Lawn & Landscape recently featured an article in their April issue written by our own Angela Talocco, Employee Training & Development Specialist. Angela’s article highlights three strategies to help other companies provide the best solutions when hiring and training new employees. Talocco recommends, creating a list of required trainings, creating a training plan, and implementation…
Read MoreSpring is upon us, which means we’re are busy caring for Ft. Collins to Castle Rock lawn care. Currently, we are seeing an increase in lawn mite activity, so it’s important to make sure your lawn isn’t having the life sucked out of it, literally! Lawn mites can cause severe damage to your lawn, many times leaving you with…
Read MoreLEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and your landscape are related in several integral ways. The USGBC web site states, “LEED provides a framework that gives project teams the ability to choose solutions that contribute to aggregate environmental progress. Many small parts working together can have big impacts.” Your landscape plays a large role…
Read MoreWe went live with our new website last week and we are very excited to share it with you! We’ve been diligently working on this for some time now and we hope the results reflect this. The new website was designed to be minimalistic with a clean, organized look, which is a whole lot easier…
Read MoreA bond created throughout the past decade, Swingle Lawn, Tree and Landscape Care is proud to continue donating tree care services to Denver Botanic Gardens. Swingle exclusively adopted the Elm tree residing in front of Ruth Porter Waring House, around 2004. Most recently, Swingle’s team worked to prune the tree in preparation for spring. The…
Read MoreA look around the front-range reveals brown foliage on many pines and spruce. The brown tree foliage is on Austrian, Scotch, ponderosa, and pinyon pine as well as Colorado blue spruce. What is the cause of the problems pine and spruce trees are facing this year? For some of these trees, the causation dates back to…
Read MoreThe sun is shining bright and the weather is warming up. This time of year, depending on the day. It’s the time we all start to think about our yards. Two of the most important factors in making your lawn green this year is aerating the yard and getting those sprinkler systems running. Lawn Aeration in Denver…
Read MoreGET PLANTING April is usually the first time we Coloradoans can safely venture into our gardens without too much worry of deep freezes or harsh weather. Get those kneepads on- it’s time to plant! GET A HEADSTART Plant some of your early-blooming favorites in pots now, like begonias and dahlias, and keep them inside until…
Read MoreBRANCH OUT Arbor Day in Colorado is celebrated on the third Friday in April. That auspicious day and our glorious spring weather should inspire plenty of outside time getting your trees ready for the season! CLEAN UP Of course we all do our share of indoor spring-cleaning this time of year, but think about doing…
Read MoreThis month, Swingle participated in PLANET’s 38th Annual Student Career Days in Fort Collins, CO. We’ve attended this industry-recruiting event at various colleges and universities around the country for about the past two decades. This year we were fortunate to have it in our own backyard at Colorado State University! We consider this to be…
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