Elite Award Winners for Landscape Maintenance

We are so pleased to share WLM has received the 2019 Elite award for Landscape Maintenance through the ALCC (Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado). To enter the running, we had to provide specific information on our company that showed our dedication to improving Colorado's Landscapes via ongoing education; not a hard thing to do with 15 Certified Landscape Technicians on staff! We also had to pick a single property we service (now that's a hard thing to do!) and submit pictures, and an essay explaining all the improvements we've made on the property. Here's a small excerpt from our entry written by Eric Moroski:

How do we meet customer desires and deal with unusual landscaping challenges? What makes our maintenance of La Bellezza Peregrine award-worthy?

From the onset of our relationship with the builder/HOA back in 2008, detail was the #1 priority; something the previous contractor was failing at.  The Tuscan style property was half built and they had a different landscape company for installation and maintenance which created a situation where competitors had to play nice with each other.  The property is on the West side of Colorado Springs buffering native and has an incredible wildlife problem; deer walk around like they own the place and rabbits scurry from shrub to shrub avoiding the hawks while they nub down the bluegrass.  Plant selection was and continues to be a critical piece to have a successful landscape program.  The deer actually eat 3-Leaf Sumac, Russian Sage and other “deer-proof” plants.  The property manager has in place an annual event called a ‘Standing Tall Inspection’ where an HOA rep, property manager, builder rep and a landscape expert (our company) walk the entire property searching for deficiencies; what worked and what didn’t.  We create a report, price the items out and 99% of the time the work is approved, thus improving the property year by year.  Some of the deficiencies identified are then incorporated into the designs of the new landscapes being installed which creates a very proactive process.  Today the HOA is completely built out and aside from the standard set of maintenance tasks, we also complete custom weekly irrigation reports, weekly premium bed detail visits and monthly site reports from the account manager.