What makes commercial, condominium, and multi-family residents happy about their landscapes? Simply put, they want reliably maintained, visually pleasing outdoor spaces.

How do you make that happen as a property manager or board member?

First, you need good communication with an experienced, reputable commercial landscape maintenance provider. Next, it never hurts to have show-stopping seasonal colour installations and pristine lawn areas year-round.

Just think of the difference in curb appeal between a property with patchy, yellowing turf and zero flowers vs. one with lush, green grass and bold, colourful flower beds and artistic planters. Who wouldn’t choose the second option?

At TLC Landscaping, our in-house landscape designers and professional landscape maintenance technicians deliver seasonal colour and lawn seeding for our clients that generates compliments from residents — not complaints — year after year. Here’s how we do it. 

Seasonal Colour

Creating a positive first impression with seasonal colour starts with a Spring Site Inspection. Your TLC Client Care Manager will work with you to identify opportunities to improve your landscape plantings from both practical and aesthetic standpoints.

If rejuvenating your plants is part of your commercial landscape enhancements plan, your Client Care Manager will connect you with one of our certified, in-house landscape designers to craft a creative seasonal colour program for your property. 

Commercial seasonal colour plans may include: 

• Renovating beds with fresh shrubs, grasses and perennials to give the landscape shape;
• Installing eye-catching annuals — pretty petunias or shade-loving begonias — that will pop in spring and summer; and
• Planting creative containers that rotate with the seasons to accentuate key locations like entrances.

Our professional designers can dream up a design from scratch or work with a concept or colour palette you have in mind to match your vision. From there, our designers will coordinate with our enhancement teams for a flawless installation — on time and on budget. Finally, our maintenance department will ensure your seasonal colour installations are properly cared for, keeping an eye on irrigation and deadheading plants as needed. 

Seeding

Your Spring Site Inspection is also a great time to discuss the condition of your turf. Did the winter take its toll on your lawn areas? Have pests gotten the best of your grass? Maybe you have areas that are thinning due to snow mold, grub damage or compaction?

In any case, residents prefer their grass to be thick and green year-round. It’s more desirable for leisure — think playing and picnicking — and it looks better too. Regularly re-seeding and fertilizing your turf is the best way to give it the refresh it needs. At TLC, we recommend slit-seeding.

What is slit-seeding? Also known as slice seeding, it is an overseeding method that uses a special machine to place grass seed directly into the soil. This approach gives the seed the best chance to germinate by ensuring it doesn’t just sit on top of the thatch layer, get washed away or get removed by birds or pests.

Fall is often the best time to seed cool-season grass, but it also can be done in the early spring, when temperatures are above freezing and remain cool. Your Client Care Manager can help you determine whether spring is the right time for you to enhance your turf with slit seeding. The reality is that if your grass has dead spots or bare patches, it’s at risk for weed encroachment later in the season, which may lead to complaints from residents and more money spent on eradication later on.

By working closely with a seasoned condo ground care provider on upgrades like seasonal colour and seeding, you can dramatically improve the beauty of your property. It just may lead to compliments, not complaints. Get in touch with TLC Landscaping today.