Landscapers
Talk to your landscaper about Sustainable Practices
Perfect Earth offers guidance on interviewing landcapers and Hastings on Hudson created a checklist for best practice discussions with your landscaper. Print resources in Spanish here and here and pasted below too.
Ecological Landscape Alliance www.ecolandscaping.org
Native Plant Center www.sunywcc.edu/about.npc
Healthy Yards www.healthyyards.org
Leave Leaves Alone www.leaveleavesalone.org
AGZA American Green Zone Alliance www.agza.net
Cornell University Extension www.westchester.cce.cornell.edu/horticulture
Irvington Electric Landscaping Equipment Demonstration
Check back for details and offers this summer.
Sustainable Landscapers
We are compiling a list of landscaping companies servicing Irvington that offer sustainable services. To qualify, they should have electric equipment and demonstrate sustainable practices like leaf mulching. Taking courses with organizations like AGZA is a good indication. Please share recommendations with cbinns@irvingtonny.gov
Healthy Yards has a list of sustainable landscaping companies here. Further listings can be found at EcoLandscaping.org
Please note: we cannot vet claims made by landscaping companies. It is important that you discuss best practices with the companies directly.
All Electric Landcaping Companies
Joseph Bulfamante and Son Landscaping
Electrocut
Green and Serene Lawn Care
Morano Landscape Garden Design LTD
Mow Green
Organic Ways and Means
Plan it Wild
Soto's Service
Spark Lawn care
Companies Offering Sustainable Solutions:
Aesthetic Landscape Care Inc.
520 Farragut Parkway, Hastings-on-Hudson
914-478-7320
Artscape Organic Care, LLC
49 Bouton Street East, Stamford
203-252-1954
Camilla Landscaping Design, LLC
30 Hardscrabble Heights, Brewster
203-790-9809
Green Jay Landscaping
222 Purchase Street #144, Rye
914-560-6570
TDK Landscape Inc.
41 Fisher Avenue, Tuckahoe
914-771-6802
Breath of Spring, LTD.
453 Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham
914-738-3865
New: Ban on Gas Powered Leaf Blowers starting Dec 16 2023
On November 3, 2020, the village passed Local Law #8 2020 banning gas powered leaf blowers from December 16, 2023. After that time, according to the law:
Persons found guilty of violating any of the provisions of § 148-4, except Subsection B(10), shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $50 nor greater than $250 for each and every violation. Any person found guilty of violating Subsection B(10) and any property owner or tenant on whose property such a violation of Subsection B(10) occurs shall be subject to a penalty of $100 250 for the first offense, and $250 500 for any subsequent offense.
Gas-powered leaf blowers pollute the environment in 3 ways: exhaust emissions, noise, and particulates/dust blown into the air. Per the Department of Environmental Conservation website: "Emissions from gas-powered leaf blowers are substantial. The amount of CO (carbon monoxide) emitted from a typical backpack leaf blower for just 1 hour is equal to CO coming from the tailpipe of a current year automobile operating for over 8 hours. For the other pollutants, the amounts are even greater." Click here to learn more about a state bill prohibiting gas-powered leaf and lawn blowers.
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