July 13, 2025 • 15 mins
Original Air Date: July 13, 2025
For almost 30 years, the nonprofit National Association of Landscape Professionals Renewal & Remembrance has organized a day of service to honor veteran and public servants by beautifying landmarks. This year’s projects: The FDR Memorial & Arlington National Cemetary.
For almost 30 years, the nonprofit National Association of Landscape Professionals Renewal & Remembrance has organized a day of service to honor veteran and public servants by beautifying landmarks. This year’s projects: The FDR Memorial & Arlington National Cemetary.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Sunstein Sessions on iHeartRadio, Conversations about issues that matter.
Here's your host, three time Grasie Award winner Shelley Sunstein.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Joining me this morning. Britt Wood. He's the CEO of
the National Association of Landscapers Landscape Professionals Okay and Brett Lemke,
and he is the CEO of Landscape Industry Certified Manager
RM Landscape incorporated in Hilton, New York, which is near Rochester.
(00:35):
And the reason I have two landscape experts with me today, No,
we're not going to talk about how to landscape your property,
although we could get into that. No, they're here because
there is this huge event coming up tomorrow in DC.
So Britt take it away. What is this event? Because
I never heard of this.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, well, we thank you again for having us, Shelley.
By the way, we really siate it. We're excited. It's
called our Renewal and Remembrance Event, and this is the
opportunity for landscapers across the country to really give back,
you know, and we do it specifically in Washington, d C.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
For a couple of reasons.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
First is, you know, we work on the mall, which
is commonly known in the DC area as America's front yard,
So who better to work on America's front yard than
a bunch of professional landscapers, and then certainly working doing
some work at Arlington National Cemetery, which is America's most
hallowed ground. So again, who better to work on the
land near these two particular hallowed places in the US
(01:38):
than landscapers. So we'll have over five hundred folks out
there volunteering their time and just doing a lot of
really really great work.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Does this happen every year? And I just never knew
about it.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
It does.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
We're actually in our twenty ninth consecutive year of working
with Arlington National Cemetery. We've only been working with the
mall for about four or five years. But we both
you know, obviously our partners over at Arlington National Cemetery,
but then our friends at the National Park Service and
Shelley I liken it to this. Have you ever had
a list of stuff you needed to do around your
(02:13):
yard and your house, and you know, you get to
the stuff that you really have to get to, but
sometimes you got things at the bottom of the list
that you just can't quite check off.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
That's what we do.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
We come in and we help our friends from Arlington
National Cemetery, and we help our friends for the National
Park Service to really kind of do some things that
are such big projects or would take such an enormous
amount of time, but we can knock them out in
a day because we're willing to throw five hundred folks
at it, all of whom know what they're doing. They're professionals,
and so for us, it's just it's an awesome way.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
To help out these two wonderful organizations.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Bred How did you find out about this? Have you
always been involved?
Speaker 5 (02:52):
Yeah, through the association, we've known about the event.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
I had an active, big.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Opportunity to be part of the board of directors and
a lot of committees and so talking to a number
of peers that have enjoyed it. So myself, my father
started our business, and when he heard about this, he's like,
let's go big. In our times, most of the past
Comreansvendment aren't the National Cemetery, and so when he heard
there's an opportunity to give back. And he's a big
fan of the military in anyway and supports in a
(03:21):
lot of ways, he's like, let's go and he out
of all the group that we went. Man, he worked
his butt off. He was really excited those days that
he comes join us.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Rick, how do if landscapers are listening right now, how
could they get involved next year?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
So the best thing to do is is to go
to our website Landscape Professionals dot org and look up
renewal Remembrance. We give you the opportunity for them to
go ahead and say hey, no to find me when
it's time to sign up, et cetera.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
And it's really a great trip.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
And Shelley, there's another cool aspect of this event that
is that we do a children's program. And so the
idea behind it is that it is quite often people.
I mean, I live outside of Washington, d C. So
I can go any time I want. But Washington is
not a place that everybody gets to frequent regularly.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
So it's really neat when you.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Can bring your children in and they can be part
of this program. So the children actually plant flowerbeds, they
redo flowerbeds at Arlncoln National Cemetery. They'll do some plantings.
