Drector of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Center for New Hanover County A daytime walk through a suburban neighborhood can be quite the sensory experience: the melody of songbirds and the high-pitched ...

Landscaping has become a major industry segment in the construction market. High-end homes and developments, upscale shopping centers, hotels, and resort areas all demand landscaping. In addition, ...

Gas-powered lawn equipment could be banned in the state of California as state regulators look at ways to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. Numerous cities in the state already have bans in ...

One of my most tedious landscaping tasks is removing those droopy palm tree branches. It takes climbing a ladder propped against a tree and using my smaller corded chain saw to reach up and hack away ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is excited to announce the third ...

Boulder is unlikely to see new regulations on gas-powered landscape equipment in the immediate future. The City Council took up a discussion on Thursday night about whether to pursue regulating ...

Add another city to the list. Bedford, Massachusetts, has joined those that have outlawed or are looking into banning gas-powered leaf blowers. The topic was discussed at the May 27 Select Board ...

Along the Gulf Coast, recovery from Hurricane Katrina continues more than two years after the storm came ashore. As the communities damaged by the storm recover, there is much to rebuild, from homes ...

Get advice on how to start a landscaping business from someone who's done it. Plus learn how much it could cost. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

The event is co-hosted with Allan Hancock College, Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition (C5), Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and Central Coast Community Energy (3CE). Users of off-road ...