Spring clean-up for South Florida gardens.

• Weed and Feed

With temperatures still in the upper seventies to lower eighties, now is the time for any weed and feed applications. The most effective way is to apply granular, slow-release fertilizers, preferably with a pre-emergent weed control added to prevent seed germination
 

• raking leaves from hardwood trees

Those beautiful Southern Oak trees? They noticed Spring is coming! Thats why they are shedding their old growth leaves and are covered in budding light-green new growth. It is important however to rake the decayed leaves from your lawn in order to allow much needed sunlight to reach your lawn and allow the gras to emerge from its nearly dormant state.

• Trim dead branches from hardwood

Older hardwood trees might not regrow their full canopy. Unhealthy or damaged branches will slowly decay and are better removed before they form a hazard.
 

• replace annuals

Those beautiful Impatiens or Vinca’s are about to reach their maximum growth stage and will be falling over soon from their own weight. Time to think of replacing them with Summer tolerant varieties such as Coleus or Penta.

• mulch

Mulching plant beds promotes plant growth and adds organic elements (red:food) to our relatively inert Florida soil. By now the mulch that was put down by Thanksgiving or New Years should be showing signs of decay. Let’s freshen up those plant beds with a new layer of organic mulch to keep everything growing trough Summer.

• prune winter blooming plants and shrubs

To maintain all plants healthy, it is important to remove all dead flower buds; this will improve growth and help them bloom again

• check for seasonal pests on ornamentals

Aphids, Whitefly, Thrips to name only a few are common plant pests in our warm and humid climate. Keep an eye out for them and have them treated. Preferably with organic methods such as teem-oil or insect soap.

• Adequate height for mowing your lawn.

It is tempting to cut your lawn a little shorter, in order to not having to mow your grass so often but in doing so the stolen network underlying yours.-Augustine/Floratam lawn might become exposed and will die off. It is important to keep the correct mowing height set on our mower at ll times and, of course… keep your mower blades sharpened!


If you have any questions about this article, feel free to call us for advice or a free evaluation:

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At Green team we are elated to have made it to the final five best landscape companies in Palm Beach County this yea, and to have been selected for the prestigious 'Best of Palm Beach' award.

Designed to celebrate the best businesses their community has to offer, the Best of Palm Beach County awards recognize leading organizations in dozens of categories, ranging from clothing stores and restaurants to business service providers and vehicle dealers.

Winners were selected by the local community through online voting, and then honored at an Oscars-like award ceremony, this year to be held  at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, in April 2021. Due to the COVID pandemic, the event will most likely to be held virtually.

We would like to thank all our loyal customers for your appreciation, and will keep doing our best to provide beautifully designed landscapes and top landscape maintenance services!

In order to make residents aware of the many benefits of planting trees, Palm Beach County, FL has set up an innovative program to convince home owners to plant more (native) trees in their landscape.

The benefits of planting trees and replenishing our natural canopy's are proven to be beneficial in many ways: from providing shade and eliminating heat spots, improving air quality and safe harbors for our native fauna.

Under the program, Palm Beach residents can sign up to receive two, three gallon native plants and receive information on how, when and what to plant

There is an annual limit of one plant voucher, redeemable at participating nurseries for two, three-gallon native plants per Palm Beach County household, while funding lasts.

More information about the program can be found by clicking here: 

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​FNGLA Palm Beach Chapter and Mounts Botanical Garden, Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden, will host a Winter Plant Sale on February 6 and 7. Guests are welcome to shop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 7. Tickets must be purchased online ahead of the event here.

“Our fall and spring plant sales have historically been very popular, so we decided to add a Winter Sale,” said Mounts curator-director Rochelle Wolberg. “In these very challenging times, our goal is to provide a safe and enjoyable experience for our vendors and the public.”

Visitors can stroll the West Palm Beach garden while shopping for a variety of plants, shrubs, trees, garden accessories, and fine crafts. The Mounts Botanical Garden Nursery and Vintage Thrift Shop will also be open with a variety of plants and unique treasures for home and garden.