When we were working on the Lincoln Memorial several years ago,
they planted some flowers around the Lincoln Memorial so they
get to experience not only the aspect of giving back, but.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
They also get to experience Washington, d C. So we do.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Because we start this event on a Monday, the goal
is to allow Saturday and Sunday for families to see
Washington to get around and I think Brett, you've actually
taken advantage of that in the past when you've been correct.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Yeah, my young kids joined us for a number of
them in.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
The past, excited about the next one's coming ahead, and.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
It's a learning experience.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
It's a way to see their parents in a position
like they know we work hard.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
I think they think we work hard, but.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Now to see us connecting to something greater than what
we do back at home, I like to think it
did in In fact, they still talk about it and they're
much older now and they really enjoy this event.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I am speaking with Britt Wood, who is the CEO
of the National Association of Landscape Professionals, and Brett Lemke,
who is the CEO of RM Landscape Incorporated, which is
in Hilton, New York, based near Rochester, and tomorrow they
(05:45):
have a huge event where landscapers are coming from all
over the country to beautify Arlington National Cemetery and also
the FDR Memorial.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
I heard, yes, that's correct.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
We're going to be doing some really actually a lot
of a lot of tree trimming, right that really needs
to be done. I don't know whether they've ever been
the FDR Memorial. It's quite extensive, a lot of water features.
But we're going to be working mainly on trimming the trees, planting,
doing a lot of different planting to help refresh the
(06:21):
memorial as people come and visit it. And then we're
putting down over two hundred and fifty yards of mulch,
and so what's the.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Big deal about mulch. We're not imbedding mulch.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
So what you do with the trees when we put
down two hundred and fifty yards so you think about that, right,
A couple of football fields worth of mulch that are
going down. That's to help keep the trees healthy and
make the trees feel like they're more in a forest
like environment, because think about it, when you walk through
the forest, not a lot of grass, right, it's mostly
the force and that's really good and healthy for their roots.
(06:52):
So we're going to be doing those types of things
and again putting a lot of a lot of hours
into doing that, and we're optimistic. Right now it looks
like the weather maybe good. We're not quite sure. The
long range forecasts got our fingers crossed, but that's what
we'll be doing at FDR.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
You know, landscaping is hard work, I mean really hard work.
What made you guys want to go into this.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
You know, it's a passion.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
A lot of it starts with a passion for plants,
in the horticulture of it. We like in the creativity
to watch things grow, to see something that when you
see a new home or a business start from that
single brick to a beautiful landscape around it. My you know,
to now leading an organization, I love to watch the
people grow. I love to watch people understand how they
(07:41):
can build a career in a heavily trade of type
of organizations. But they're growing into managements, they're they're they're
finding a really fun path. So we all like to
get dirty. We all like to see things develop. That's
a fundamental I think of a landscape or long care professional.
But then we also really just enjoy helping out. This
(08:04):
event makes us help out in a much bigger skip.
I like seeing smiles on the face of the homeowners
and watching people out on commercial properties and joining their
lunch in our gardens. But this one, this has an
impact that is just just something really powerful.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
How about you, Brett So, I'm actually what you would
call an adopted landscaper, Shelley. I've mainly spent my time
in Washington, d C. In the trade association world, and
so this group brought me over to help run the organization.
With that said, I love the entrepreneurial spirit of landscapers, right. Yes,
they are wonderful with plants. Yes they do such incredible creativity,
(08:45):
you know, and have really become effective business operators.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
But at the end of the day, they have this
wonderful entrepreneurial spirit.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
And within that spirit of every entrepreneur, there's always this
desire to give back. And honestly, that's what makes this
event and is easy for us. Right, all we have
to do is help enable all these people who really
have a huge desire to give back, just give them
the opportunity to do so. And again here in Washington,
(09:12):
d C. Where you know, a majority of America really
gets to spend some vacation time, and we want it
to be as beautiful as possible when they get here.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
And again, Britt, let's give out the website for landscapers
who are listening who may want to join this wonderful
event next year in DC.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Yeah, it's Landscape Professionals dot oorg. Landscape Professionals dot org.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Okay, back to you, Brett. I mean the summer is
first of all, we started out the summer with a brutal,
brutal heat wave. So what is in the secret sauce
to staying as cool as possible if you're working in
the outdoors and not get sick, because I mean you
could seriously get sick working in this heat.
