LC’s Gear Up for Service Day

 

Last year when Iowa faced extensive flooding, Iowa City Landscaping’s President Paul Dykstra decided his company could do something about the damage. His employees will work with other volunteers to replace dirt and mulch swept away by the floods.

Participants in last years Professional Landcare Network’s (PLANET) Day of Service are sharing their plans in anticipation of this year’s event, scheduled for April 22, 2009 (Earth Day).

Britton Elementary School is receiving assistance from Buck & Sons Landscape Service, Inc in Hilliard, Ohio. Volunteers are planning to install an educational planting display about the regional ecology and are working with science teachers to develop the display. “It is really important that kids understand that everything we do has an impact on the environment,” said Steve Buck, owner.

The New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association will also be participating in the event with an effort to create a habitat for the ruffed grouse at an 80-year old Boy Scout camp in Hardwick, New Jersey.