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Clarence Davids & Company • Matteson Harbor Point Condominiums

Harbor Point Condominiums is a 54-story resiyears, the homeowner’s association requested a significant budget dential building located adjacent to Lake Michigan near Navy reduction in landscaping. The contractor redesigned the large tearPier. The landscape contractor’s objective is to provide a beautidrop bed in front of the building to reduce the size of the seasonal ful setting for the many residents, visitors, and employees that flower beds. The dated yews were removed, and Japanese Maples, visit the building each day. In order to maintain the building’s shrub roses, ornamental grasses and boxwood were subsequently landscape at a high level of excellence, numerous team members, planted to give the property an updated look. including landscape designers, maintenance and construction Seasonal color remains a high priority for the client. The landsupervisors, and an account representative help ensure that the scape design team selects plants that provide an abundance of color and site is always colorful, welcoming and interesting to view. texture in addition to plants that tolerate the extremely windy conditions

The maintenance program includes the mowing and fertilnear the lake. Spring is welcomed with the blooming of over 10,000 izing of the lawns, watering and fertilizing of seasonal flowers, bulbs planted throughout the beds. Summer plantings consist of over pruning trees and shrubs, power edging the sidewalks, and bed 6,000 annuals enhancing the drives, entry, and patio spaces. Autumn is edging the tree rings and planting beds. One of the challenges ushered in with thousands of chrysanthemums and cool season flowers, for the production team is managing the abundance of rabbits on which ensures that the property is surrounded with bright colors well into the property. Because the association wants to avoid taking the November. The winter months are celebrated with over 75,000 LED lights rabbits out of their home, the contractor engages several control and an eighteen-foot Christmas tree anchored in front of the building. The measures to prevent damage. entire contractor team takes great pride in creating an urban landscape

Due to unforeseen building maintenance needs in recent environment that provides a dynamic visitor experience year-round. The Landscape Contractor 9 August 2020