Speaker 5 (09:58):
We talk regularly to our team about the risk of
working and heat. Hydration is big. There's a lot of
people that think those energy drinks are a good idea.
We talk often that the best thing is water, and well,
we have a schedule to keep. We do need to
find rest, and you find it in cool, dry locations.
(10:18):
You find it in ways that best work with what
you have to accomplish for the day. And actually the
biggest part is less skin exposure the better. So everyone
wants to go out there with the short sleeves and
the shorts, but if you can protect your skin. You're
certainly going to sweat, but you're going to protect from
that sunburn, heat stroke, and it becomes a much more
(10:43):
efficient way of working. The goal is to be able
to do it again the next day and the next day.
Compared to homeowners that okay, well today's to I'll do
this tomorrow. But in our professional world, we have to
go out there and we have to get it done.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
And also what is the best way to protect the plants.
I mean, I have a huge garden, vegetable garden, and
ordinarily it's watered at five point thirty in the morning
automatic sprinkler system. But I had my husband turn it
on for twelve hours later, you know, because I don't
(11:18):
think that was getting enough water in the heat wave.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
It's picking the right plants for the right environment. So
across the country there's zones. Making sure that your plant
can survive this piece. High heat, drought like conditions does
require us to think about the planets here, but vegetables, health,
the amount of water, the right time of day to
avoid disease and shock, all those are We'll go on ken.
(11:42):
If you have the ability to plant it at a
different time of the season, or in better temperatures do that,
but we all have to work through some of those parts.
Best is pick the right plant for the right environment
and you have some good success.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
So basically, I mean the guide is go native, the
native plants, as opposed to you know, maybe me trying
to plant a cactus, unless that happens to be in
a pot.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
Container plantings, you know, maybe in more urban environments allows
you to have more flexibility because you can move it
around at different parts of the gardens as you need to.
If we're planting into the ground, stick with what we
have been successful with.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
Natives are strong.
Speaker 5 (12:24):
Natives may not be always the preference of homeowner or
of a business plate space, but there are a number
of plants that just work with our environment. In a
lot of worlds, it's the biggest risk is the cold.
It's the winter. Plants can't come from the DC and
Brits world and come up to us in Rochester and
think they're going to be okay, They're going to be
rather unhappy through the winter time.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
And Brett, let's talk about trying to prevent the pests
from invading the garden. I try as much as possible
to go natural with that, And so I have these
marigolds that I plant basically everywhere. Oh but I heard
from grandmothers back in the day they would put in
(13:06):
a marijuana plant in their garden. Of course, now you
can't find the seeds because you know where it is legal,
you don't get the seeds.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
But what about that, well, I have no on radio,
I have no experience with the marijuana plant in the
garden officially, right, okay, but because of the smell, that's right, yeah,
the smell, that's.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
My mother say. But then it would be.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
There is natural remedies, There are organic processes. There is
smart use of what our suppliers are providing us.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
All of them are good options.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
The lands are luncare professionals know how to use fertilizers
and how to control weeds really well, so higher professionals,
and you will find that people are using products that
people are maybe a little nervous about using, but using
them responsibly.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
Then you have good natural remedies.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
You have safe materials out there for gardens that are
for edible and then for those that are for the aesthetics.
So you have a lot of options out there. Talk
through those. You find the old ways of doing things
are still pretty true, try and true, but there are
some pretty helpful and efficient modern techniques out there.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Okay, I really appreciate both of you joining us, and
I appreciate all the hundreds of professional landscapers who will
be in DC tomorrow beautifying Arlington National Cemetery and also
the FDN FDR Memorial. And again, you can join this
(14:39):
event next year. It's Landscape Professionals dot org. Yes, ma'am, okay,
Landscape Professionals dot org. And I know a lot of
landscapers will want to get on board. This is just
a tremendous, tremendous effort.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
You've been listening to Sunstein Sessions on iHeartRadio, a production
of New York's classic rock You one of four point
three
Welcome to Sunstein Sessions on iHeartRadio, Conversations about issues that matter.
