DeSantis Landscapes is proud to announce that the company has entered into an agreement to provide the City of Milwaukie, Oregon with climate-positive landscape maintenance services to help the city meet its climate action goals for 2045. Included in the plan are multiple components that improve and protect waterways, plant and maintain public open spaces […]
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DeSantis Raises the Bar for Sustainability
DeSantis Landscapes, a preeminent Oregon impact partner on environmental health and landscape best practices, has implemented ambitious water stewardship standards across its portfolio to address the region’s environmental challenges. “To be green, you have to do green well,” says company president Dean DeSantis, a 2021 recipient of Lawn & Landscape magazine’s Industry Leadership Award for […]
Read MoreField First Training Builds Performance from The Ground Up
DeSantis Landscapes, one of the leading landscape services brands in the Pacific Northwest, kicks off 2022 with Field First, a front-line training program designed to create value through higher engagement, higher performance, and a culture of accountability. Field First, with its emphasis on front line operations, is being led by Operations Vice President, Bryan Gyllen […]
Read MoreSoren Hughes Joins DeSantis Landscapes as Design Lead
Wisconsin native Soren Hughes says that among his favorite things since arriving in Oregon is the state’s ecologically diverse environment. A graduate in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Soren has found a role at DeSantis that combines his interest in protecting and regenerating the natural world with approaches that reverse soil depletion and biodiversity decline and improve groundwater […]
Read MoreEmpowering the Front Line
Portland Gas & Electric’s (PGE) line workers are utility players in the best sense, says Dean DeSantis, whose landscape teams are working on a new state-of-the-art training facility in Sherwood, Oregon. “We’ve all relied on these workers through wildfires and ice storms and weather events over the past year, and it’s an honor to be […]
Read MoreCalculating the R in ROI: 10 Ways to Generate a Higher Return on Your Landscape Investment
For most property and facility managers and commercial real estate firms, linking landscape strategy to tangible value is an enduring exercise in understanding landscape’s role as a key business driver. Typical landscape budget conversations can often get stuck in the weeds—endless negotiations about resource allocation and not enough time spent on resource conservation. By radically […]
Read MoreHeat Stress & Your Landscape
Summer 2021 is one for the record books. Abnormally high temps have taken their toll on ecosystem functions, our environment and our landscapes. As horticulturists and environmental professionals, we know that nature has an incredible ability to recover. Most plants damaged by heat will return with vigor when temperatures cool. Some will not. Why is […]
Read MoreClimate Change & Your Landscape
As epic summer weather continues in intensity, frequency and scale, the heat-drought-wildfire cycle and the cost to our landscapes, and environmental and human health is real. At DeSantis, we believe that climate change is a problem no one can solve alone but a solution we can work toward together. To that end, DeSantis is responding […]
Read MoreLet it Bee: Burgerville’s Meadow Lawn is Ground Zero for Pollinators
June is Pollinator Month, which is good news for the birds, bees and beneficial insects that are drawn to Burgerville’s many meadows. Brandon Wilson, account manager for DeSantis Landscapes, who oversees the Burgerville landscape maintenance portfolio, says the eco-lawn is a perfect fit. The restaurant’s sustainable approach to locally-sourced products, healthy food and regional vitality […]
Read MoreOur region is facing record-breaking heat and drought.
The Pacific Northwest’s spectacular beauty and the natural resources we too often take for granted are at peak stress as we face one of the most severe heat weaves and dangerous drought conditions in history. The record heat is baking landscapes, compromising the health and safety of families, pets, communities, wildlife habitats, and ecosystems. When […]
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