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Your Great Outdoors
As today’s homeowners forego vacations – and long for a getaway without actually going away –the idea of creating that retreat outside the back door is gaining popularity. “People are looking for a place they can enjoy, and not feel that their neighbors
are in their space,” says Ellin Hanlon, APLD, owner of Bright Ideas Garden Design in Groton,
Massachusetts.
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Botanic Garden Branches Out
The bulldozers are clanging and tradesmen are busy pounding away, but in a few
short months peace and quiet will return to Tower Hill Botanic Garden in
Boylston, Massachusetts.
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Harvesting H2O
“Rainwater collection systems (e.g., cisterns, underground tanks, ponds) can significantly reduce or completely eliminate the amount of potable waterused for irrigation,” said Ashley Katz, spokeswoman for the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington. “Rainwater can be collected from roofs, plazas, and paved areas and then filtered by a combination of graded screens and paper filters to prepare it for irrigation.” Read More
Mark Your Calendars for The New England Condo Expo, May 24, 2011
The countdown is on for the third annual New England Condo Expo, which is only
about six weeks away.
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Come Prepared to Learn at the Condo Expo!
The New England Condo Expo on May 12th at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston is more than just a great place to
meet condominium professionals and network with community association leaders– it’s also a tremendous opportunity to learn more about running a successful
community.
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Enlivening your Landscape
Few capital improvements bolster property values as effectively as landscaping
upgrades. “It’s astonishing what redoing the landscape will do to the sales and turnaround
time at a condominium,” reports landscape designer Thomas Wilhelm, APLD, of Wilhelm Landscape Design in
Boston. And installing plantings better suited to your property’s ecosystem, including new hybrids specially developed to require less upkeep, can pay off handsomely
in reduced monthly maintenance costs for years to come.
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Landscaping for Less
The current economic climate has associations looking under every rock for cost savings, including their landscaping budgets. Read More
Eco-Friendly Landscaping
In the face of rising water costs, maintenance costs, and a continued depressed
housing market, many community associations are finding long-term savings
through new landscape strategies that also help our environment. Eco-friendly
landscaping practices are not just the domain of the nature lover anymore. They
can mean significant returns on your investment.
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Bountiful Harvest
The “greening” of condominium living is expanding to the landscape, where shared fruit and vegetable gardens get residents involved and add beauty to the property. They’re not the Garden of Eden, but from small to large, they provide a bountiful harvest year-round for the resident homeowners.
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Landscaping Harmony
The most common method of maintaining a landscape has typically been: “mow, apply a generous and regular supply of man-made fertilizers and pesticides
to prevent weeds, water and repeat.” But just because it’s the most widespread doesn’t mean it’s the healthiest process for the lawn, the condominium owners and the
environment.
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