milton Abbey (and nearby Milton Abbas village), in traces at Kew Gardens and many other locations.[9] His style of smooth undulating lawns which ran seamlessly to the house and meadow, clumps, belts and scattering of trees and his serpentine lakes formed by invisibly damming small rivers, were a new style within the English landscape, a "gardenless" form of landscape gardening, which swept away almost all the remnants of previous formally patterned styles. His landscapes were fundamentally different from what they replaced, the well-known formal gardens of England which were criticised by Alexander Pope and others from the 1710s.[10]

The open "English style" of parkland first spread across Britain and Ireland, and then across Europe, such as the garden la franaise being replaced by the French landscape garden. By this time, the word "lawn" in England had semantically shifted to describe a piece of a garden covered with grass and closely mown.[11] Wealthy families in America during the late 18th century also began mimicking English landscaping styles. In 1780, the Shaker community began the first industrial production of high-quality grass seed in North America, and a number of seed companies and nurseries were founded in Philadelphia. The increased availability of these grasses meant they were in plentiful supply for parks and residential areas, not just livestock.[11]

Thomas Jefferson has long been given credit for being the first person to attempt an English-style lawn at his estate, Monticello, in 1806, but many others had tried to emulate English landscaping before he did. Over time, an increasing number towns in New England began to emphasize grass spaces. Many scholars link this development to the romantic and transcendentalist movements of the 19th century. These green commons were also heavily associated with the success of the Revolutionary War and often became the homes of patriotic war memorials after the Civil War ended in 1865.[11]

Before the mechanical lawnmower, the upkeep of lawns was possible only for the extremely wealthy estates and manor houses of the aristocracy. Labor-intensive methods of scything and shearing the grass were required to maintain the lawn in its correct state, and most of the land in England was required for more functional, agricultural purposes.

This all changed with the invention of the lawnmower by Edwin Beard Budding in 1830.Budding had the idea for a lawnmower after seeing a machine in a local cloth mill which used a cutting cylinder (or bladed reel) mounted on a bench to trim the irregular nap from the surface of woollen cloth and give a smooth finish.[12] Budding realised that a similar device could be used to cut grass if the mechanism was mounted in a wheeled frame to make the blades rotate close to the lawn's surface. His mower design was to be used primarily to cut the lawn on sports grounds and extensive gardens, as a superior alternative to the scythe, and he was granted a British patent on 31 August 1830.[13]

Budding went into partnership with a local engineer, John Ferrabee, who paid the costs of development and acquired rights to manufacture and sell lawn mowers and to license other manufacturers. Together they made mowers in a factory at Thrupp near Stroud.[14] Among the other companies manufacturing under license the most successful was Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies of Ipswich which began mower production as early as 1832.[15]

However, his model had two crucial drawbacks. It was immensely heavy (it was made of cast iron) and difficult to manoeuvre in the garden, and did not cut the grass very well. The blade would often spin above the grass uselessly.[15] It took ten more years and further innovations, including the advent of the Bessemer process for the production of the much lighter alloy steel and advances in motorization such as the drive chain, for the lawnmower to become a practical proposition. Middle-class families across the country, in imitation of aristocratic landscape gardens, began to grow finely trimmed lawns in their back gardens.

In the 1850s, Thomas Green of Leeds introduced a revolutionary mower design called the Silens Messor (meaning silent cutter), which used a chain to transmit power from the rear roller to the cutting cylinder. The machine was much lighter and quieter than the gear driven machines that preceded them, and won first prize at the first lawn mower trial at the London Horticultural Gardens.[15] Thus began a great expansion in the lawn mower production in the 1860s. James Sumner of Lancashire patented the first steam-powered lawn mower in 1893.[16] Around 1900, Ransomes' Automaton, available in chain- or gear-driven models, dominated the British market. In 1902, Ransomes produced the first commercially available mower powered by an internal combustion gasoline engine. JP Engineering of Leicester, founded after World War I, invented the first riding mowers.

This went hand-in-hand with a booming consumer market for lawns from the 1860s onward. With the increasing popularity of sports in the mid-Victorian period, the lawn mower was used to craft modern-style sporting ovals, playing fields, pitches and grass courts for the nascent sports of football, lawn bowls, lawn tennis and others.[17] The rise of Suburbanisation in the interwar period was heavily influenced by the garden city movement of Ebenezer Howard and the creation of the first garden suburbs at the turn of the 20th century.[18] The garden suburb, developed through the efforts of social reformer Henrietta Barnett and her husband, exemplified the incorporation of the well manicured lawn into suburban life.[19] Suburbs dramatically increased in size. Harrow Weald went from just 1,500 to over 10,000 while Pinner jumped from 3,00 to over 20,000. During the 1930s, over 4 million new suburban houses were built and the 'suburban revolution' had made England the most heavily suburbanized country in the world by a considerable margin.[20]

