Landscaper Language
How to work with your landscape professional to get the PRFCT help you need.
You have made the PRFCT promises to your property to . . .
- Avoid all chemicals
- Grow native plants (2/3 for the birds!)
- Close the loop (no plant matter leaves and nothing enters except more plants).
These actions will make your property* sing with health and beauty. Great!
Here’s how to get started:
1. Talk with your Landscaper
Set up a meeting to review to review their proposal/invoices and what needs to change.
2. Explain the reasoning behind the changes
Be prepared to explain why these new promises and practices are important to you.
3. Stay Firm
Be prepared to defend your commitment. For example, you may hear:
“Organic is more expensive and it doesn’t work.” Typical “organic” approaches often rely on expensive organic products, and it is true, they don’t generally work as well. But with our PRFCT practices, you don’t need to buy any products to achieve success. It’s about the process, not products.
”You won’t like it.” Assure them that you will be happy with the results if they follow PRFCT practices, and everyone is positively engaged. For example: You will welcome clover in your lawn. You will be happy without seas of mulch. You will celebrate nibbled leaves. And so on.
4. Provide Assurances
We know this is new and different than what they’ve been doing. Assure them they will not be fired as long as they follow stick with PRFCT practices.
5. Request a New Contract
The costs may go down. If your landscaper is worried about loss of income, there are new, mindful tasks they can perform instead.