I’ve had similar experience in a community garden space I’ve managed. Sadly many ‘grounds maintenance firms’ are not gardeners nor interested in plants or landscapers. They have a set contract of ‘mow this lawn to this standard using this equipment on this date for this cost’ and that’s it. The operator of the equipment just blindly follows instructions and mows whatever is specified in the contract. Same with use of herbicides.
We need to turn our public garden spaces over to people who care about the environment and these shared spaces instead of corporate profit drive grounds maintenance firms.
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I’ve had similar experience in a community garden space I’ve managed. Sadly many ‘grounds maintenance firms’ are not gardeners nor interested in plants or landscapers. They have a set contract of ‘mow this lawn to this standard using this equipment on this date for this cost’ and that’s it. The operator of the equipment just blindly follows instructions and mows whatever is specified in the contract. Same with use of herbicides.
We need to turn our public garden spaces over to people who care about the environment and these shared spaces instead of corporate profit drive grounds maintenance firms.