Lawns began to proliferate in America from the 1870s onwards. As more plants were introduced from Europe, lawns became smaller as they were filled with flower beds, perennials, sculptures, and water features.[21] Eventually the wealthy began to move away from the cities into new suburban communities. In 1856, an architectural book was published to accompany the development of the new suburbia that placed importance on the availability of a grassy space for children to play on and a space to grow fruits and vegetables that further imbued the lawn with cultural importance.[11] Lawns began making more appearances in development plans, magazine articles, and catalogs.[22] The lawn became less associated with being a status symbol, instead giving way to a landscape aesthetic. Improvements in the lawn mower and water supply enabled the spread of lawn culture from the Northeast to the South where the grass grew more poorly.[11] This in combination with setback rules which required all homes to have a 30-foot gap between the structure and the sidewalk meant that the lawn had found a specific place in suburbia.[21]

Prior to European colonization, the grasses on the East Coast of North America were mostly broom straw, wild rye, and marsh grass. As Europeans moved into the region, it was noted by colonists in New England, more than others, that the grasses of the New World were inferior to those of England and that their livestock seemed to receive less nutrition from it. In fact, once livestock brought overseas from Europe spread throughout the colonies, much of the native grasses of New England disappeared, and an inventory list from the 17th century noted supplies of clover and grass seed from England. New colonists were even urged by their country and companies to bring grass seed with them to North America. By the late 17th century, a new market in imported grass seed had begun in New England.[11]

Much of the new grasses brought by Europeans spread quickly and effectively, often ahead of the colonists. One such species, Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), became the most important pasture grass for the southern colonies.

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) is a grass native to Europe or the Middle East. It was likely carried to Midwestern United States in the early 1600s by French missionaries and spread via the waterways to the region around Kentucky. However, it may also have spread across the Appalachian mountains after an introduction on the east coast. Kentucky Bluegrass is now one of the top three pasture grasses in the United States and the most desirable species of grass for lawns.

Farmers at first continued to harvest meadows and marshes composed of indigenous grasses until they became overgrazed. These areas quickly fell to erosion and were overrun with less favorable plant life. Soon, farmers began to purposefully plant new species of grass in these areas, hoping to improve the quality and quantity of hay to provide for their livestock as native species had a lower nutritive value. While Middle Eastern and Europeans species of grass did extremely well on the East Coast of North America, it was a number of grasses from the Mediterranean that dominated the Western seaboard. As cultivated grasses became valued for their nutritional benefits to livestock, farmers relied less and less on natural meadows in the more colonized areas of the country. Eventually even the grasses of the Great Plains were overrun with European species that were more durable to the grazing patterns of imported livestock.[11]A pivotal factor in the spread of the lawn in America was the passage of legislation in 1938 of the 40-hour work week. Until then, Americans had typically worked half days on Saturdays, leaving little time to focus on their lawns. With this legislation and the housing boom following the Second World War, managed grass spaces became more commonplace.[21] The creation in the early 20th century of country clubs and golf courses completed the rise of lawn culture.[11]

According to study based on satellite observations by Cristina Milesi, NASA Earth System Science, its estimates: "More surface area in the United States is devoted to lawns than to individual irrigated crops such as corn or wheat.... area, covering about 128,000 square kilometers in all".[23]

Lawn monoculture was a reflection of more than an interest in offsetting depreciation, it propagated the homogeneity of the suburb itself. Although lawns had been a recognizable feature in English residences since the 19th century, a revolution in industrialization and monoculture of the lawn since the Second World War fundamentally changed the ecology of the lawn. Intensive suburbanization both concentrated and expanded the spread of lawn maintenance which meant increased inputs in not only petrochemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides, but also natural resources like water.[2][11][21]

Front lawns became standardized in the 1930s when, over time, specific aspects such as grass type and maintenance methods became popular. The lawn-care industry boomed, but the Great Depression of the 1930s and in the period prior to World War II made it difficult to maintain the cultural standards that had become heavily associated with the lawn due to grass seed shortages in Europe, America's main supplier. Still, seed distributors such as Scotts Miracle-Gro Company in the United States encouraged families to continue to maintain their lawns, promoting it as a stress-relieving hobby. During the war itself, homeowners were asked to maintain the appearances of the home front, likely as a show of strength, morale, and solidarity. After World War II, the lawn aesthetic once again became a standard feature of North America, bouncing back from its minor decline in the decades before with a vengeance, particularly as a result of the housing and population boom post-war.[11]

The VA loan in the United States let American ex-servicemen buy homes without providing a down payment, while the Federal Housing Administration offered lender inducements that aided the reduction of down payments for the average American from 30% to as little as 10%. These developments made owning your own home cheaper than renting, further enabling the spread of suburbia and its lawns.[21]

Levittown, New York was the beginning of the industrial suburb in the 20th Century, and by proxy the industrial lawn. Between 1947 and 1951, Abraham Levitt and his sons built more than seventeen thousand homes, each with its own lawn. Abraham Levitt wrote "No single feature of a suburban residential community contributes as much to the charm and beauty of the individual home and the locality as well-kept lawns". Landscaping was one of the most important factors in Levittown's success - and no feature was more prominent than the lawn. The Levitts understood that landscaping could add to the appeal of their developments and claimed that, "increase in values are most often found in neighborhoods where lawns show as green carpets" and that, over the years, "lawns trees and shrubs become more valuable both esthetically and monetarily".[24] During 1948, the first spring that Levittown had enjoyed, Levitt and Sons fertilized and reseeded all of the lawns free of charge.[21]

