Specifications include, but are not limited to: Mowing 1. All lawn areas shall be mowed to a height of 3” minimum and a 5” maximum height (summer) on a seven to ten-day schedule during the growing season with weather consideration or as required to maintain appearance. Height should be maintained at 3“ for the balance of the year.; 2. All mowing equipment shall be maintained to provide sharpest cut and cleanest cut of individual grass blades.; 3. Contractor to blow grass clippings, leaves and debris from the patio, pathways, sidewalks and roadways. Care is to be taken so as not to direct grass clippings into mulch beds and gravel pathways. Grass clippings in turf area may be allowed to remain to decompose unless they accumulate in wind rows. Such surplus clippings must be removed by raking or blowing. Extra care should be taken not to blow clippings into the waterways.; Trimming 1. Mechanical edging to occur every other week during growing season where turf abuts walkways, curbs, sidewalks, driveways, groomed beds or other areas where a clean edge would be reasonably expected.; 2. Specific method of mechanical edging is left to contractor’s discretion, but the end result must be acceptable to Management.; 3. Contractor to also take care to avoid scalping turf and exposing bare areas.; Pruning 1. Developmental pruning of trees and shrubs shall be in accordance with the latest standards of the International Society of Arborists. Do not prune within two weeks of bud break in the spring or leaf abscission in the fall. Spring blooming shrubs should be pruned after flowering. Pruning tools must be disinfected, sharp and appropriate for the work to be done. Shrubs in a sheared form must be trimmed to maintain a distinct form. All clippings and debris must be removed from hedges and raked from mulched beds beneath the shrubs. Selective spot trimming shall occur on a regular basis both for aesthetics and to keep walkways accessible.; Herbaceous Plant Maintenance 1. Cut back herbaceous plant material and ornamental grasses during winter months.
