Landscape Maintenance Considerations for Homeowners Associations: Save Money, Be Safe, Look Good! (PowerPoint)

Home Owners Association boards make landscape maintenance decisions that affect the entire community. Landscape aesthetics, safety and costs are major factors in this decision making process. This presentation highlights seven principles that should be considered in this process: 1. training, experience and credentials of contracted landscape maintenance professionals, 2. monetary value of woody plants, 3. natural form and function of plants in the landscape, 4. proper pruning procedures for safety and plant health, 5. plant debris management and soil health and air quality, 6. the use of desert adapted plants and 7. installation and maintenance of adequate irrigation systems.