Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Blanchford Landscape Contractors, Inc.

Today in seminar, we heard from Andy Blanchford, of Blanchford Landscape Contractors, Inc. out of Bozeman, Montana. Andy has been in Bozeman since 1994, and started the company in 1997 to, "Create exceptional environments for great experiences!"

Andy and his crew specialize in full-service landscape design, installation, and maintenance--typically working with private residences--and has award winning projects.

His biggest project took four years to complete, and cost 2.5 million dollars, but they also work on smaller projects in landscape design and installation, irrigation and lighting, and garden services and maintenance.

Andy's vision for his company is to make their projects sustainable, and believe that proper planning reduces waste. They use native and drought tolerant plants and grasses where appropriate, and they recycle all of their office waste and most of their construction waste. Andy also has an employee carpool incentive to minimize the miles driven to work.

Because of this conscientious effort to promote sustainability, Blanchford Landscape Contractors has been Ecostar (a pollution prevention program in Montana) winners the last three years, from 2006-2008. They are also graduates of UnCommon Sense, a Yellowstone Business Partnerships two-year leadership program that is helping businesses become more sustainable in all aspects of their operations.

For more information about Blanchford Landscape Contractors, Inc., check out their website at http://www.blanchfordlandscapecontractors.com/, or give them a call at 406-587-3057.

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