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Expert Advice on Protecting Your Plants From Extreme Heat

August 8, 2024/in Drought, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, Residential Landscaping, San Francisco Bay Area Landscape

3 Critical Symptoms, 4 Solutions, and 9 Plants That Tolerate Heat If you aren’t prepared, plant loss due to heat stress can occur this summer. We’ve compiled the best advice from Gardeners’ Guild experts and the University of California on protecting your plants from extreme heat. Our post is a simple guide to the causes […]

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How to Control Pests in the Landscape Naturally

June 20, 2024/in Blog, Commercial Landscapes, Drought, Integrated Pest Management, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area Landscape

Your landscaper spots a plant with a problem on a regular walk around the property. Its leaves are black, sooty, and sticky. Unsightly. She prescribes a strategy that includes releasing beneficial insects. It’s one of many natural tools that will help. In the green industry, we call that problem a pest. Pests can refer to […]

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All You Need to Know About Plant Heat Stress

August 9, 2023/in Drought, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, Residential Landscaping, San Francisco Bay Area Landscape

3 Critical Symptoms, 3 Solutions, and 9 Plants That Tolerate Heat Remember when August was once the hottest month of the year? Now heat waves start earlier and extend into October — in the Bay Area and throughout the state. Plant loss due to heat stress can occur If you aren’t prepared. So we’ve compiled […]

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Print out and use our free downloadable landscaping guide for the year

January 31, 2023/in Blog, Drought, Irrigation & Water Management, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area Irrigation, Tree Care

Our downloadable landscape activities guide for the year We’re featuring a downloadable infographic/calendar of landscape activities in response to the requests of many of our clients. (See link below). Broken out by month, we recommend three to five seasonal activities for each. Check out our sample activities for the first quarter of the year. Dormant […]

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10 Things You Need To Know About Removing Your Lawn

September 15, 2022/in Drought, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, Water Conservation

3 Reasons to get rid of your lawn Many of us may feel that despite doing our part to conserve water, we’re being penalized for having turfgrass. That said, we’re in a crisis. For good reasons, the State of California has put our beloved lawns on the chopping block. This month we take you step-by-step […]

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Wildfire Readiness – 5-Step Plan for Bay Area

September 18, 2019/in Drought, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, Residential Landscaping, Wildfire Safety

    Wildfire Readiness – 5-Step Plan for the Bay Area The essentials of what you can do now – including a list of the most fire-prone plants Though it is wet today, the forecast shows temperatures steadily climbing, into the 90’s through next week.  In fact, according to Daniel Swain, weatherwest.com,  we may be […]

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SF Bay Area: Essential Actions to Prepare for Wildfire

October 17, 2018/in Drought, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, Residential Landscaping, Wildfire Safety

Four Essential Actions for Wildfire Preparation Plus the Secret Ingredient to Effective Preparation Wind and warmer weather underlines the threat of wildfire for the rest of October.  This month is usually the worst, but if warming conditions prevail, “wildfire risk could rise again before winter rains arrive in earnest,” says Weatherwest.com. Preparing for wildfire is […]

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California’s New Permanent Water Regulations Explained

June 18, 2018/in Drought, Irrigation & Water Management, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, Residential Landscaping, San Francisco Bay Area Irrigation, Water Conservation

California’s New Permanent Water Regulations Explained We explain California’s new permanent water regulations, in plain language. Why it was passed. Its effect on you. Below there is a link to resources that will help you conserve. And, we squish one ridiculous myth flying around the web! Freshly signed into law by Governor Brown, the bills […]

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51% of California No Longer in a Drought

February 13, 2017/in Drought, Irrigation & Water Management, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area Irrigation, Water Conservation

This confirms what we expected after a ferocious rainy season that wreaked havoc throughout much the state.  Key facts: Just one year ago only 5% of the state was drought free Sierra snowpack stands at 179% of its historic average (the biggest in 22 years) San Joaquin Valley and most of Southern California remains in […]

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It’s Time to Turn Off Your Irrigation

December 5, 2016/in Drought, Irrigation & Water Management, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, SF Bay Area Container Gardening, Sustainability, Water Conservation

San Francisco Bay Area – The California Department of Water Resources reminds us that it’s time to turn off your irrigation! The rains we have had and forecasts for more are sufficient in the short term. Remember that trees, shrubs and flowers use less water in the winter.  One inch of rain is enough moisture […]

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We Are Still in a Drought

November 16, 2016/in Drought, Irrigation & Water Management, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area Irrigation, Water Conservation

  Gardeners’ Guild is obsessed with weather.  Well – we are a landscape contracting company and we must adapt on a moment’s notice to rain, high winds and unseasonable heat or frost.  We also stay on top of long term forecasting because our clients depend on us to help them manage their resources. I personally […]

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Sudden Oak Death Increases in the SF Bay Area

October 28, 2016/in Commercial Landscapes, Drought, Landscaper San Francisco Bay Area

Forest Pathologist with UC Berkeley and expert in Sudden Oak Death Matteo Garbelotto reported that the number of Bay Laurels infected by Sudden Oak (SOD) has increased by 30% in Marin County in the past year.    They anticipate that percentages in all bay area counties will be similar. Some experts say that the drought is […]

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