- Landscape Design:
Johnson Landscaping recommends and creates landscape designs for both commercial and residential projects. Qualified staff are able to provide a wide variety of landscaping products and services to meet customer's needs.
- Sodding:
Johnson Landscaping installs sod on both commercial and residential projects. Sod consists of hardy blue grasses, which are planted and grown at sod farms in bordering states. Sod is grown on peat or mineral soil. Peat sod is most commonly used for residential projects while mineral sod is utilized on commercial projects. Upon delivery by trucking to North Dakota, the sod has to be quickly installed. Leaving the sod rolls lay can cause it to quickly heat or burn.
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- Seeding:
Johnson Landscaping uses many different types of grass mix blends. Blue grasses, creeping red fescue, & rye grass are most commonly used for residential projects. Commercial projects require specific types of blends due to project requirements, soil, area or region and other determining factors. Fertilizer application for residential projects consists of a mixture of 25-15-8-5. Application of fertilizer varies due to specifications & plans. NO WEED killer should be used on new grass for the first year.
- Straw Mulching:
Straw mulching is utilized to retain moisture & provide erosion control on Commercial projects. Federal/State DOT projects and other government projects continually ask for a dual application when drawings & specs are written. That application of both straw mulching and seeding. The mulch consists of a mixture of barley, wheat, and/or oat straw. Round hard-core bales purchased are approximately 800-1000 lbs each in weight.
- Hydro-turf:
Johnson Landscaping uses wood fiber mulch when hydro-turfing a project. The wood cellulose fiber, which retains water to keep grass moist resulting in a quicker and thicker grass strand. This fiber helps prevent wind and water erosion. It provides an absorptive mat to protect the young seedlings. The mulch fibers both decompose and add nourishment to the soil. Mulch fibers can be washed off sidewalks, vehicles, buildings, and homes with water. Normal application is 2000 pounds per acre. Slope areas require a tackifier additive in the mulch to keep the material in tact. Hydro-turf application can be utilized on both commercial and residential projects.
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- Soil Erosion Blankets:
Soil erosion blankets protect against erosion and retain moisture. They provide a blanket cover on newly seeded grass and promote vegetation. Common types are wood, straw, coconut, poly-jute, and straw-coconut. Blankets provide both long term and short protection. Various uses are channel and shoreline stabilization, mining, landfill, bank, and slope protection, storm water runoff control, and erosion control for both swales and ditches. Matting is both biodegradable and photodegradable. It can be purchased in various weights and in either single or double net. Soil erosion blankets are incorporated into both residential and commercial landscaping projects providing. Various types of staples anchor the blankets securely in place.
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- Silt Fence:
Silt fence is designed specifically to reduce soil sediment run off from, or into, protected areas. They function in a manner similar to a sedimentation basin in which water is allowed to filter through the fabric while suspended soil particles settle to the ground. This restricts the loss of costly soil from the site while permitting the water to drain efficiently. Fabrics are made of woven polypropylene yards, which have been treated to resist degradation caused by exposure to sunlight.
- Landscaping & Construction Services
Trees & Sprinkler Design & Installation
Seeding, Sodding, Hydro-turfing, Mulching, & Erosion Control
Construction & Landscaping Material & Products
Paving, Concrete, Electrical, & Fencing
Sewer, water, underground, utilities
Demolition, earthwork, dikes, dams, & site prep.
Rock, dirt, gravel, clay, riprap, & filter/geotextile fabrics
Asphalt & Paving Products
Building, Facilities, Interior & Exterior Remodeling
Contract Management, Marketing, Consulting, & Communications