Douglas Dynamics, Inc. Acquires TrynEx
May 8, 2013
Douglas Dynamics, Inc., a North American leader in the design, manufacture and sale of snow and ice control equipment for light trucks, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TrynEx, Inc. a leader in truck-mounted salt and sand spreader equipment under the SnowEx brand name. TrynEx also provides turf application and industrial attachment products under the TurfEx...
[Mowers , Tree and Shrub Care]
PECO Brush Blazer fills gap by providing industry’s only mid-sized brush cutter
New PECO Inc., a manufacturer of lawn vacuums and innovative outdoor power equipment, has announced its TBB-3002 Brush Blazer. Featuring a 48-inch cut width, the Brush Blazer is...
[Landscape Construction , Tree and Shrub Care]
New trommels for green waste processing include shredder-trommel combo unit
Screen Machine Industries, Inc. has recently released two new models of green waste, compost and soil processing trommel screens, as well as the new Might II (shown here), which...
[Controllers, Irrigation Equipment]
Weather-based irrigation control for up to 22 zones
After Rain Bird introduced the ESP-SMT smart control system in 2009, the weather-based, 13-station controller quickly made a name for itself as a technologically-advanced,...Products | Latest »
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Fisher adds range of new plows for skid steers and trucks
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Rain Bird expands HE-VAN nozzle line
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[Hardscaping ]
Edgetite Paver Edging Spikes make installations stronger and more secure
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Green roofs is a sector landscapers can easily expand into
October 30, 2012
by Keith Barker
The concept of green roofs is not a new one.
Probably, the best and earliest known example of the concept would be the hanging gardens of Babylon, which were built somewhere around the 9th century, B.C. According to www.greenroofs.com, the inspiration for contemporary green roofs came from Iceland, where sod roofs and walls have been used for hundreds of years.
The organization Green Roofs for Healthy Cities states that...