The economic recession that began in 2008 has resulted in many communities worldwide to dig up their lawns and plant fruit and vegetable gardens[citation needed]. This has the potential to greatly change cultural values attached to the lawn, as they are increasingly viewed as environmentally and economically unviable in the modern context.[25]

The appearance of the lawn in Australia followed closely after its establishment in North America and parts of Europe. Lawn was established on the so-called "nature strip" by the 1920s and was common throughout the developing suburbs of Australia. This term is uniquely Australian, alluding, perhaps, to man's desire to control nature. By the 1950s, the Australian-designed Victa lawn mower was being used by the many people who had turned pastures into lawn and was also being exported to dozens of countries.[26] Prior to the 1970s, all brush and native species were stripped from a development site and replaced with lawns that utilized imported plant species. Since the 1970s there has been an interest in using indigenous species for lawns, especially considering their lower water requirements.[27] Lawns are also established in garden areas as well as used for the surface of sporting fields.

Over time, with consideration to the frequency of droughts in Australia, the movement towards "naturalism", or the use of indigenous plant species in yards, was beneficial. These grasses were more drought resistant than their European counterparts, and many who wished to keep their lawns switched to these alternatives or allowed their green carpets to revert to the indigenous scrub in an effort to reduce the strain on water supplies.[25] However, lawns remain a popular surface and their practical and aesthetically pleasing appearance reduces the use of water-impervious surfaces such as concrete. The growing use of rainwater storage tanks has improved the ability to maintain them.

Following recent droughts, Australia has seen a change to predominately warm-season turfgrasses, particularly in the southern states like New South Wales and Victoria which are predominately temperate climates within urban regions. The more drought tolerant grasses have been chosen by councils and homeowners for the choice of using less water compared to cool-season turfgrasses like fescue and ryegrass. Mild dormancy seems to be of little concern when high-profile areas can be oversown for short periods or nowadays, turf colourants (fake green) are extremely popular.

Lawns are a common feature of private gardens, public landscapes and parks in many parts of the world. They are created for aesthetic pleasure, as well as for sports or other outdoor recreational use. Lawns are useful as a playing surface both because they mitigate erosion and dust generated by intensive foot traffic and because they provide a cushion for players in sports such as rugby, football, soccer, cricket, baseball, golf, tennis, hockey and lawn bocce.

Lawns and the resulting lawn clipping waste can be used as an ingredient in making compost and is also viewed as fodder, used in the production of lawn clipping silage which is fed to livestock[28][29] as a sustainable feed source.

Lawns need not be, and have not always been, made up of grasses alone. Other plants for lawn-like usable garden areas are sedges, low herbs and wildflowers, and ground covers that can be walked upon.

Thousands of varieties of grasses and grasslike plants are used for lawns, each adapted to specific conditions of precipitation and irrigation, seasonal temperatures, and sun/shade tolerances. Plant hybridizers and botanists are constantly creating and finding improved varieties of the basic species and new ones, often more economical and environmentally sustainable by needing less water, fertilizer, pest and disease treatments, and maintenance. The three basic categories are cool season grasses, warm season grasses, and grass alternatives.

Many different species of grass are currently used, depending on the intended use and the climate. Coarse grasses are used where active sports are played, and finer grasses are used for ornamental lawns for their visual effects. Some grasses are adapted to oceanic climates with cooler summers, and others to tropical and continental climates with hotter summers. Often, a mix of grass or low plant types is used to form a stronger lawn when one type does better in the warmer seasons and the other in the colder ones. This mixing is taken further by a form of grass breeding which produces what are known as cultivars. A cultivar is a cross-breed of two different varieties of grass and aims to combine certain traits taken from each individual breed. This creates a new strain which can be very specialised, suited to a particular environment, such as low water, low light or low nutrient.

Diagram of a typical lawn grass plant

Cool season grasses start growth at 5C (41F), and grow at their fastest rate when temperatures are between 10C (50F) and 25C (77F), in climates that have relatively mild/cool summers, with two periods of rapid growth in the spring and autumn.[30] They retain their color well in extreme cold and typically grow very dense, carpetlike lawns with relatively little thatch.

Warm season grasses only start growth at temperatures above 10C (50F), and grow fastest when temperatures are between 25C (77F) and 35C (95F), with one long growth period over the spring and summer (Huxley 1992). They often go dormant in cooler months, turning shades of tan or brown. Many warm season grasses are quite drought tolerant, and can handle very high summer temperatures, although temperatures below 15C (5F) can kill most southern ecotype warm season grasses. The northern varieties, such as buffalograss and blue grama, are hardy to 45C (113F).

