Turf and Horticulture

The City of Burlington's Roads and Parks Maintenance Department maintains boulevards, sports turf, passive parks, roadsides, multi-use pathways, cemeteries, and school yards. Activities include mowing, trimming, fertilizing, aerating, topdressing, overseeding and sod replacement.
For a list of parks and locations see: Parks Listing.
Pesticides and Turf
The City of Burlington is committed to reducing the use of pesticides on the public green spaces that it maintains. In February 2002, Council approved Report RPM 06/02 which recommended that the City of Burlington eliminate the use of pesticides on municipally-owned properties as of 2003 with only a few exceptions. The exceptions include the limited use of fungicides at the lawn bowling green and the limited use of pesticides at Tyandaga Golf Course. It is essential for the survival of closely mown bentgrass that a pesticide program exists. At both locations the focus is on cultural (preventative turf maintenance) practices to maintain necessary service levels but periodic applications will be required as problems arise. To balance the effect of eliminating pesticides, the City has adopted a turf maintenance program based on cultural practices such as aeration, fertilization, irrigation, over-seeding, and topdressing. Many of these practices have been used in the past but not in conjunction with each other, and not in the context of an overall program. The City's turf maintenance program focuses on implementing these practices on a timely basis. The goal is to produce a healthy turf grass cover that can resist both weed and insect infestation. Compaction, drought, and fertility imbalances are all detrimental to a healthy turf grass plant. Aeration, irrigation, and fertilization help alleviate these conditions, and help turf compete more effectively against pests.
Spencer Smith Park : The turf at Spencer Smith Park is maintained using a variety of cultural practices including the use of organic fertilizer, aggressive aerifying, overseeding and topdressing. Pesticides have not been used at this location in over 5 years. For more information on pesticides, cultural practices and lawn care tips see: Burlington's Healthy Green Spaces Strategy
Horticulture The Roads and Parks Maintenance Department maintains both flower beds and shrub beds. Each year we plant over 53,000 annuals in City parks, facilities and on traffic islands.
Follow this link for more information on our Adopt a Flower Bed Program.
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