Landscape maintenance can often be a low priority when running a business. If you lease a space, you are fortunate in that it becomes the property owner’s responsibility, not yours. But what if you are the owner of the building? What are your responsibilities then? Landscaping is a necessary maintenance expense that encompasses more than just pretty flowers.

So very many of us spend our days cooped up inside. When we get home we want to feel the sun shine on our bodies, eat dinner al fresco, relax by a fire with the breeze blowing, or simply watch TV on our covered porch. Our homes are our refuge from the world, and when the weather’s good,

We all start thinking about landscaping in the spring—things start budding and blooming and it reminds us. Everything is waking up, so let’s get started, right? But actually, this might not be the best time to start your landscaping project. Say what??!! So, when should I start my landscaping project? Is fall a good time to do a

“My name is Pete Bryant the Founder, President and CEO of both Southern Lights & Southern Exposure Landscape Management. We are not a franchise or a large corporation with multiple shareholders. We are a small, locally owned business, and I am that local business owner. As I look back over the last 20 years of being