Carex species and cultivars are well represented in the horticulture industry as 'sedge' alternatives for 'grass' in mowed lawns and garden meadows. Both low-growing and spreading ornamental cultivars and native species are used in for sustainable landscaping as low-maintenance and drought-tolerant grass replacements for lawns and garden meadows. wildland habitat restoration projects and natural landscaping and gardens use them also for 'user-friendly' areas. The J. Paul Getty Museum has used Carex pansa (meadow sedge) and Carex praegracilis (dune sedge) expansively in the Sculpture Gardens in Los Angeles.[31]

Some lawns are replaced with low ground covers, such as creeping thyme, camomile, Lippia, purple flowering Mazus, grey Dymondia, creeping sedums, and creeping jenny.[32]An example of this is the floral lawn in Avondale Park. Other alternatives to lawns include meadows, drought-tolerant xeriscape gardens, natural landscapes, native plant habitat gardens, paved Spanish courtyard and patio gardens, butterfly gardens, rain gardens, tapestry lawn and kitchen gardens. Trees and shrubs in close proximity to lawns provide habitat for birds in traditional, cottage and wildlife gardens.

Seasonal lawn establishment and care varies depending on the climate zone and type of lawn grown.

Early autumn, spring, and early summer are the primary seasons to seed, lay sod (turf), plant 'liners', or 'sprig' new lawns, when the soil is warmer and air cooler. Seeding is the least expensive, but may take longer for the lawn to be established. Aerating just before planting/seeding may promote deeper root growth and thicker turf.[33]

Sodding (American English), or turfing (British English), provides an almost instant lawn, and can be undertaken in most temperate climates in any season, but is more expensive and more vulnerable to drought until established. Hydroseeding is a quick, less expensive method of planting large, sloped or hillside landscapes. Some grasses and sedges are available and planted from 'liner' and 4-inch (100mm) containers, from 'flats', 'plugs' or 'sprigs', and are planted apart to grow together.

Lawn growth, 20-hour time lapse

Various organic and inorganic or synthetic fertilizers are available, with instant or time-release applications. Pesticides, which includes biological and chemical herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, treating diseases like gray leaf spot, are available. Consideration for their effects on the lawn and garden ecosystem and via runoff and dispersion on the surrounding environment, can constrain their use. For example, the Canadian province of Quebec and over 130 municipalities prohibit the use of synthetic lawn pesticides. In order for the lawn to grow and flourish, the soil must be prepared properly. If this step is overlooked as many do, the lawn will burn out as soon as it runs out of nutrients.[34][34] The Ontario provincial government promised on 242 September 2007 to also implement a province-wide ban on the cosmetic use of lawn pesticides, for protecting the public. Medical and environmental groups support such a ban.[35] On 22 April 2008, the Provincial Government of Ontario announced that it will pass legislation that will prohibit, province-wide, the cosmetic use and sale of lawn and garden pesticides.[36] The Ontario legislation would also echo Massachusetts law requiring pesticide manufacturers to reduce the toxins they use in production.[37]

Sustainable gardening uses organic horticulture methods, such as organic fertilizers, biological pest control, beneficial insects, and companion planting, among other methods, to sustain an attractive lawn in a safe garden. An example of an organic herbicide is corn gluten meal, which releases an 'organic dipeptide' into the soil to inhibit root formation of germinating weed seeds. An example of an organic alternative to insecticide use is applying beneficial nematodes to combat soil-dwelling grubs, such as the larvae of chafer beetles. The Integrated Pest Management approach is a coordinated low impact approach.[38]

Maintaining a rough lawn requires only occasional cutting with a suitable machine, or grazing by animals. Maintaining a smooth and closely cut lawn, be it for aesthetic or practical reasons or because social pressure from neighbors and local municipal ordinances requires it,[39] necessitates more organized and regular treatments. Usually once a week is adequate for maintaining a lawn in most climates. However, in the hot and rainy seasons of regions contained in hardiness zones greater than 8, lawns may need to be maintained up to two times a week.[40]

The prevalence of the lawns in films such as Pleasantville and Edward Scissorhands alludes to the importance of the lawn as a social mechanism that gives great importance to visual representation of the American suburb as well as its practised culture. It is implied that a neighbor, whose lawn is not in pristine condition, is morally corrupt, emphasizing the role a well-kept lawn plays in neighborly and community relationships. In both of these films, green space surrounding a house in the suburbs becomes an indicator of moral integrity as well as of social and gender norms as lawn care has long been associated with men. These lawns also reinforce class and societal norms by subtly excluding minorities who may not have been able to afford a house in the suburbs with a lawn that was the symbolic representation of safety and stability.[41] The lawn as a reflection of someone's character and the neighborhood at large is not restricted to films, the same theme is evident in The Great Gatsby, a book written by American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Character Nick Carraway rents the house next to Gatsby's and fails to maintain his lawn according to West Egg standards. The rift between the two lawns troubles Gatsby to the point that he dispatches his gardener to mow Nick's grass and thereby create uniformity.[42]

