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Roots Down
May 2, 20233 min read
Maintaining our landscapes to death
The key to any successful landscape is maintenance, and yet current "mow and blow" techniques tend to create more problems than they...
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Roots Down
Mar 22, 20231 min read
RECAP: Clarkston Roadshow - 3/18
Recap of the Clarkston Roots Down Roadshow at Refuge Coffee.
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Roots Down
Aug 24, 20222 min read
The difference between a landscaper and grower.
We must do better by our landscaping professionals: it begins in our yards.
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Roots Down
Aug 21, 20226 min read
MICRO-COURSE: Why the Grower Program?
The Grower Program provides the landscaping industry with an important new standard for all public landscaping professionals.
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Roots Down
Aug 9, 20223 min read
How Roots Down creates Green Jobs
One of Roots Down's primary goals is to grow green jobs. Here's how we do it!
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Roots Down
Aug 8, 20224 min read
The Fruitful Communities initiative.
The Fruitful Communities initiative is our name for all the work we do to change lawns and vacant lots into pollinator gardens.
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Roots Down
Aug 4, 20222 min read
Wildflowers vs. grass: which is better for the environment?
Wildflowers can be a creative replacement for water-intensive lawns. Here are some of the benefits.
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Roots Down
Aug 3, 20222 min read
The hidden costs of fertilizer
Fertilizer is the secret sauce of every avid gardener, but they're also creating a raft of hidden social and ecological problems.
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Roots Down
Aug 2, 20222 min read
A brief history of grass
From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the grounds of Versailles, humans of every age have manipulated the nature around them to reflect...
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Roots Down
Aug 1, 20227 min read
The dark side of modern landscaping
America is covered in lawns. So much so that there are almost 50 million acres of turf from sea to shining sea. Here's how we got here.
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