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James LaMarche, a long time Pro Care customer, contacted us wanting to freshen up his backyard.  He wanted to transform his backyard into a more useful, beautiful space….a place for friends to gather & enjoy Boise’s beautiful seasons.  Our Construction Manager, Merlin, worked closely with James in designing the perfect landscape for his needs & his budget.  The project had a bit of everything:  large tree removal, demo, decking, fencing, pavers, plants, rock mulch, sprinkler system, & a fire pit.  Here’s the project as it played out….

Holiday lights…already?!  When Boise’s tree canopies turn gorgeous shades of red, yellow, & orange, our minds shift to holiday lighting.  Soon we’ll be filling inventory with cool new materials & sending out renewal letters to our many happy clients.

Pro Care has been Boise’s leading Christmas light & holiday decor provider for 30 years.  We specialize in installing commercial-grade lighting for commercial, retail, institutional, & residential properties.  Here are just of a few of the many properties we’ve installed in recent years:

• Ada County Courthouse (Front & 3rd)
• Wells Fargo Center (9th & Main)
• US Bank Plaza (Capitol & Main)
• Zions Bank Building (8th & Main)
• Key Bank Building (Capitol & Idaho)
• Washington Federal Building (10th & Idaho)
• Downtown Boise Parking Garages & City Street Trees
• St. Luke’s Hospitals (Boise, Nampa, Eagle)
• Bodybuilding.com (Cloverdale & Chinden)
• Heritage Commons Homeowners’ Association (Locust Grove & Ustick)
• Boise Factory Outlets (Gowen & Eisenman Rd)
• Boise Spectrum (Overland & Cole)
• Cole Village Shopping Center (Cole & Ustick)
• Findlay Family Center (Federal Wy & Gekeler Ln)

We start by listening to your ideas & applying our expertise to bring your vision to life.  We stock many colors in both incandescent & LED bulbs. Using a proprietary software program, we enter measurements taken from your property to calculate exactly the right amount of lighting for a bright yet energy-efficient display on roof lines, trees, & shrubs.  We schedule your installation with consideration to important dates so you can enjoy your lights for as long as possible.  Our teams are the best trained in the Treasure Valley, attending classes in our training room & hands-on field demonstrations to ensure they understand principles of electricity, design, & safely working at heights.

Want to learn more or get a quote?  Please call us at (208) 288-5589 or email customerservice@procareidaho.com

With the onset of cooler weather, annual flowers are in peak bloom throughout Downtown Boise.  You owe it to yourself to spend a day or evening exploring Downtown Boise’s shops, enjoying a meal, having a drink, & catching a show.  Of course, don’t forget to stop & smell the flowers!

When ink dries on new contracts & work orders, we have to build up our team to handle the workload!  That’s been the story of our company in recent weeks.  There are some tremendous opportunities for individuals hoping to catch on with a quality company that’s willing to invest in & develop the right kinds of people.  Now hiring for:

• Mow Crew Leader
• Mow Crew Technician
• Pruning Crew Tech
• Landscape Crew Tech

These jobs pay between $11-$15/hr depending on experience.  We offer a steady 40+ hour work schedule Monday through Saturdays with most everyone on our team enjoying a 3-day weekend every weekend!  We have an open door management team that takes great interest in your development, goals, & well being.  Our company is well organized & professional.  We provide weekly training sessions where we learn a new topic & praise great performance.  Advancement opportunities are many.  Also, it’s a drug-free, low-drama work place.  Our simple goal is to put out terrific quality landscaping & have fun doing it.  If that’s for you, fill out an online application & we’ll talk soon.

You can tell a lot about a business by the care of its facilities & grounds.  Lush, healthy, well-manicured landscaping says “we care enough about our business to project a professional, quality image before you even step inside our doors.”  Companies & owners who put this kind of care into their properties tend to attract the very best clients & the highest caliber employees.  Case in point:  Wells Fargo Center in Downtown Boise.

Pro Care has had the distinct opportunity to care for Wells Fargo Center for over 20 years.  We’re often told that tenants enjoy stepping out of their offices & into a true oasis of beautiful flowers, stunning shade trees, & lush green lawns.

Why do we love commercial landscape maintenance so much?  Because we are a small business, too, & image matters.  We relate closely to our clients & understand how to put a thoughtful service plan into action on their properties.

Pro Care is commercial landscape maintenance & our work is the very definition of “curb appeal.”  When you’re considering your landscape options this year, please contact Pro Care.  Estimates are free & you’ll benefit from our thoughtful approach to landscape maintenance.

If your sycamore tree is making your yard look like October in the middle of June, you’re not alone.  It’s a common fungal disease called “anthracnose.”  Symptoms are yellowing leaves that shrivel on the limbs & eventually fall.  Like all plant diseases, it requires three things to develop:

1. A susceptible host (sycamore).
2. A pathogen (anthracnose).
3. Favorable conditions for disease development (rainy weather when buds emerge; warm spring temps).

The first two conditions are certainties every year.  Sycamores are susceptible & anthracnose spores are waiting on branches & twigs in early spring.  Unknown is whether or not it will rain when new leaves emerge.  Rain splashes spores through the canopy & onto tender new leaves.  It’s also unknown if temperatures will favor the disease or help inhibit it. The good news is that new leaves often push through by July & the tree almost looks normal by mid-summer.  However, anthracnose can damage twigs & branches, causing deformities known as “witches’ brooms.”

Pro Care offers specialized cambium injections for current full-service clients on our Tree/Shrub Care Programs.  Treatments made this year would be for suppression next year.  The optimal timing for cambium injections is approximately 1-month before the first frost.  Our Certified Arborists are ready to help!