Most lawn care equipment over the decades has been advertised to men, and companies have long associated good lawn care with good citizenship in their marketing campaigns. As well, the appearance of a healthy lawn was meant to imply the health of the man taking care of it; controlled weeds and strict boundaries became a practical application of the desire to control nature, as well as an expression of control over their personal lives once working full-time became central to suburban success. Women were encultured over time to view the lawn as part of the household, as an essential furnishing, and to encourage their husbands to maintain a lawn for the family and community reputation.[11]

During World War II, women became the focus of lawn-care companies in the absence of their husbands and sons. The lawn was promoted as a necessary means by which women could help support their male family members and American patriotism as a whole. The image of the lawn changed from focusing on technology and manhood to emphasizing aesthetic pleasure and the health benefits derived from its maintenance; it was assumed that women would not respond positively to images of efficiency and power. The language of these marketing campaigns still intended to imbue the female population with notions of family, motherhood, and the duties of a wife; it has been argued that this was done so that it would be easier for men returning from war to resume the roles their wives had taken over in their absence. This was especially apparent in the 1950s and 1960s, when lawn-care rhetoric emphasized the lawn as a husband's responsibility and as a pleasurable hobby when he retired.[11]

The lawn aesthetic in Europe and Australia seems to exhibit the same cultural tendencies as a representation of order, power over nature, patriotism, and suburban family life while still adhering to other gender constructs present throughout the world's suburbs. However, there are differences in the particulars of lawn maintenance and appearance, such as the length of the grass, species (and therefore its color), and mowing.[27][43]

Greater amounts of chemical fertilizer and pesticides are used per surface area of lawn than on an equivalent surface of cultivated farmland,[44] and the continued use of these products has been associated with environmental pollution, disturbance in the lawn ecosystem, and increased health risks to the local human and wildlife population.[45] It has also been estimated that more herbicides are applied per surface of lawn than are used by most farmers to grow crops.[21][clarification needed]

Other concerns, criticisms, and ordinances regarding lawns arise from wider environmental consequences:

Maintaining a green lawn sometimes requires large amounts of water. This is not normally a problem in the temperate British Isles, where the concept of the lawn originated, as natural rainfall is usually sufficient to maintain a lawn's health, although in times of drought hosepipe bans may be implemented by the water suppliers.[50] The exportation of the lawn ideal to more arid regions of the world, however, such as the U.S. Southwest and Australia, has crimped already scarce water resources in such areas, requiring larger, more environmentally invasive water supply systems. Grass typically goes dormant during cold, winter months, and during hot, dry summer months turns brown, thereby reducing its demand for water. Most grasses typically recover quite well from a drought, but many property owners consider the brown "dead" appearance unacceptable, or are misled by it, and increase watering during the summer months.

In the United States, 50 to 70% of residential water is used for landscaping, most of it to water lawns.[47] A 2005 NASA study "conservatively" estimated there was 128,000 square kilometres (49,000sqmi; 32,000,000 acres) of irrigated lawn in the US, three times the area of irrigated corn.[51]

It is possible that lawn maintenance could come at the expense of precious resources, especially when faced with extreme weather conditions. This situation is described in Water in Australia by David Ingle Smith, who observed in 1995 data that under extreme conditions during summer drought periods, up to 90% of the water used in Canberra, Australia was applied to lawns.[52]

An increased concern from the general public over pesticide and fertilizer use and their associated health risks, combined with the implementation of the legislation, such as the US Food Quality Protection Act, has resulted in the reduced presence of synthetic chemicals, namely pesticides, in urban landscapes such as lawns in the late 20th century.[53] Many of these concerns over the safety and environmental impact of some of the synthetic fertilizers and pesticides has led to their ban by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and many local governments.[45] The use of pesticides and other chemicals to care for lawns has also led to the death of nearly 7 million birds each year, a topic that was central to Silent Spring by the conservationist Rachel Carson.[21]

In the United States, lawn heights are generally maintained by gasoline-powered lawnmowers, which contribute to urban smog during the summer months. The EPA found, in some urban areas, up to 5% of smog was due to small gasoline engines made before 1997, such as are typically used on lawnmowers. Since 1997, the EPA has mandated emissions controls on newer engines in an effort to reduce smog.[54]

A 2010 study seemed to show lawn care inputs were balanced by the carbon sequestration benefits of lawns, and they may not be contributors to anthropogenic global warming.[55][56]

However, lawns with high maintenance (mowing, irrigation, and leaf blowing) and high fertilization rates have a net emission of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide that have large global warming potential.[57]

With the use of ecological techniques including organic lawn management, the impact of lawns can be reduced. Such methods include the use of native grasses, sedges, and low herbs; higher mowing techniques; low volume irrigation, "grasscycling" grass clippings in place; an integrated pest management program; exclusive organic fertilizer and compost use; and including a variety of trees, shrubs, perennials, and other plants surrounding the lawn. A positive benefit of a healthy lawn is it filters contaminants and prevents runoff and erosion of bare soil.[citation needed]

Replacing turf grass with low-maintenance groundcovers or employing a variety of low-maintenance perennials, trees and shrubs[46] can be a good alternative to traditional lawn spaces, especially in hard-to-grow or hard-to-mow areas, as it can reduce maintenance requirements, associated pollution and offers higher aesthetic and wildlife value.[58]

Some environmental organizations, with the support of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, concerned by the decline in the number of bees worldwide, in the first day of Bees' Needs Week 2018 (an annual week-long event arranged by Defra that is meant to raise awareness of the effects caused upon bees by human activity, lasting from 9-15 July), give some recommendations of ways to preserve bees.

