LANDSCAPING
INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTALLY
SENSITIVE PROCESSES AND ECOLOGY WITH AESTHETIC RESOLVE
ST FRANCIS LINKS
THE WORD“ PROBLEM” IS DEFINED IN THE DICTIONARY AS A DIFFICULTY THAT HAS TO BE RESOLVED OR DEALT WITH.
In estate landscaping, there are inescapable problems and then there are those that could have been managed from the outset.
Issues such as climate, water quantity and quality, soil conditions and budgetary constraints are typically the ever-present difficulties most prevalent when managing estate landscapes. Additional issues such as those relating to plant health, fertility and pests most often flow from the significant constraints noted above.
In an ideal situation, a site’ s specific constraints together with its desired outcomes should be thoroughly investigated and dealt with at the landscape design stage. Well-designed areas will result in landscapes where the maintenance team can achieve far more consistent quality at a lower cost, whilst utilising fewer resources( especially water).
Golf Data, as a full-service landscape design, construction and maintenance service provider, has over the last three decades maintained well-designed spaces as well as poorly designed spaces; they’ ve maintained both poorly and properly specified / built spaces, and they’ ve seen the changing trends in the industry. Undoubtedly, areas that are well thought out and have appropriate capital infrastructure( irrigation, shaping and soil preparation) outlive and outperform those areas that do not.
Overall, the changing trends in the industry have been positive. Clients are more aware and willing to put effort and resources into thorough planning, and an acceptance of endemic flora seems to be growing. Together these seemingly insignificant shifts immeasurably change the sustainability of landscaped areas for the better.
GOLF DATA HAS BEEN A FULL-SERVICE LANDSCAPE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ALL SPACES OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES
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