To create a defined line between lawns and garden beds, we use a hand spade or mechanical edging machine. Our mulch is installed 2-3” deep, laid carefully throughout the beds to suppress weeds and retain moisture at the root zone for your landscape plantings. Note too much mulch piled around the trunks and over the shrubs can cause decay. Broccolo pays attention to the details.
Selective hand pruning encourages the growth of healthy plants by removing dead or diseased foliage.It improves the appearance and effectiveness of the plant, whether it was chosen for function or beauty.Pruning is an art form in which Broccolo takes pride in our extensive technical knowledge.Broccolo can also perform Dormant Pruning or Winter Pruning on your shrubs, bushes and ornamental trees. Keep your landscape looking its best and healthy with knowledgeable pruning in the right season.
Let us help you with keeping your beds weed free throughout the season. You can count on our trained horticulturists to know a weed from a treasured perennial! Our program consists of a combination of Pre and post Emergent treatments spread throughout the season at optimal times to prevent and kill weeds.
Let us help perk up your existing garden beds, create new ones for accentuation, and work with your favorite color schemes to create something spectacular! We are experts in native flowers and offer pollinator friendly plant options.
Broccolo offers many solutions for common landscape issues. Deer guard in summer and winter months, slug prevention, organic mosquito barrier, weather shield protection. We also offer tree and shrub fertilizers depending on what's needed. Broccolo can save your boxwood or propose alternatives that aren't prone to tree moth damage
For a higher level of service, we can create a comprehensive maintenance program where we can visit monthly or biweekly depending on your needs. This is the ultimate convenience, we will just take care of all landscaping needs without you having to think about it!
We create the best yards in the neighborhood with an environmental approach. Our goal is to bring nature to you. Did you know that just seeing more nature from your window increases your mental and physical health?
We design with a purpose and choose native plants that not only flower, they attract birds, bees and butterflies. Textures with winter seeds and colorful berries bring an everchanging landscape with year round activity.
All our annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees are locally grown from our own nursery or from partnerships with certified growers in the Northeast region. We support local and hope you will too.
Healthy soil leads to healthy plants. Our certified arborists and technicians will protect your investment by using soil enhancements, organic matter, and proper planting techniques.In fact, with careful planting and a small amount of maintenance, you can have landscape interest throughout the years—increasing not only in beauty, but also in property value.
Broccolo guarantees all shrubs and trees planted by our professionals for one year!
Water features create a focal point within your landscape for humans and wildlife alike. All water features, fountains, waterfalls, ponds, or rain gardens, provide soothing sights and sounds that help you relax and de-stress in today’s busy world. Whether you want a focal design for your outdoor living space, the relaxing sound of a waterfall in a meditation garden, or habitat for birds and butterflies—nothing can compare to soothing water. If you have always dreamed of waterfront property, let Broccolo share their expertise and realize your design dream!
Hardscapes such as patios, walkways, stone walls and fire pits provide our outdoor living with function and structure—inviting us to share the beauty of our landscape. Whether you want an inviting entrance walkway, a jaw-dropping outdoor living space, or a substantial retaining wall. Broccolo specializes in hardscape design and installations that will fit your budget.
Broccolo installs all hardscapes according to ICPI (Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute) specifications, with guaranteed quality installations. Brick, bluestone, travertine and other natural stone are elegant choices for outdoor kitchens, fire pits, and pathways illuminated with custom lighting. Whether you want a naturalistic garden wall for aesthetics, a sitting wall for gathering, or a retaining wall for structural safety, Broccolo will assist every step of design, building and plantings.
We can work together to bring your creative ideas to life! Whether it be a Bacci court or garden maze, we love thinking outside of the box. We are lucky to have a metal artist in residence, Albert Broccolo, who can create stunning one of a kind pieces for all types of landscapes. Many pieces can be viewed at our Penfield Garden Center.add pictures fire and water above from design NY.
Dry River Beds are an attractive functional swale with naturalized stone landscaping. Native plantings along the edge and in the stone, adds biodiversity and vegetation filters in addition to the various sizes of stone aggregate mimicking a creek bed found in nature.