Public health and safety remain paramount. Mounts Botanical Garden will adhere to Palm Beach County and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirements and guidelines by operating at reduced capacity and hosting 40 to 50 vendors outside. Masks will be required.

• Weed and Feed

With temperatures still in the upper seventies to lower eighties, now is the time for any weed and feed applications. The most effective way is to apply granular, slow-release fertilizers, preferably with a pre-emergent weed control added to prevent seed germination
 

• Raking leaves from hardwood trees

Those beautiful Southern Oak trees? They noticed Spring is coming! Thats why they are shedding their old growth leaves and are covered in budding light-green new growth. It is important however to rake the decayed leaves from your lawn in order to allow much needed sunlight to reach your lawn and allow the gras to emerge from its nearly dormant state.

• Trim dead branches from hardwood

Older hardwood trees might not regrow their full canopy. Unhealthy or damaged branches will slowly decay and are better removed before they form a hazard.
 

• Replace annuals

Those beautiful Impatiens or Vinca’s are about to reach their maximum growth stag and will be falling over soon from their own weight. Time to think of replacing them with Summer tolerant varieties such as Coleus or Penta.

• Mulch

Mulching plant beds promotes plant growth and adds organic elements (red:food) to our relatively inert Florida soil. By now the mulch that was put down by Thanksgiving or New Years should be showing signs of decay. Let’s freshen up those plant beds with a new layer of organic mulch to keep everything growing trough Summer.

• Prune winter blooming plants and shrubs

To maintain all plants healthy, it is important to remove all dead flower buds; this will improve growth and help them bloom again

• Check for seasonal pests on ornamentals

Aphids, Whitefly, Thrips to name only a few are common plant pests in our warm and humid climate. Keep an eye out for them and have them treated. Preferably with organic methods such as teem-oil or insect soap.

• Adequate height for mowing your lawn.

It is tempting to cut your lawn a little shorter, in order to not having to mow your grass so often but in doing so the stolen network underlying yours.-Augustine/Floratam lawn might become exposed and will die off. It is important to keep the correct mowing height set on our mower at ll times and, of course… keep your mower blades sharpened!

​The Annual People’s Choice Award from the Houzz Community Highlights Home Remodeling and Design Professionals with Most Popular Designs and Top Ratings

Wellington, FL, February 13, 2020 – Green Team Landscapes of Wellington, FL has won a “Best Of Houzz” award for Customer Service, on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design. The 15-year old landscape design and installation firm was chosen by the millions of homeowners that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 2.5 million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.

The Best Of Houzz badge is awarded annually, in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design awards honor professionals whose work was the most popular among the Houzz community. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including a pro's overall rating on Houzz and client reviews submitted in 2019. Architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular are recognized with the Photography award.

A “Best Of Houzz 2020” badge will appear on winners’ profiles as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.

Creating original, and personalized gardens, combined with our high standard maintenance skills paid off again and we are very thankful for receiving this award.

Luc Limbourg - Owner

“This year’s Best Of Houzz awards go to an incredibly talented and service-oriented group of home remodeling and design professionals, and we’re proud to highlight the winners on the Houzz website and app,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing for Houzz. “This award is particularly meaningful as it reflects the sentiment of the millions of homeowners in the Houzz community who are hiring home professionals for their projects across the U.S. and around the world.”

Follow Green Team Landscapes  on Houzz https://www.houzz.com/pro/limbourg/

About Green Team Landscapes
It all started 15 years ago when Luc Limbourg decided for a career change and made his hobby his day-job. Many landscape designs and installs later, we keep striving to be the most original in our area, by exceeding customer expectations every day!

About Houzz

​Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish – online or from a mobile device. From decorating a small room to building a custom home and everything in between, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community empowered by technology, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. Houzz is a registered trademark of Houzz Inc. worldwide. For more information, visit houzz.com.

