The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1, but preparedness and readiness should be a year-round priority. As communities along the coast prepare for tropical storm season, it is essential to minimize risks before a storm strikes—and support a safe response afterward. Keep reading to learn how we prepare for big storms.
What to Know Before the Storm
- Landscaping priorities change in preparation for storms. Routine services may be postponed as crews prioritize safety, access, drainage, tree concerns, and securing the landscape before severe weather.
- Make a plan to address the elements of trafficked areas, including building entrances and exits, sidewalks, parking lots, drainage structures, buildings, signage, and trees or limbs.
- Bland Landscaping Co. will communicate with landscaping clients focusing on property readiness. This includes noting any visible concerns, anticipated service adjustments, storm
timing, and post-storm response priorities once conditions are safe.
Tips for Storm Preparedness
- Report Tree Concerns Early: This includes low limbs, heavy canopy areas, leaning trees, dead branches, branches touching buildings, or trees near utilities.
- Watch for Drainage Warning Signs: These might be ponding water, washed-out mulch, clogged inlets, erosion, or soft turf areas that could worsen during heavy rainfall.
- Limit Loose Materials Around the Landscape: Secure planters, furniture, décor, trash cans, and temporary signage before tropical weather arrives.
How We Help Prepare Our Clients’ Properties
- We perform canopy thinning and targeted pruning. We work to reduce dead, weak, overextended, or hazardous limbs so wind can move through the canopy more safely.
- We cut back trees and other vegetation. Our teams focus on protecting high-risk areas such as buildings,
roofs, sidewalks, fire lines, signage, parking areas, and access routes to reduce potential damage and improve clearance and safety before and after storms. - We perform property storm inspections. Inspecting key landscape systems before the storm is key. We do that by reviewing tree and palm conditions, canopy density, low or overextended limbs, drainage flow, catch basins, swales, erosion-prone areas, loose landscape debris, irrigation components, and access routes so potential issues can be addressed before severe weather arrives.
- We turn off irrigation. Turning off irrigation before major storm events to help prevent overwatering, reduce runoff, and protect already saturated turf and landscape beds.
Bland Landscaping’s teams are ready to assist with storm preparedness services that help ensure your property is storm-ready and better protected! Contact us today to get started on storm preparation services.