Legacy landscaping maintenance may not be the best for your landscaping and may be costing you more money than it needs to. TELEPHONE: 702-348-8399 EMAIL: INFO@ONTIMEVEGAS.COM
Silence vs active participant
Some times the lowest cost per month for landscape maintenance sounds attractive however, having the right landscaper working for you at your property / properties who brings ideas to you that may get implemented may mean lower reocurring costs and healthier plants. I hope you consider On Time Landscaping!
Hedge trimming EXAMple
Why does it start?
Why does it start?
Why does it start?
Many times hedge trimming starts because plants anticipated mature size was not taken into consideration when and where they were planted.
To keep them small enough / contained to the area they were planted many times hedge trimming happens.
Location of plants
Why does it start?
Why does it start?
Hedge trimming and blowing
stir up dirt, dust and debris that can get into properties or vehicles especially if doors or windows are open or not sealed well. Cleaning up properly and in a timely manner goes more quickly when vehicles and people are not around. The longer each trimming and clean up takes adds to the cost and when there are vehicles present makes cleaning up properly more difficult.
Fire hazard
Why does it start?
Many hedge trimmed bushes have an outer layer of leaves. Just below those leaves is usually dry wood / branches. Think about the risks if bushes at your property catch fire especially if they are close to buildings and vehicles.
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CONSISTANT LOOK
CONSISTANT LOOK
When bushes are hedge trimmed, the acceptable amount of growth between trimming is subjective. What one person things looks good another does not.
Each time bushes are trimmed there is a cost it is sometimes difficult to balance looks and costs.
Who dictates how often bushes get trimmed?
If bids, contracts and proposals use verbage like "neat and trim" whos neat and trim opnion is being used? If the landscaper budgets for 4 hedge trimmings per year and the customer wants 12 who pays for the additional costs?
costs
CONSISTANT LOOK
costs
Consider how old your property is and how much has already been spent trimming bushes. Now consider how many more years this cost and noise will continue if changes are not made.
ASK!
CONSISTANT LOOK
costs
Have you ever asked your landscapers to break out the annual cost of hedge trimming at each property? Multiply that number by the number of years hedge trimming has been going on. As costs rise; so does the cost of hedge trimming.
Have your landscapers offered ways to reduce or eliminate risks of hedge trimmed bushes and the costs to maintain them? Why not?
We prefer to take a proactive approach to dealing with costs and it involves customers understanding that other landscapers silence affect budgets and how landscaping looks.
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Poor Plant location examples
Some other ideas others may not bring to your attention
IRRIGATON checks and Water waste
Many landscape maintenance contracts call for inspections of irrigation systems one time per month. If an irrigation system is inspected today and a leak starts tomorrow, that leak can waste water for weeks, leading to costly fines and an unnecessarily high-water bill.
To address this, we have used a smart monitoring device at customer properties. These devices detect abnormal water use and immediately send notifications to designated people allowing us to quickly dispatch a technician. Because we know what time irrigation clocks turn on and off the water, we can compare that info with when the notification was sent to hopefully quickly narrow down the location of the issue. This usually significantly reduces the time and cost required to find and fix leaks.
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SOIL, Fertilizer and plant health
From the Southern Nevada Water Authority. “Clay, sand and rock-hard caliche make up the majority of soil types found within the Las Vegas Valley, but one thing they all have in common is a small percentage of organic matter - which is needed to support plant life. The pH or relative alkalinity of the soil may be high which could be limiting nutrients added through fertilizer.”
Many landscaping contracts “include” fertilizing with granular fertilizer. There are many issues with fertilizing this way including that it is typically is activated when it gets wet and the Vegas valley gets rain only a few times a year which means the fertilizer might not get activated when the plants need the nutrients so it is a waste of money and can be activated in areas where plants do not need it or allow animals to eat it since it can sit on the surface for some time.
There is an alternative that delivers nutrients to plants through the irrigation system. There can be cost savings by using less water since it is more nutrient rich. Water usually costs more per gallon the more is used so the less water that is used saves customers money.
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TRee trimming
TRee trimming
Many landscape maintenance contracts “include” removing lower branches for clearance up to about 10 or 12 feet off the ground. What are customers paying for once there are no more branches below that height? Tree health can generally improve if trees are cared for as a whole rather than below or above a certain height.
Have you ever priced out from a tree company the cost to trim just below 10 / 12 feet off the ground and compare that number to your monthly maintenance contract?
Mature and healthy trees provide benefits to but total tree health and trimming is often times not addressed by properties or their landscapers. Proper care can reduce exposure to risk and is more beneficial to trees and properties.
From Davey Tree Service website "Good pruning practices from the time trees are young can benefit trees health as they mature…also frees the tree of weak or overextended branches that could fall and damage property…"
From Arboristnow website "
…strong winds can make them (branches) incredibly dangerous. Gusts and gales can send branches flying… while particularly strong winds can uproot trees or snap trunks like twigs… In urban and suburban areas, limited rooting space prevents trees from establishing a robust root system, making them more susceptible to being uprooted by wind… Through proper pruning techniques, these issues can be mitigated or… corrected, reducing the tree's risk of failure…"
Customer reviews
Customer reviews on Google and Yelp provide unbiased insights into the quality of work and customer service. Quality of work and customer service transend property types. We do not cherry pick reviews to share with potential customers, we suggest going to the source. Compare these reviews with our competitors.
QUOTES THAT RESINATE WITH US
There may be higher costs to customers when landscapers do not speak up and present ideas. Silence
- Sharon Penman - Just because something has always been done a certain way does not make it right.
- Jeff Bezos - We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.
- Henry Ford - We do not make changes for the sake of making them, but we never fail to make a change when once it is demonstrated that the new way is better than the old way.
- Tony Robins - Identify your problems, but give power and energy to solutions.
- Benjamin Franklin - The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
- Mindy Grossman - The proof is in the results, and the proof will be in the ongoing ability to execute.
- Albert Einstein - If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.