Meet Wilson, our gorgeous Airedale Terrier. The best dog one can get! He loves to rampage trough our yard, enjoys chasing squirrels and tking naps in the shade underneath the cocoanut palm trees.

Unfortunately, with happy dog rampage comes happy dog peerage. The acid and nitrogen in Wilson's pee burns the grass and leaves brown dog urine spots all over our combined lawns. There are several chemical and food additive solutions to this problem but my neighbors and I prefer a natural approach.​


Five organic remedies to repair those brown dog urine burns on your lawn that will not harm you or your dog.

1. Train your dog to potty in one area of your yard. 
This is easier if you have a female dog because female dogs generally like to piddle in the same place, (so the boy dogs always know where to go to read the girl dog’s pee-mail.) A boy dog might need a little more incentive to potty in one area of your yard. In that case, try using a non-toxic pheromone-treated yard stake to encourage your boy to hit the same spot such as the Simple Solutions Pee Post. I’m a bit of a traditionalist in this regard, I prefer the aesthetic quality of the pee post Fire Hydrant.

2. Hose down the pee spot with enough water to dilute the acid in the urine and wash it away. 
The downside of this method is that you must use enough water to flush the entire area of urine (female dog urine is more acidic than male dog urine.) I don’t use enough water you’ll only end up diluting the urine spot with water. Then your random brown patches will turn into random dark green patches because the nitrogen in the dog pee has been diluted to the point that it helps your grass instead of burning it.

3. Neutralize the nitrogen with baking soda. 
This is my preferred method because I don’t have to stalk the dogs in the backyard with a hose waiting for them to pee. Pouring 2 tablespoons of baking soda dissolved in a gallon of water on a burn spot neutralizes the concentrated amounts of ammonia and nitrogen that’s in the dog urine and burns the grass. The grass comes back green and healthy and I don’t have to worry about the dogs walking through a yard full of lawn chemicals and possibly ingesting something toxic when they lick their paws.

4. Give your dog a lawn to call their own. 
One of Wilson’s quirks is that he will only potty on grass. No mulch, clover, or potty pads for my boy! In that case, the PetZoom Pet Park Indoor Pet Potty may work for him and help me save my tiny lawn.

If you are interested in installing a pet corner, give us a call at (561)337-0658 so we can discuss options!

Thank you for reading,

Luc M. limbourg

The Best of Houzz 2018 for Service was awarded to Luc Limbourg and Green Team solutions, LLC for the third time, as a result of consistent favorable reviews from our clients. After 12 years of serving the Palm Beach area, as well as several international projects we continue our commitment to providing our clients with the highest level of design, build and maintenance services from concept to job completion and maintain our relationship thereafter.

Luc Limbourg and Greenteam solutions  Awarded Best Of Houzz 2018

Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Landscape Building, and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World 

WELLINGTON FL, USA, January 17, 2018 – Luc Limbourg and Green team Solutions of Wellington – Palm Beach has won “Best Of Customer Service, on Houzz®, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The The 12-year old design build and maintenance firm was chosen by the more than 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than one million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.
The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Service award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 40 million monthly users on Houzz. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2017. Architecture and landscape design photographers whose images were most popular are recognized with the Photography award. A “Best Of Houzz 2018” badge will appear on winners’ profiles, as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.

“We at Green Team Solutions are thrilled to be a 2018 Houzz Service Award winner. It gives us great satisfaction that our work has such a broad appeal and we thank the Houzz Community for their votes.”

“The Houzz community selected a phenomenal group of Best of Houzz 2018 award winners, so this year’s recipients should be very proud,” said Liza Hausman, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Houzz. “Best of Houzz winners represent some of the most talented and customer-focused professionals in our industry, and we are extremely pleased to give them both this recognition and a platform on which to showcase their expertise.”
Follow Green team solutions on ​Houzz https://www.houzz.com/pro/limbourg/__public​