The Blossoming Health and Academic Benefits of School Gardens - When in the garden, children who normally would not speak or raise their hand are now engaging in a lesson without being prompted. And the effects seem to last after they leave the garden. The students are scoring better on standardized tests and are just more excited in general about school.
After we received a call from a nice couple who had difficulty maintaining a good looking lawn, and were looking to improve the appeal of their lawn with our organic lawn care services. We visited the site so we could start soil testing and figure out why the client had such a hard time getting a nice lawn.
Citing drainage problems; Lincoln Landscaping recently initiated organic turf management at Morris Hills High School Baseball Field in Rockaway NJ to rectify these issues.
Lincoln Landscaping was honored to be a participant in the Hawthorne N.J. 8th Annual Green Fair. The purpose of the fair is to educate the community about sustainability—social, economic and environmental aspects—as well as buying locally, resource conservation, and health and wellness.
Chatham Township announced that in an effort to reduce the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers in Chatham Township it has contracted with Lincoln Landscaping, a Northeast Organic Farming Association registered organic company, to provide organic lawn management of its recreational fields (Shunpike, Nash, Esternay, and Mountainview) and The Colony Pool Club.
More and more schools and municipalities are making the transition to use only natural organic lawn care practices whenever possible, and refrain from using synthetic pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, etc.) and fertilizers on school grounds, playing fields and other areas where children play and interact.
The New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association (NJLCA) is a proven resource to the landscape contractor, green industry service provider and supplier as well as the consumer. The following excerpt article is taken from the recently published SPRING 2018 edition of their magazine.