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Easy Ways You Can Save The Environment

Our environment is taking a beating and Greenwise Advocates is one way you can make a difference. Check back regularly for easy ways to advocate, so that you can impact our environment for the better. In this space, we offer you simple ways to advocate for our...

Why Organic Lawn Care Matters

We know organic lawn care works. Year after year, Greenwise establishes and maintains sustainable, beautiful lawns without using any dangerous chemicals. We believe in creating safe lawns, which in turn creates a safer environment for us all. Organic lawn care is a...

Caring for Annual Seasonal Displays

You've done it. You're invested in landscaping so that your flower beds are a beautiful, annual array of colors. Congrats! Setting up displays doesn't just look good, but helps pollinators and the environment in the long run. Now that you have your beautiful seasonal...

How to Protect Your Trees & Shrubs All Winter

You’ve invested in your landscapes, and we want to help you care for your trees and shrubs throughout the year, including winter. We can help in a few ways, from as simple as giving watering tips to offering antidesiccant services and pruning. All three play an...

No Mow May: Pro’s & Cons of This Pollinator Movement

No Mow May has been buzzing lately in the media and probably on your social media. This movement began in the UK and is intended to help increase our bee population. As an organic lawn care company with a sustainable landscape design focus, we love that people are...

A Day in the Life of Snow at Greenwise

Greenwise puts a lot of thought into snow removal, so you don’t have to. Our team is constantly talking about snow, meeting about snow, and working together to figure out how to do it better after every single snow event, big or small. Snow Is All Hands on Deck...

How to Create Winter Interest in Your Garden

In the heat of summer, I start to lose my love of the garden. It’s too hot to do the work, and I’m mostly focused on keeping the perennials from dying as we suffer through drought-like conditions. Sometimes, the effort of watering takes up all the time I have for...

Making a Difference by Growing Environmental Stewards

The Greeley school community helps plant the new pollinator garden. Giving back to the community is as important to us as providing sustainable, organic, and safe lawns for our clients. That’s why we devote time to educating children about the importance of...

Creating a Modern, Sustainable Landscape Design

Escaping to your peaceful, beautiful backyard is a haven for the best of times, and the mother of necessity for the worst. One of our North Shore clients was fortunate enough to create their own backyard retreat and was especially lucky to have completed their outdoor...

How Does Clover Benefit Your Lawn?

Why Clover Is a Good Thing In the world of organic lawn care, we generally view clover as a beneficial turf cover, but we fully understand that you might not want clover in your yard. Fortunately, we have the tools to successfully get rid of clover – safely and...

Greenwise Guide to Summer Weeds

Summer weeds, like most weeds, know a weakling when they see one. In the world of lawns and garden beds, weaklings are those bare spots or areas deprived of nutrition or simply a victim of poor irrigation. Weeds are extremely opportunistic and greedy, so they will...

Four Simple Factors Determine The Health of Your Lawn

Creating a safe lawn is not complicated! Take a look at the four factors you want to consider in determining how healthy and safe your lawn is for you, your family and pets, and our environment. 1. Good Soil Building healthy soil is at the heart of organic lawn care....

Safley Keep Your Pets Free From Fleas & Ticks

How Do You Safely Protect Your Pets from Fleas and Ticks? You might be diligent about not having chemicals on your lawn, but do you think twice about the chemicals in your pet’s flea or tick treatment? If we think of it at all, many of us probably assume these...

You Love Your Dog, but is Your Yard Safe for Your Pooch?

DON’T YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN AND DOG TO HAVE A SAFE LAWN? Dogs Are at Risk with Chemically Treated Lawns Dogs live in the yard much differently than we do. You and I sitting on the back patio is not the same as our dog rolling around in the grass. That’s why dogs are...

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