Bio-Swales are created with stone drainage and compost/soil mixes, planted with grassy or wildflower meadows that are not mowed. They are typically located along the edges of parking lots and roads to capture contaminated water runoff. French Drains are the addition of a perforated pipe laid in gravel underneath can help handle heavy water flow. A drain swale might carry gutter water from a house to a dry well, while a more substantial one could run along the base of a hill above a low-lying house to divert water around it.
Rain gardens are strategically located low areas specifically designed to soak up rainwater. They can be created at edges of driveways or near the roof to capture storm water and allow it to infiltrate naturally into the soil. When rain gardens are properly designed, they divert that water away from basements and walkways. Moisture-loving rain garden plants allow storm water to be filtered and absorbed into the groundwater while providing beauty and wildlife habitat in small urban spaces. These plants are adapted to wet springs and still thrive in the summer heat and drought. Rain gardens can include trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials designed for the size of the site.
Broccolo Tree & Lawn Care is committed to creating sustainable communities. LEEDS refers to ecological planning service for commercial and residential clients on “green” projects that qualify for LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) credits. These best practices, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, recognize sustainable building practices that save money, resources, and have a positive impact on health while promoting renewable, clean energy.
Broccolo Tree & Lawn Care collaborates with with individual landowners, engineers, architects, and developers to review commercial landscape plans before they go out for bid. This review process ensures that proper plants are selected for each site and planted according to best practices resulting in fewer losses of plant material, less labor, and fewer pesticides to maintain.
Planting of native, non- invasive, plants
Installing mulch and compost to retain moisture and soil enhancements for healthy microbes
Breaking up compacted areas to allow water percolation
Planting of meadows such as low mow grasses instead of conventional turf
Planting of drought tolerant plants
Designing and installing 100% permeable walkways, patios and parking lots that reflect, rather than absorb heat without hardscaping
Erosion control using coir logs, rocks and vegetation
Directing all runoff toward a permanent infiltration feature such as rain gardens, bio swales or a rainwater cistern
Installing green roofs
Installing Green walls and interior plantings
Enhancing the view out the window for employees which increases productivity
Save The Bees with a grassy meadow instead of a mowed turfgrass is one option for keeping things natural and low maintenance. Birds love the seeds from tall grasses and wildflowers. Planting flowering pollinator plants will bring year-on-year returns for beauty and a diverse habitat.
Sustainable Landscaping includes reducing high maintenance lawns. Consider a smaller lawn area with more plantings. Lawn mowing contributes to the nation’s oil consumption and pollutant emissions. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, turf grass is the nation’s largest irrigated crop, covering more than 40 million acres. Mowers consume 1.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually, about 1% of U.S. motor gasoline consumption. Creating backyard meadows increases pollinators and decreases carbon emissions.
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Mow infrequently to allow all grasses to grow taller in summer, during drought, and in shade
Stop mowing some areas. Steep slopes, wet spots, and shady areas are great candidates for planting low mow grass mixtures and wildflowers.
If you have six to eight hours of sunlight a day, transform part of your lawn into a wildflower meadow. Plant shade plants for areas getting less than 6 hours of sun.
Wildflowers provide habitat for insects and other small pollinating critters like honey bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds–providing nectar and host plants for the larval stage of certain butterflies.
Meadows provide a way to reduce lawns that require mowing, fertilizing, and upkeep and to enjoy beautiful native flowers blooming from spring through fall.
Green roofs have a proven track record for reducing our carbon footprint, especially in larger cities. In addition, green roofs create new living spaces, improve aesthetics, create bird and butterfly habitat prolong the life of roofs, insulate from heat and cold, improve air quality, reduce storm water runoff and the urban heat island effect.
We believe in the importance of showing the next generation the beauty and enjoyment of nature.
We love finding creative ways to integrate natural elements into our classrooms and playgrounds.
We want to show children how to care for nature and enjoy being immersed in it.
