How To Research Landscape Contractors?

Answer 1

If a planted area has sprinklers and a border, it can be considered landscaped

Many people associate landscaping with front and rear yards, or planted areas near office buildings and libraries. This is understandable since the contractors that do these projects are accredited in the field of landscaping, and the projects call for such.

However, there are some landscaping contractors that don’t get involved with a single family property, or planter areas at a shopping center. It’s not that they aren’t capable, it’s just that these contractors are too busy taking care of places like Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. These playing surfaces are put through the test over the course of a season, and the landscaping systems that were specifically designed for this use require a special kind of landscaping contractor.

The familiar one-ton flatbed truck, loaded with sprinkler pipes and plants, suggests there’s a landscaping project taking place nearby. However, when the playing field in a new stadium is being installed, there will be, a train of semi truck end-dumps, lined up on a side street, and several flatbed trailers loaded with 3” sprinkler pipes. Big time things, for a big time landscaping contract.

Surprising as it may seem, many of the same techniques that are used to ensure that a front lawn will thrive are employed in stadium landscaping. Once the sprinkler lines have been trenched and back-filled, a complete system of sub-grade drains is installed, much like the area drains that keep rain water from pooling on a lawn. The drain hubs are set and a conditioned soil mixture is compacted over the entire surface as a bed for the sod.

Unlike a Baseball diamond, football fields are far from flat. The surface of a football stadium is domed for run off. This has to be considered by the landscaping contractor, who will work in conjunction with a grading contractor to establish the proper elevations of a football field. If the degree is too drastic, it could slow the game down. Too flat, and the field will become a swamp after the first good downpour.

There are landscaping contractors, and there are big time landscaping contractors. For the home or a shopping center, the first option will likely be the best.