Specifications include, but are not limited to: Mowing/Blowing: • Prior to mowing, remove and dispose of all litter and debris from entire campus areas. • Grass areas shall be mowed weekly during the growing season. Grass may be mowed biweekly when not in a fully active growing stage. Dormant season mowing is not required but must be used as a method to clear managed areas in this contract of leaves. • Clippings, if bagged, shall be removed from the property on the same day the property is serviced. • During growing season, mowing shall be postponed when the weather or conditions will result in rutting or damaged grass. • Grass clippings, trimmings and debris shall be removed from the adjacent walks, drives, curbs, or surfaces on the same day as mowed or trimmed. • Landscape debris generated by the service visit shall be blown-off or swept at each scheduled visit. Do not blow grass clippings into the shrub beds or onto paved areas unless after such blowing, the resultant accumulation of material is gathered and removed from the site. • Clippings may be blown back to lawn, but no visible clumps of cut grass shall remain. • Contractor is responsible for maintaining grass at the proper height. • Synthetic turf, if applicable, within playground areas are to be blown free of debris with a handheld blower each visit. No vacuum machinery is to be used on synthetic turf areas. Clippings may be blown back to lawn, but no visible clumps of cut grass shall remain. Edging & String Trimming: • Sidewalks, curbs, plants, walkways, roadway edges, space between planter beds, concrete slabs, tree circles, bed edges, road signs, guard posts, trees, shrub, utility poles, and other obstacles where mowers cannot reach shall be edged each visit, not to exceed 7 days to maintain a neat, clean grass edge. • Grass shall be edged/trimmed to the same desired height as determined by the mowing operation. • Grass adjacent to tree wells, valve boxes, and quick couplers shall be trimmed as needed to maintain a clean appearance. • Clippings shall be blown off of all surfaces at the time edging/trimming is completed. • No chemical edging shall be performed on front entrances and drives.
