CCLA NEWS !!!
Special offer for CCLA members.
Dave Libby from Cape Fishermen’s Supply in Chatham has a special offer for CCLA members.
Cape Fishermen’s Supply will offer a 10% discount on all Foul Weather Gear, rain gear and boots to landscapers from April 16th to April 28th.
This is a great time to outfit your crews for the season.
Any company purchasing 10 or more pieces will receive an additional 5% discount.
Cape Fishermen’s Supply – 67 Depot Road – Chatham
Town of Falmouth – Please share
Falmouth has a Fertilizer Bylaw that PROHIBITS the use of fertilizer on lawns within 100 feet of a protected resource area listed in Falmouth Wetlands, Regulations 10.02 (1) (a-d) including any: bank, freshwater wetland, coastal wetland, beach dune, flat, marsh, swamp, wet meadow, bog, vernal pool, reservoir, creek, estuary, stream, pond, lake, the ocean or land under water bodies. The Town Bylaw bans ANY fertilizing in these areas. The Department of Marine and Environmental Services is charged with enforcing this bylaw, but voluntary citizen cooperation will be the key to its success
The HGTV Ultimate Outdoor Awards
Dear friends – One of my projects is in the finals at the HGTV Outdoor Awards. Please vote for this wonderful “Outdoor Oasis” on the link below. We have until April 17th. It is under the Outdoor Oasis category and is called Poolside Patio Made for Relaxation. The first link will take you to Outdoor Oasis group for voting and the 2nd link is directly to this beautiful Cape Cod project. Wish you could all see the before pictures! Let’s put Cape Cod on the national map! Thanks much in advance for all your votes.
“The HGTV Ultimate Outdoor Awards are now live! We are so excited to showcase your beautiful designs! You can view and vote in each of the 6 categories once a day, every day, until April 17th. And you can enter to win $5000!!!”
https://www.hgtv.com/design/packages/hgtv-ultimate-outdoor-awards/2018/outdoor-oasis
https://people.hgtv.com/professionals/mary-leblanc-landscape-design
Mary LeBlanc, ASLA
Mary LeBlanc Landscape Design
Cotuit, MA 02635
CCLA Member Chris Cotoia and his company Executive Landscaping in the local News
By Sean F. Driscoll. “Take 10: Executive Landscaping of South Dennis takes care of all things outdoors” Cape Cod Times Mar 25, 2018
A 12th-generation Cape Codder, Chris Cotoia grew up helping his grandfather, a caretaker, tend to local properties and gardens.
He then moved on to mowing lawns and tending to properties on his own before going away to college to study architectural design. But after he came home, it didn’t take him long to get back to his first love, which eventually turned into the founding of Executive Landscaping.
Continue reading article from Cape Cod Times (Click Here)
New England GROWS to Dissolve After 25 Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – BOSTON – February 8, 2018 – After 25 years, the award-winning horticultural tradeshow New England GROWS is discontinuing operation. The GROWS board of directors, representing the four founding partner organizations, made the unanimous decision to dissolve and disband both the GROWS event and the organization.
“The decision to dissolve New England GROWS was difficult, but we all believe it is the right decision at the right time, ” said GROWS President Michelle Harvey of Lakeview Nurseries in Lunenburg, MA. “Changes both within and outside of the industry contributed to the decision to close GROWS, but this does not diminish the significant and positive contributions GROWS has made to the local green industry over the past 25 years. ” read more…
Cape Cod Landscape Association, Inc. is a non-profit trade association serving the needs of individuals and businesses working in and involved with the Green Industry on Cape Cod and in southeastern Massachusetts. Founded over 25 years ago, the CCLA has over 200 members.
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