The recommendations include to:

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Unlimited Landscapings Turf Care Program consists of 8 Organically Engineered applications that are properly timed through out the year to promote a green, weed free lawn. By using Organic Components in our program we are encouraging healthy plant growth while reducing the amounts of fertilizer and pesticides applied to your lawn. Our program is custom-formulated specifically for the unique weather conditions here in the Atlanta area.

Unlimited Landscaping provides continuous lawn care treatments for our programs in order to make your turf an inviting outdoor living area. There are no contracts to sign to begin this service. However, we will continue the service year to year. If a problem comes up between visits or you are not happy with our lawn services, just give us a call and we will make it right!

Environmental concerns mean a lot to Unlimited Landscaping. This is why we ONLY use products that are safe for our environment. With our products, there is no reason to worry about your children or your pets safety. It is our policy to minimize our pesticide use.

Unlimited Landscaping applies a pre-emergent that will control numerous annual grasses. Broadleaf weed control is added to control young and late winter weeds. A thorough inspection of your lawn will also be conducted to advise on any prior season concerns that need to be addressed.

This application will start to green up and help strengthen your root systems while reducing the amount of nitrates and pesticides that traditional lawn companies use. Pre-emergents are included again to extend crabgrass control late into the summer.

Unlimited Landscaping strengthens your lawns root system while controlling those pesky weeds. The bionutrients help your lawn naturally to improve the cell structure. Aeration needs to be conducted at this time to also improve root growth, loosen compacted soil and provide adequate water runoff. This allows fertilizer, air and water to reach the root zone of your lawn. This procedure is for bermuda and zoysia lawns.

With this mid-year application, the lawn specialist will evaluate the lawn and target the specific requirements. Your lawn may need more post-emergents to control weeds and/or organic fertilizers for a greener color.

With this mid-year application, the lawn specialist will evaluate the lawn and target the specific requirements. Your lawn may need more post-emergents to control weeds and/or organic fertilizers for a greener color.

Unlimited Landscaping applies a liquid pre- and post-emergent to control early to mid-fall annual weeds and grasses. Organic fertilizer is applied at this point to keep the turf healthy as it prepares to go dormant during the cooler temperatures. Now is the time to aerate and overseed fescue lawns.

Prior to your lawn going into dormancy, we apply a final application that will stimulate root growth and help to reduce the stress from the winter temperatures. This application will also help your lawn green up earlier in the spring.

A lime application is applied to balance the PH levels in the soil. All noticeable grassy and broadleaf weeds are also sprayed at this time.

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Make the most of your outdoor living space with Unlimited Lawn Care of Atlanta. With over 19 years experience, you can count on us to help you get the thick green lush lawn youve always dreamed about.

Unlimited Lawn Care of Atlanta is the main reason I have a healthy green yard every season.

Bryan Spalding

Your home is an investment, and so is the lawn that surrounds it. Unlimited Lawn Care of Atlanta understands this, and with over 19 years of experience, you can count on us to help you get the healthy, beautiful lawn youve always dreamed of.

As a full-service, locally owned and operated landscaping business that has been turning Metro Atlanta and North Georgia green for years, Unlimited Lawn Care & Turf Management strives to provide only the highest quality products and services for all of your outdoor lawn care needs. We pay special attention to your yards specific needs, whether that be general turf treatment, tree and shrub care, pest removal, or a total property makeover, weve got you covered.

Whether youre looking to maximize your property value or simply looking to restore your lawn to a lush and healthy state, Unlimited Lawn Care & Turf Management promises you the lawn maintenance experience you deserve and by only using state-of-the-art equipment and environmentally-safe products, we always deliver on our promises.

With a variety of other services at your disposal, like weekly mowing and maintenance, sprinkler and outdoor lighting installation, landscape design, hardscape design, seasonal flowers, and drainage and erosion solutions, its easy to see that Unlimited Landscaping truly cares for your lawn. We do more than just treat the surface of your yard; we dig deep with our core aeration techniques to make sure your lawn is healthy at its roots. The thick Georgia clay and soil surrounding your plants roots can sometimes make it hard for them to absorb the oxygen and water they need to survive. As Atlanta lawn care experts, we are able to insert small aeration holes, which loosen compacted soil and allow for stronger, deeper roots. Our mission is to help transform your back yard into a blissfully manicured landscape that surpasses your expectations.

Here at Unlimited Lawn Care & Turf Management, we know that keeping your yard beautiful means keeping it healthy, too. Quality turf maintenance focuses on eradicating all kinds of threats to your lawn, including weeds, insects, and inadequate nutrients and thats why Unlimited Landscaping pays close attention to what your lawn needs and makes sure that the treatments being used dont cause any harm to you or your lawn. Many lawn care and landscaping companies use toxic pesticides and fertilizers when treating lawns because safer remedies are more expensive, or the company just doesnt know any better. We advocate an organic-only approach, utilizing natural fertilizers and pesticides with no harsh chemicals.