Here's your host, three time Grasie Award winner Shelley Sunstein.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Joining me this morning. Britt Wood. He's the CEO of
the National Association of Landscapers Landscape Professionals Okay and Brett Lemke,
and he is the CEO of Landscape Industry Certified Manager
RM Landscape incorporated in Hilton, New York, which is near Rochester.
(00:35):
And the reason I have two landscape experts with me today, No,
we're not going to talk about how to landscape your property,
although we could get into that. No, they're here because
there is this huge event coming up tomorrow in DC.
So Britt take it away. What is this event? Because
I never heard of this.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, well, we thank you again for having us, Shelley.
By the way, we really siate it. We're excited. It's
called our Renewal and Remembrance Event, and this is the
opportunity for landscapers across the country to really give back,
you know, and we do it specifically in Washington, d C.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
For a couple of reasons.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
First is, you know, we work on the mall, which
is commonly known in the DC area as America's front yard,
So who better to work on America's front yard than
a bunch of professional landscapers, and then certainly working doing
some work at Arlington National Cemetery, which is America's most
hallowed ground. So again, who better to work on the
land near these two particular hallowed places in the US
(01:38):
than landscapers. So we'll have over five hundred folks out
there volunteering their time and just doing a lot of
really really great work.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Does this happen every year? And I just never knew
about it.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
It does.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
We're actually in our twenty ninth consecutive year of working
with Arlington National Cemetery. We've only been working with the
mall for about four or five years. But we both
you know, obviously our partners over at Arlington National Cemetery,
but then our friends at the National Park Service and
Shelley I liken it to this. Have you ever had
a list of stuff you needed to do around your
(02:13):
yard and your house, and you know, you get to
the stuff that you really have to get to, but
sometimes you got things at the bottom of the list
that you just can't quite check off.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
That's what we do.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
We come in and we help our friends from Arlington
National Cemetery, and we help our friends for the National
Park Service to really kind of do some things that
are such big projects or would take such an enormous
amount of time, but we can knock them out in
a day because we're willing to throw five hundred folks
at it, all of whom know what they're doing. They're professionals,
and so for us, it's just it's an awesome way.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
To help out these two wonderful organizations.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Bred How did you find out about this? Have you
always been involved?
Speaker 5 (02:52):
Yeah, through the association, we've known about the event.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
I had an active, big.
Speaker 5 (02:59):
Opportunity to be part of the board of directors and
a lot of committees and so talking to a number
of peers that have enjoyed it. So myself, my father
started our business, and when he heard about this, he's like,
let's go big. In our times, most of the past
Comreansvendment aren't the National Cemetery, and so when he heard
there's an opportunity to give back. And he's a big
fan of the military in anyway and supports in a
(03:21):
lot of ways, he's like, let's go and he out
of all the group that we went. Man, he worked
his butt off. He was really excited those days that
he comes join us.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Rick, how do if landscapers are listening right now, how
could they get involved next year?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
So the best thing to do is is to go
to our website Landscape Professionals dot org and look up
renewal Remembrance. We give you the opportunity for them to
go ahead and say hey, no to find me when
it's time to sign up, et cetera.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
And it's really a great trip.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
And Shelley, there's another cool aspect of this event that
is that we do a children's program. And so the
idea behind it is that it is quite often people.
I mean, I live outside of Washington, d C. So
I can go any time I want. But Washington is
not a place that everybody gets to frequent regularly.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
So it's really neat when you.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Can bring your children in and they can be part
of this program. So the children actually plant flowerbeds, they
redo flowerbeds at Arlncoln National Cemetery. They'll do some plantings.
