Another sad hedge Sometimes I drive a bigger truck, which means I have to park a few blocks away from […]
A new landscape foreman: green and naive!
Fired! I fired so and so last week is not something I enjoy hearing from a new landscape foreman. Here’s […]
Landscapers don’t have right of way around trees
Lawn care epidemic I often receive calls from potential new clients to come over and give them a quote. So […]
Suspected pedophile for one day
A pandemic story Let me tell you a true story from early 2020, just as COVID-19 lockdown started. At the […]
Homeowner’s plants decimated by courier in a rush
Careful! I could easily tell from my client’s text message that she was very upset. With snow on the ground, […]
Lonely Pieris shrub in decline
Planting in lawns This poor Pieris is clearly struggling. That’s why I don’t recommend planting shrubs and trees in lawns. […]
Lawn Care Mastery 101 course
No more excuses Today is a big day because I finally released my online course “Lawn Care Mastery 101“, just […]
Tree volcano request in Cantonese
Tree volcano request This is a new experience: after years of reading and writing about the tree volcano epidemic, I […]
BC Landscape Academy launches first online course
Dream come true After working in urban landscapes for 21 years and training many workers, it occurred to me that […]
The case of mutilated sword ferns
Sword fern mutilation, really? It’s not often that Red Seal Vas gets mad. I’ve seen lots of crazy stuff as […]
