by admin | Jul 31, 2018 | Our Clients
It’s not every day you get asked about how you got your start. About 30 years ago, our Chief Executive Officer Michael Jones began what would later become known as True North Outdoor. Recently, he got to share his story with Real Media Founder and Chief Creative...
by admin | Jul 24, 2018 | Kansas City Clients, Landscape Maintenance
Our crews are busy inoculating trees against the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) this week. So we thought it might be handy for you to know how to identify if your trees may be suffering from an EAB infestation! ABOUT THE EMERALD ASH BORERS Emerald ash borer, Agrilus...
by admin | Jul 6, 2018 | Kansas City Clients, landscape management
Did you know we do green roof installs?! Yep. Here’s a recent one we did at Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas. We installed drip irrigation, pulled weeds and dead plants from the rooftop and prepped the beds for a beautiful installation of sedum. Sedum is a...
by kate | Jun 21, 2018 | Blog, Landscape Maintenance, landscape management, Sustainability
After reading our last three blog posts about smart irrigation technologies, you should be an expert by now, right? Lucky for you, we still have one final topic to cover to complete our series—rain and freeze sensors. In case you need a refresher, smart irrigation...
by admin | Jun 14, 2018 | Landscape Maintenance
Japenese beetles have long plagued Kansas City landscapes right as they start to look good. The pest emerges in the heart of summer to devour your favorite plants, shrubs and trees as they feast on the delicate leaf tissues. You’ve seen their damage before, but...
by kate | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog, Landscape Maintenance, landscape management, Sustainability
It’s week 3 of our smart irrigation technology series and today we’re diving deeper into pressure regulation. Last time we talked about how pressure regulators help save time and money by making sure your sprinkler systems are distributing water evenly over your...
by kate | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Landscape Maintenance, landscape management, Sustainability
Last week, we began the discussion surrounding smart irrigation and how its various systems help conserve water by meeting the needs of specific landscapes. We explained how weather-based controllers use weather data like temperature, wind, solar radiation, and...
by kate | May 31, 2018 | Blog, Landscape Maintenance, Sustainability
In the United States alone, 9 billion gallons of water is used for outdoor watering every single day—mainly for landscape irrigation. Unfortunately, about half of that amount is wasted due to overwatering because of inefficient traditional irrigation methods and...
by admin | May 30, 2018 | Blog, Our Clients
Site Selection, Design, and Installation Site Selection General Motors first approached True North Outdoor regarding the installation of a wildlife habitat in the spring of 2013. A preliminary report, from the Wildlife Habitat Council, was provided to True North as a...
by admin | May 29, 2018 | Landscape Maintenance, Our Clients
Last week our team installed hundreds of annuals at Summit Fair Shopping Center in Lee’s Summit. They’ll soon be bursting forth in summer beauty! We caught a time lapse of the install....