Austin Outdoor Participates in PLANET Day of Service on Earth Day
Austin Outdoor Enhances the Landscape at Three Parks, One School and One Nonprofit Organization in Celebration of Earth Day & PLANET Day of Service
BUNNELL, Fla. – Austin Outdoor celebrated Earth Day on April 22, 2010, by participating in the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) Day of Service, which is a nationwide event for members of PLANET, a national lawn and landscape association, to organize and participate in volunteer green projects in communities across the country. Austin Outdoor participated in the Day of Service by coordinating a project in each of its Florida districts.
The East Central Florida district enhanced the landscape at Heroes Memorial Park and Holland Memorial Park, both located in Palm Coast. At Heroes Memorial Park, four memorial circle landscape beds were cleaned out and enhanced with different varieties of sustainable plants. At Holland Memorial Park, the two entrance beds were enhanced. Purple Lantana and yellow Dune Sunflower were installed in the existing landscape beds.
“Professionalism in a profession goes beyond what is required to do a quality job no matter what that job is. It extends to the community and how that individual or business conducts itself on a personal as well as professional basis. The staff at Austin Outdoor exemplifies this in happily giving of their time to spend a morning doing something that does not make any money for the company, gives away plants and uses employee time to help improve the look of our City for the betterment of the community,” said Bill Butler, City of Palm Coast landscape architect. “I saw smiles on the faces of the employees that volunteered at Heroes Park and Holland Park that day and could tell they really enjoyed themselves. Thanks for being a great example of what professionalism really means!”
The Northeast Florida district enhanced the main entrance landscape at Stilwell Middle School in Jacksonville. Austin Outdoor employees worked with employees from Kohl’s by cleaning up the landscape, removing declined hedges, raking out existing beds, creating new beds, and mulching both the new and existing beds. Plants used included Hawthorne, Agapanthus, Evergreen Giant, Jasmine and Ginger.
“You did an excellent job. The staff was very happy, excited and appreciative. It has been my pleasure partnering with you. Thank you for your commitment, time, hard work and donation,” said Vivian Harrell, executive coordinator of Keep Jacksonville Beautiful.
The Central Florida district cleaned up and enhanced the landscape at The Sunshine Foundation Dream Village located in Davenport, which is a nonprofit organization that strives to answer the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children ages three to eighteen, whose families are financially unable to fulfill their requests.
“We truly appreciate Austin Outdoor for helping improve the appearance of the Dream Village for the special children served by the Sunshine Foundation, and especially before our Spring Family Fair on May 1st,” said Wanda Curtis, property manager and family liaison for The Sunshine Foundation.
The Southeast Florida district cleaned up and enhanced the landscape at the North Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce located within Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter. The team added plant material to the hedge row that runs along the parkway in front of the park. The team installed the following plant material: Cocoplum, Society Garlic, Crotons, Agapanthus and Firebush. In total, seven employees installed 120 plants and performed general landscape cleanup.
“A big thank you to all of the Austin Outdoor staff. The park really looks wonderful, and we are truly grateful that Austin Outdoor selected Palm Beach County Parks for this year’s project,” said Heather Medina, special projects coordinator.
PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the quality of life in communities across America. With more than 4,200 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals. For more information on PLANET, visit landcarenetwork.org or call the PLANET office at 800.395.2552.
Austin Outdoor, established in 1994, is a horticultural organization dedicated to creating, building and maintaining sustainable landscapes. The organization provides landscape design, landscape installation and landscape management for premier properties and is dedicated to offering a wide range of services that enhance clients’ investments and improve the quality of life. Austin Outdoor provides such services from its Florida offices in Bunnell (headquarters), Port St. Lucie, West Palm Beach, Orlando and Jacksonville as well as its out-of-state office in The Bahamas. For more information about Austin Outdoor, please call (386) 437-6211 or visit the Web site at www.austinoutdoor.net.
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