Our convenient perimeter pest protection, frequent soil testing, and continuous turf treatments all help us keep your yard vibrant and strong, and allow you to make the most of your outdoor living space. We go above and beyond so that you can relax, knowing our professionally trained staff will expertly care for your landscape and help you protect your investment.

Due to our two-decades experience in lawn and turf treatment, we understand that there is nothing more invasive and aesthetically depreciating to your landscape than weeds. These pesky intruders can cover your grass and flowers completely, shading them from the sun and depriving them of necessary nutrients. They can also steal important minerals from the soil, leaving your lawn frail and lifeless. Forget plucking weeds one by one with your hands; Unlimited Lawn Care utilizes several more efficient and successful strategies to rid your lawn of weeds and leave it looking green and healthy.

We spread pre-emergent herbicides on your lawn to stop weeds before they even start growing. Post-emergent herbicides are used if the weeds are already in full bloom. We also use various bionutrients, aeration tactics and organic fertilizers to help strengthen the lawns roots while simultaneously killing the weeds. At Unlimited Lawn Care, we are experts at defending your lawn against all kinds of weeds broadleaf weeds such as white clover and dandelions, or grassy weeds such as crabgrass and Bermuda grass are no match for us.

As a company that is eager to work with you on reaching your lawn care goal, we offer live, quality representatives to answer your calls during our normal business hours, as well as free and concise estimates by phone. Our efforts to satisfy our customers have not gone unnoticed; Unlimited Landscaping was voted BEST IN GWINNETT for 5 consecutive years by Gwinnett Magazine, and we are in the TOP 20 LANDSCAPERS list released in 2012 by Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Let Unlimited Lawn Care work with you, and experience what its like to feel confident and secure in your lawn maintenance company.

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If you are like the majority of Fredericksburg residents, you want a beautiful green striped lawn, but you just dont have the time to do everything that needs to be done to keep a lawn in tip-top condition. We all lead busy lives these days. Not only that, many people simply dont know what should be done and when in order to achieve that perfect finish.

Even if you are an avid gardener and do have the knowledge, there are so many other things to take care of in the yard, that the poor old lawn often gets left until last, just getting a mow a couple of times a month.

At Fredericksburg Lawn Care, we have both the knowledge and the time. We care for the lawns of many residents in the city, as well as for businesses, and public lawns in addition, and we have been doing so for years. Many of the lawns that you see and admire both on private and public land are cared for by us. We can do the same thing for your lawn. We provide every lawn care service that you will need.

No Lawn?

Of course, it may be that at the moment you do not even have a lawn. This is no problem. As you might expect, Fredericksburg Lawn Care can supply turf and lay it for you, which creates a virtual instant lawn, or we can seed one for you. You may well be wondering what the difference is.

There are a couple of answers to the question. First, with turf, you get a lawn immediately, whereas with seed it is going to take a few weeks to establish. However, while there are different grades of turf, the choice is more limited than with seed. For the finest Fredericksburg lawns, we always recommend a premium grade turf, but there are cheaper options. Seed mixes can vary quite considerably, so you can choose the best for your purposes. For instance, if you have young children, you will want a lawn that is more hard-wearing than if you are retired and are only going to sit on it in the sun. You can also choose a seed mix that is shade or drought tolerant, whereas with turf you are limited to what the grower can supply.

Cost is another important factor. Seed is probably around one tenth of the price of turf. However, when you use seed it will need more attention for the first few weeks. There is the possibility of attack by birds, and seed can also wash away when sown on steep slopes. Seed is probably the best way to repair bald patches on an existing lawn. Furthermore, when you seed a lawn in Fredericksburg you know that if you need to repair it several years later you should still be able to buy the same mix.

Regular Attention

Assuming that you already have a lawn, there are several things that Fredericksburg Lawn Care needs to do in order to bring it up to or keep it up to perfection. Quite obviously, it needs regular cutting.

However, in addition, it needs aeration. This is a job that should be done every other year, or for lawns with heavy traffic every year. There are two types of aeration plug aeration and spike, or push, aeration. Spike aeration pushes soil deeper into the ground, allowing air to circulate around the roots, but is not suitable for heavily compacted lawns, or those with poor drainage. Plug aeration removes a small core of soil and grass from the lawn, allowing air to circulate, but also improving drainage.

Edging your lawn in Fredericksburg is probably the fastest way to make your whole yard look great. After mowing the lawn, it will need occasional edging to give a clean line into the borders.

Of course, we also use special fertilizers in order to promote healthy growth of your grass. In addition, we apply weedkillers where necessary.

A Lot More Than Just Lawn Care

Although our company name is Fredericksburg Lawn Care, we can do a whole lot more for you than just look after your lawn in Fredericksburg. In fact, if you just want a beautiful yard with flowers and shrubs, and do not have the time or the inclination to become a gardener, we can take care of your whole yard.