When we were working on the Lincoln Memorial several years ago,
they planted some flowers around the Lincoln Memorial so they
get to experience not only the aspect of giving back, but.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
They also get to experience Washington, d C. So we do.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Because we start this event on a Monday, the goal
is to allow Saturday and Sunday for families to see
Washington to get around and I think Brett, you've actually
taken advantage of that in the past when you've been correct.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Yeah, my young kids joined us for a number of
them in.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
The past, excited about the next one's coming ahead, and.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
It's a learning experience.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
It's a way to see their parents in a position
like they know we work hard.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
I think they think we work hard, but.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Now to see us connecting to something greater than what
we do back at home, I like to think it
did in In fact, they still talk about it and they're
much older now and they really enjoy this event.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I am speaking with Britt Wood, who is the CEO
of the National Association of Landscape Professionals, and Brett Lemke,
who is the CEO of RM Landscape Incorporated, which is
in Hilton, New York, based near Rochester, and tomorrow they
(05:45):
have a huge event where landscapers are coming from all
over the country to beautify Arlington National Cemetery and also
the FDR Memorial.
Speaker 6 (05:58):
I heard, yes, that's correct.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
We're going to be doing some really actually a lot
of a lot of tree trimming, right that really needs
to be done. I don't know whether they've ever been
the FDR Memorial. It's quite extensive, a lot of water features.
But we're going to be working mainly on trimming the trees, planting,
doing a lot of different planting to help refresh the
(06:21):
memorial as people come and visit it. And then we're
putting down over two hundred and fifty yards of mulch,
and so what's the.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Big deal about mulch. We're not imbedding mulch.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
So what you do with the trees when we put
down two hundred and fifty yards so you think about that, right,
A couple of football fields worth of mulch that are
going down. That's to help keep the trees healthy and
make the trees feel like they're more in a forest
like environment, because think about it, when you walk through
the forest, not a lot of grass, right, it's mostly
the force and that's really good and healthy for their roots.
(06:52):
So we're going to be doing those types of things
and again putting a lot of a lot of hours
into doing that, and we're optimistic. Right now it looks
like the weather maybe good. We're not quite sure. The
long range forecasts got our fingers crossed, but that's what
we'll be doing at FDR.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
You know, landscaping is hard work, I mean really hard work.
What made you guys want to go into this.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
You know, it's a passion.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
A lot of it starts with a passion for plants,
in the horticulture of it. We like in the creativity
to watch things grow, to see something that when you
see a new home or a business start from that
single brick to a beautiful landscape around it. My you know,
to now leading an organization, I love to watch the
people grow. I love to watch people understand how they
(07:41):
can build a career in a heavily trade of type
of organizations. But they're growing into managements, they're they're they're
finding a really fun path. So we all like to
get dirty. We all like to see things develop. That's
a fundamental I think of a landscape or long care professional.
But then we also really just enjoy helping out. This
(08:04):
event makes us help out in a much bigger skip.
I like seeing smiles on the face of the homeowners
and watching people out on commercial properties and joining their
lunch in our gardens. But this one, this has an
impact that is just just something really powerful.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
How about you, Brett So, I'm actually what you would
call an adopted landscaper, Shelley. I've mainly spent my time
in Washington, d C. In the trade association world, and
so this group brought me over to help run the organization.
With that said, I love the entrepreneurial spirit of landscapers, right. Yes,
they are wonderful with plants. Yes they do such incredible creativity,
(08:45):
you know, and have really become effective business operators.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
But at the end of the day, they have this
wonderful entrepreneurial spirit.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
And within that spirit of every entrepreneur, there's always this
desire to give back. And honestly, that's what makes this
event and is easy for us. Right, all we have
to do is help enable all these people who really
have a huge desire to give back, just give them
the opportunity to do so. And again here in Washington,
(09:12):
d C. Where you know, a majority of America really
gets to spend some vacation time, and we want it
to be as beautiful as possible when they get here.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
And again, Britt, let's give out the website for landscapers
who are listening who may want to join this wonderful
event next year in DC.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Yeah, it's Landscape Professionals dot oorg. Landscape Professionals dot org.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Okay, back to you, Brett. I mean the summer is
first of all, we started out the summer with a brutal,
brutal heat wave. So what is in the secret sauce
to staying as cool as possible if you're working in
the outdoors and not get sick, because I mean you
could seriously get sick working in this heat.
