Author: Hively
Choosing the Best Mulch
May 7, 2015As the trusted, award winning landscape contractor for York County and surrounding areas, we often get asked the question, “which is the best mulch?” The honest answer is it depends on your unique situation, since you’ll need to consider everything from color and smell, to soil benefits, longevity, stability, and cost.
The benefits to mulching are undisputed and include:
- Moisture retention
- Insulation
- Weed Control
- Nutrient Supplementation
- Controlling Soil Erosion
- Improved Aesthetics
Depending on which is most important to you, your mulch decision will come down to which choice aligns with your goal. For example if your primary focus is to be aesthetically pleasing and preventing soil erosion, you may go with an option such as a stone mulch. If you want superior moisture retention and would like the added soil benefits, you may choose an organic option like shredded hardwood.
Some of the most common mulches are described below, with a few pros and cons to help you with your next mulch decision.
Hively Landscapes Gears Up to Give Back
April 10, 2015Working with Temple Beth Israel and their “Doing good for Goode” volunteer program, the employees of Hively Landscapes gives back with donating time and materials to help revitalize the courtyard landscape of the Alexander D Goode elementary school in downtown York city. Hively Landscapes will close its office and bring all employees to the school to donate 400 hours of labor in one day! The focus of the day will be to return the landscaping of the courtyard to its original attractive and useful state. Removing junk trees and shrubs, edging and mulching planting beds, repairing a pond and waterfall, re stacking stone walls and giving the students and teachers a place to use for learning and relaxing.
Landscape Design Team Recognized by the York Builders Association Remodeling Awards of Excellence
April 10, 2015- Jeff Bollinger Wins RAE Grand Award for Outdoor Design
- James Theisen Wins RAE Grand Award Outdoor Living Space
- Brian Waltersdorf Wins RAE Grand Award for Outdoor Specialty, the Peoples Choice Award and the JHMyers Judges Choice Award
John Zielinski Recognized as Environmental Educator of the Year in 2014
April 10, 2015For his dedication to the Envirothon program, Hively Designer John Zielinski has earned the distinguished honor of Environmental Educator of the Year from the York County Conservation District. John has coached Envirothon teams in the Northeastern school district for the past 11 years, sometimes coaching multiple teams in one competition!
Awarded for Landscape Excellence
November 7, 2013CONGRATULATIONS to:
Jeff Bollinger P.C.H and Brian Waltersdorf R.L.A.
Recipients of Pennsylvania Landscape & Nurseryman’s Association
Awards for Landscape Excellence
York Downtown First Award
February 22, 2013A Downtown First Award to
York Academy Regional Charter School
32 West North Street York, PA
Downtown, Inc. recognizes businesses, organizations, and individuals who put downtown first through their commitments of time, advocacy and resources.
Hively Landscapes is proud to be part of Simpson Station- A playgound and outdoor classroom
All of us at Hively Landscapes are extremely proud to have been involved in this project and we wish to thank the Simpson family, The Simpson Foundation, The Womens Giving Circle and the many many donors and volunteers who made this project possible. We also want to thank the York Academy board of directors for allowing the Playground Committee and our designers the latitude to design a remarkable and unique play space among landscape and public art. Thank You!!