We undertake shrub maintenance and pruning. Different types of shrubs need different treatments. Some need regular pruning. Others need to be pruned at different times after flowering, in winter, in early spring, or in late summer, for instance. We take care to carry out shrub maintenance at the correct time.

Weed control is another service. Keeping paths and driveways free of weeds keeps your yard and home looking spick and span.

Mulching

Mulching is also a great idea to keep your borders weed free and looking great, while at the same time benefiting the plants that you want. It also saves time watering. Wood bark mulch spread on the borders suppresses the growth of weeds, and at the same time keeps moisture in the soil where it can benefit the plants and prevent the roots from drying out. We can also use wood bark mulch on pots and containers. Eventually, the mulch will break down, releasing valuable nutrients into the soil which get taken up by the plants and giving you better blooms.

Paths And Driveways

Fredericksburg Lawn Care also undertakes sweeping and removal of leaves that cover the ground in the fall. In addition to that, we will remove snow from paths and driveways in the winter, so that you do not run the risk of slips and falls, and you can get your car out of the garage.

Whatever kind of services you need to ensure that your yard looks great all year round, Fredericksburg Lawn Care can provide it. We have the people and the skills and we enjoy what we do. We take pride in ensuring that your yard and lawn is in world class condition all year round.

In order to establish exactly what we can do for your lawn and yard, simply call us on 540-369-4563, or click on the Free Quote Form at the top of the page. We will happily make a no obligation visit at a time to suit you in order to discuss your requirements.

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About LaneScapes

When Chris started this business in 2008, it was nothing more than a side job and a way to release his creative juices. 3 years later, he decided it wastime to turn this into a business that will outperform the competition in every way. He dialed back the amount of services that the business offeredand focused primarily on the ones he knew best. But that wasn't good enough - he had to guarantee each and every service with the strongest guarantee in the area. LaneScapes was the first business in this area (that we know of) to advertise such a strong guarantee onlawn and landscape services.

Landscape Maintenance- LaneScapes has dedicated crews tocaring and maintaining your garden and plants. They are great at it, because that's all they do! Shrub and tree trimming, plant installation, tree installation,mulching, weeding, leaf removal, drainage solutions, and more.

We also have dedicated crews for cutting grass. The crews members on these teams are trained on how to properly use all equipment and care for lawns. They are lawn cutting specialists.

Mulch Installation- We install a ton of mulch every year! It might be the most important service when it comes to maintaining your plants and controlling weeds on your property.

Landscape Lighting- The owner of LaneScapes, Chris, loves to install landscape lighting! Why should you be forced to only enjoy the features of your home and landscape during the day? Landscape lighting can provide you and your visitors a brand new view of your property that you never knew existed. However, itneeds to be performed by a professional. If not, it can look absolutely terrible! You will end up with hot spots, visible light sources, equipment and wiring issues, or worse.

Lawn Care- LaneScapes has a dedicated person to perform fertilization and weed control applications to your lawn. Did you know that there is a government agency responsible for making laws on applying fertilizer and pesticides to lawns? They take it very seriously and so do we!LaneScapes is licensed, insured, and certified to perform these services on your property.

Aeration and Overseeding- Such an important part of your lawn's healthy diet. Your lawn needs oxygen, water, and nutrients to survive. If you want a healthy, green, soft, and full lawn, then you need to aerate your lawn every year. If your ground is extremely hard or malnourished, you should consider having your lawn aerated and topdressed with a quality soil amendment.

Leaf Removal- MAN, do we ever blow some leaves! By the time Halloween hits, almost every lawn mowing and landscaping employee is focused on leaf removal and fall cleanups. This service is necessary for the health of your lawn and your plants. Too many leaves will choke out the grass and plants,causingthem to die before the spring season.

Drainage Solutions & Grading- This issue is often underrated or even dismissed all together - until it is too late! Don't get stuck with a wet basement, dead plants, zero grass, or a washed out landscape.We have yet to hear of drainage, erosion, or grading issue after we complete the work.Like the old saying goes, "Do it right the first time, and you will never do it again."

Snow Removal- During snow and ice events, we are ahead of the game to ensure each and every commercial customer hasa safe property. Although the majority of our snow plowing customers are businesses, HOAs, and other commercial properties, we also service residential properties.

What areas do we service?

We service all of Howard and Carroll County Maryland. We also service parts of Baltimore, Frederick, and Montgomery County. Some areas have limited services to keep our prices down, so be sure to call us and see if we can help you out.

Some of the cities that we service includeellicott city md, columbia md, clarksville md, westminster, finksburg,highland, dayton, glenelg, glenwood, cooksville, west friendship, woodstock, marriottsville, sykesville, eldersburg, woodbine, mt airy, frederick, taneytown, new windsor, hampstead, manchester, upperco, reisterstown, owings mills, union bridge, windsor mill, catonsville, pikesville, stevenson, glyndon, 21784, 21723, 21794, 21104, 21042, 21043, 21045, 21044, 21029, 21046, 21036, 21737, 21738, 21797, 21771, 21157, 21158

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