Winters in Greater Chicago can certainly bring a wide variety of conditions. One day, you’ll get a dusting of snow, and the next you get multiple inches of snow with a thick sheet of ice to boot.
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Kevin Manning
Kevin has deep roots in the Chicagoland area, growing up in Plainfield and now residing in Naperville. He holds a degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Illinois and serves on the board for the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA). Since KD's inception in 1998, Kevin has loved creating outdoor environments to match the lifestyles of thousands of customers. In his spare time, you can find him spending time on the water with his wife, daughter, son, and labradoodle.
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Do you look around and see overgrown shrubs, beds full of weeds, or other landscape hazards at your Greater Chicago commercial facility?
Has your commercial landscape maintenance service underperformed? Do you feel ignored or that your provider doesn’t communicate well with you? Maybe you keep making lists of improvements you want done on your property but you have absolutely no time to address them. Not to mention, you thought these headaches were already addressed.
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Managing stormwater is a big issue Greater Chicago commercial properties face each year.
That means dealing with stormwater drainage, ensuring your detention pond is regularly cared for and maintained.
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We might not be able to read your mind, but we bet if we looked at your Greater Chicago commercial property wishlist, dealing with water issues is likely a top priority.
A flooded parking lot at an industrial facility, office park, retail property, healthcare site, or school does more than cause soggy feet. It can negatively affect local water quality, cause erosion, chase away customers and give the entire property a bad name.
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In the Greater Chicago area, there’s a big difference between your commercial landscape in the bright, warm summer months and your commercial landscape during those bitter, cold winter months covered in snow and ice.
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While Greater Chicago industrial property managers may be focusing on getting their work done indoors, making sure they maintain outdoor areas is important to the bottom line, too.
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Winters in the Greater Chicago area can certainly bring a wide variety of conditions. One day, you’ll get a dusting of snow, and the next you get many feet of snow with a thick sheet of ice beneath.
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*While this article offers helpful landscaping tips for residential properties, we now specialize exclusively in commercial landscaping services. If you manage a commercial property or HOA, see how we can enhance your landscape here.
We can all appreciate a nice breeze once in a while.
A soft wind can feel lovely while you’re sitting outside in your Chicago home landscape on a hot and sunny day. But strong gusts or steady, blowing high winds can not only be a nuisance, but they can also cause a bit of damage.
Chicago may be known as “The Windy City,” but it’s not the windiest. With an average wind speed of 10.3 miles per hour, it ranks as the 12th windiest in the country. But it's still quite windy.
And if you want to relax in your backyard without feeling like you’re being blown down in the process, you might be searching for how to landscape a windy area.
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Your home landscape is where memories are made. Maybe you take the same family photo under the large front yard tree or celebrate special occasions around the same fireplace by the backyard patio.
These places invite you in. They are places you gravitate to. In essence, they are focal points.
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When you think about what you want your Greater Chicago home to do for you, you probably are seeking a few key things: high-impact visual appeal and low-stress maintenance.
Some plants in your home landscape arsenal can work wonders to deliver your desired traits. Among them are ornamental grasses.
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