FRESH CLIPPINGS

from Green Industry Pros May/June 2022

EQUIPMENT FOCUS

PROJECT EVERGREEN, I WANT TO MOW YOUR LAWN PAIR UP

Two nonprofit organizations that offer mowing services to certain groups are teaming up.

Project EverGreen, which offers free basic lawn care and maintenance services to military personnel, and I Want to Mow Your Lawn, a nonprofit that provides lawn services to the elderly, military veterans and others, are teaming up to “expand their bandwidth” and offer more services to more people.

“Forming an alliance to help more military families, veterans and other deserving individuals made sense for many reasons,” said Cindy Code, executive director of Project EverGreen. “Our two organizations together can cast a wider net and help more families and individuals enjoy all the benefits healthy, accessible green spaces have to offer.”

These initiatives provide the platform for individuals and businesses with the skills and bandwidth needed to maintain healthy lawns, which, in turn, deliver peace of mind to families during stressful times such as deployments or rehabbing from a service-related injury. The alliance will work to raise the profile and availability of the programs to fill current gaps and the opportunity for new volunteers to give back to their communities. “The partnership will multiply efforts to provide relief for families of active military and give back to those who have proudly served our country,” said Brian Schwartz, founder of I Want to Mow Your Lawn. “It’s our way to say thank you for the service and sacrifices families make to protect our freedoms.”

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PRIME SOURCE TO RELEASEAZOXYBIO FUNGICIDE SPRING 2022

Prime Source, a division of Albaugh, launched AzoxyBio Fungicide to provide efficacy and convenience through a combined biological and traditional fungicide.

Features include of the new fungicide include: • EPA registered • Delivers distinctive disease control and promotes plant health • Features a combination of azoxystrobin plus an extract of the biofungicide,

Reynoutria sachalinensis • Includes dual modes of action from

Groups 11 and P5 • Provides a biological boost to plants’ immune systems for sound disease resistance management • An exclusive performance additive enhances suspension for efficient mixing and application

AzoxyBio will be available for purchase exclusively through the Prime Source distribution network in spring 2022.

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Stihl Provides Grants to State Parks

The Hearts of Stihl program is designed to help preserve state parks throughout the United States.

Stihl has launched its Hearts of Stihl program, aimed at preserving state parks throughout the United States. The program will give $20,000 to a state park in six different regions of the country. Parks can apply for grants to be used on projects associated with sustainability and conservation.

“For more than 15 years, Stihl has been privileged to support America’s State Parks, and this program allows us to expand our efforts to help in the conservation and care of these national treasures,” said Roger Phelps, Stihl corporate spokesperson. “Hearts of Stihl is a natural extension of the Stihl commitment to caring for our environment and making it easier for people to work in and with nature.”

The 2021 Hearts of Stihl program focused on the planting of 2,021 trees in two western state parks in response to the effects of the 2020 wildfires. The project included Oregon and California state parks workers, as well as hazardous tree felling and training by arborist and Stihl Spokesperson Mark Chisholm and others.

“Following the wildfires in 2020, Stihl demonstrated its commitment to environmental conservation, stepping up to aid in our recovery efforts,” said Lisa Sumption, director of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. “The program helped Collier State Park and its community get a leg up in the healing and recovery from such devastating wildfires.”

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