DOVER PLAINS RESIDENT MICHAEL LIFFLAND GIVES BACK BY VOLUNTEERING AT ANNUAL LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY SERVICE EVENT AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

DOVER PLAINS RESIDENT MICHAEL LIFFLAND GIVES BACK BY VOLUNTEERING AT ANNUAL LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY SERVICE EVENT AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

NEW MILFORD CT 26 JULY 2019 — On July 15, Dover Plains resident Michael Liffland, a member of the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), joined forces with hundreds of other lawn and landscape professionals from across the country to volunteer at Renewal & Remembrance, an annual day of service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The event, organized by NALP, marks the 23rd year that industry professionals have come together to help enhance the grounds of the national burial site, which serves as the final resting spot for more than 400,000 military servicemen and women and their spouses.

This year, more than 400 professionals – including 9 employees from YardApes Inc. – volunteered their time mulching, upgrading sprinklers, cabling and installing lightning protection for the trees, pruning, planting, liming and aerating the soil, as well as installing and maintaining pavers throughout the grounds. In total, NALP members helped to enhance more than 200 acres of the vast grounds at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as parts of Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemeteries.

Our industry is proud and humbled to volunteer our services at Arlington National Cemetery every year,” said Carol Keeling, interim CEO for NALP. “While the cemetery is beautifully maintained all year long, it is an honor for our industry professionals to lend their expertise and skills to enhancing the grounds. This service event allows the lawn and landscape industry to honor our nation’s heroes and put our professional knowledge and skills to work for good.”

I am incredibly proud of all of our employees who selflessly give their time every year at Renewal and Remembrance,” said Shayne Newman, Owner of YardApes Inc. “Michael has enthusiastically given his time here and at our Sponsored Spring Day of Service where he planted trees at an elementary school in town. He’s a wonderful person, an incredibly talented Landscape Professional, and we are very glad to have him on our team.”

NALP members were also joined by members of the National Hispanic Landscape Alliance and the Professional Grounds Management Society.

For more information, visit http://LandscapeProfessionals.org.

ABOUT YARDAPES INC.

YardApes, Inc. has been Northwestern Connecticut’s leading service provider of residential and commercial landscapes for 29 years. YardApes is a full-service landscape company with over 40 employees that was recently voted as one of the top twelve landscaping companies in the United States by Total Landscape Care magazine. YardApes was named Best Large Business of 2011 by the New Milford Chamber of Commerce, has earned National Association of Landscape Professionals “Community Partnership” and “Gold” Awards for community involvement and a large commercial installation project, and is Connecticut’s first (and currently, only) Landscape Industry Accredited Company.

ABOUT NALP

The National Association of Landscape Professionals represents an industry that employs nearly 1 million landscape, lawn care, irrigation and tree care professionals who create and maintain healthy green spaces for the benefit of society and the environment. For more information, visit LandscapeProfessionals.org

Author: Harlem Valley News