March 4, 2025
Wayne Christensen · 7 min
Wayne Christensen · 7 min
An RFP checklist for commercial grounds contracts
What to ask for, what to compare, and the line items that quietly hide cost.
Insights
Notes from the field, written by the people who do the work.
January 22, 2025
Ellis Tate · 5 min
Ellis Tate · 5 min
Water management on North Georgia red clay
Why your zones are over-watering even when the controller says they're not.
November 19, 2024
Rosa Delgado · 6 min
Rosa Delgado · 6 min
Snow & ice SLAs for Class-A office parks
How to write a snow contract that actually protects your tenants and your insurer.
May 12, 2024
Jenna Park · 4 min
Jenna Park · 4 min
Seasonal color that survives Atlanta's June
Variety selection notes from twelve seasons of installs.
September 8, 2024
Marcus Bell · 5 min
Marcus Bell · 5 min
Tree-save zones and the buffer landscape
What jurisdictions actually inspect — and what they don't.
August 14, 2024
Ellis Tate · 5 min
Ellis Tate · 5 min
Mulch math: how depth, type, and timing affect your annual spend
A practical look at why a half-inch of over-application costs more than you think over a 22-acre site.
June 28, 2024
Wayne Christensen · 6 min
Wayne Christensen · 6 min
Reading a grounds proposal: line items that hide risk
The eight bid clauses our property managers ask us to translate first.
February 19, 2024
Rosa Delgado · 8 min
Rosa Delgado · 8 min
Storm response: the 72 hours after a North Georgia ice event
A retrospective from the January 2024 event and what we changed in our SOP.
February 6, 2024
Marcus Bell · 4 min
Marcus Bell · 4 min
Pre-emergent timing for fescue and bermuda in metro Atlanta
Soil-temp thresholds, application windows, and the two weeks that decide your season.
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