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 MoreDeSantis Landscapes Promotes Horticulturist Heidi Dillon to Regional Manager
“Landscaping is a flourishing business,” says Heidi Dillon, a former technology sector professional whose passion for the environment led her to a life-changing career at DeSantis Landscapes. As one of the firm’s newest regional managers, Heidi’s journey is the ultimate roadmap for creating an ideal future by doing what you love. In Heidi’s case, that […]
Read MoreDeSantis Landscapes Promotes Horticulturist Laura House to Regional Manager
We are pleased to announce that Laura House has been named Regional Manager for Greater Portland, a geographic area which includes Sherwood, Oregon and southwest Washington. She will be responsible for integrating and overseeing regional operations and client service teams, and lead initiatives that accelerate performance. “Over the past several years, Laura has progressively established […]
Read MoreSalem Chamber of Commerce features DeSantis Landscapes
For nearly 50 years, DeSantis Landscapes has called Salem home. From investing in new ways to conduct sustainable business in Oregon to our approach to landscape construction to the talent we hire, DeSantis Landscapes has always placed respect for the environment as a vital function to the success of what we stand for. While our […]
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Portland Trail Blazers arena receives highest green building certification
“The partnership between Moda Center and DeSantis Landscapes – a landscaping company local to Portland – in which the former donates food waste for the latter to turn into soil, was highlighted. It prevents one million pounds of food waste going to landfill.”
Read MoreDeSantis Landscapes gets national recognition for sustainability efforts at the Moda Center!
When an already-sustainable sports and entertainment complex was looking to up their game even more, they turned to DeSantis Landscapes to get the job done. The Moda Center at the Rose Quarter, a 30-acre campus and home to the Portland Trail Blazers, had been improving their sustainability efforts across the board, having earned their first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification in 2010, becoming the first sports complex in the world to be LEED Gold certified.
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