Speaker 5 (09:58):
We talk regularly to our team about the risk of
working and heat. Hydration is big. There's a lot of
people that think those energy drinks are a good idea.
We talk often that the best thing is water, and well,
we have a schedule to keep. We do need to
find rest, and you find it in cool, dry locations.
(10:18):
You find it in ways that best work with what
you have to accomplish for the day. And actually the
biggest part is less skin exposure the better. So everyone
wants to go out there with the short sleeves and
the shorts, but if you can protect your skin. You're
certainly going to sweat, but you're going to protect from
that sunburn, heat stroke, and it becomes a much more
(10:43):
efficient way of working. The goal is to be able
to do it again the next day and the next day.
Compared to homeowners that okay, well today's to I'll do
this tomorrow. But in our professional world, we have to
go out there and we have to get it done.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
And also what is the best way to protect the plants.
I mean, I have a huge garden, vegetable garden, and
ordinarily it's watered at five point thirty in the morning
automatic sprinkler system. But I had my husband turn it
on for twelve hours later, you know, because I don't
(11:18):
think that was getting enough water in the heat wave.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
It's picking the right plants for the right environment. So
across the country there's zones. Making sure that your plant
can survive this piece. High heat, drought like conditions does
require us to think about the planets here, but vegetables, health,
the amount of water, the right time of day to
avoid disease and shock, all those are We'll go on ken.
(11:42):
If you have the ability to plant it at a
different time of the season, or in better temperatures do that,
but we all have to work through some of those parts.
Best is pick the right plant for the right environment
and you have some good success.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
So basically, I mean the guide is go native, the
native plants, as opposed to you know, maybe me trying
to plant a cactus, unless that happens to be in
a pot.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
Container plantings, you know, maybe in more urban environments allows
you to have more flexibility because you can move it
around at different parts of the gardens as you need to.
If we're planting into the ground, stick with what we
have been successful with.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
Natives are strong.
Speaker 5 (12:24):
Natives may not be always the preference of homeowner or
of a business plate space, but there are a number
of plants that just work with our environment. In a
lot of worlds, it's the biggest risk is the cold.
It's the winter. Plants can't come from the DC and
Brits world and come up to us in Rochester and
think they're going to be okay, They're going to be
rather unhappy through the winter time.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
And Brett, let's talk about trying to prevent the pests
from invading the garden. I try as much as possible
to go natural with that, And so I have these
marigolds that I plant basically everywhere. Oh but I heard
from grandmothers back in the day they would put in
(13:06):
a marijuana plant in their garden. Of course, now you
can't find the seeds because you know where it is legal,
you don't get the seeds.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
But what about that, well, I have no on radio,
I have no experience with the marijuana plant in the
garden officially, right, okay, but because of the smell, that's right, yeah,
the smell, that's.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
My mother say. But then it would be.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
There is natural remedies, There are organic processes. There is
smart use of what our suppliers are providing us.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
All of them are good options.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
The lands are luncare professionals know how to use fertilizers
and how to control weeds really well, so higher professionals,
and you will find that people are using products that
people are maybe a little nervous about using, but using
them responsibly.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
Then you have good natural remedies.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
You have safe materials out there for gardens that are
for edible and then for those that are for the aesthetics.
So you have a lot of options out there. Talk
through those. You find the old ways of doing things
are still pretty true, try and true, but there are
some pretty helpful and efficient modern techniques out there.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Okay, I really appreciate both of you joining us, and
I appreciate all the hundreds of professional landscapers who will
be in DC tomorrow beautifying Arlington National Cemetery and also
the FDN FDR Memorial. And again, you can join this
(14:39):
event next year. It's Landscape Professionals dot org. Yes, ma'am, okay,
Landscape Professionals dot org. And I know a lot of
landscapers will want to get on board. This is just
a tremendous, tremendous effort.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
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