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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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November/December 2020
GOLD AWARD EARNED FOR BABCOCK RANCH LANDSCAPE CARE
Davey has earned a prestigious 2020 Gold Award from the
National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) for
landscape care at the Babcock Ranch residential community
in southwestern Florida.
Babcock Ranch is an innovative and sustainable community
located in Punta Gorda, Florida, with over 17,000 acres of
nature preserves and more than 500 residential homes. A
mini city, Babcock Ranch offers public and private residential
amenities, complete with walking trails, manicured lawn
spaces, crafted landscape beds, and a variety of native
trees and shrubs.
The NALP Awards of Excellence recognizes exceptional
landscape, lawn care, and interior plantscape design projects
from around the nation for maintenance, design/build or
contracting projects.
"Davey's grounds crew is proud of their innovative role
in making Babcock Ranch a beautiful, safe community
that is committed to environmentally friendly practices,"
said Mark Svozil, vice president and general manager,
Commercial Landscape Services (CLS). "We believe our
landscape management practices contributed to the
community's environmental goals while maintaining
Davey's commitment to providing the best client experience
through beautiful landscape work."
To earn the award, a dedicated crew from Davey CLS
worked on site during early morning hours in order to limit
disruptions to residents and visitors. That crew also utilized
battery-powered equipment for all mowing, string trimming
and pruning to reduce noise levels while maintaining the
property's sustainability goals.
Babcock Ranch is located on a nature preserve. The
community's landscaping guidelines limit turf coverage to
30 percent and require the use of native, low-impact trees
and shrubs for 75 percent of their landscaping.
NALP represents an industry that employs nearly 1 million
landscape, lawn care, irrigation and tree care professionals.
Davey's Commercial Landscape Services is proud of the role it
played in caring for the Babcock Ranch landscape.
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