July 16th, 2019, Joppa, Maryland – Landscape and Snow management leader, Akehurst Landscape Service, Inc. is proud to have been named one of Snow & Ice Management Associations (SIMA) Best Snow & Ice Companies to Work For in 2019. The award, handed out and received by V.P. William Akehurst at SIMA’s 22nd annual Snow & […]

Who in your company is the designated individual to police and improve the appearance of your workspace?  Because Akehurst provides interior plant services to a wide range of offices throughout the region, we encounter all kinds of work spaces.  The work space organization and cleanliness goes a long way in employee morale, and productivity.  We […]

  A winter weather event for your property will either be a nuisance or a nightmare.  Having the right contractor to manage your site is crucial to having it open for business and will reduce the liability risks should a slip and fall occur on your property.  Your selection of the right snow fighting company […]

August 27th, 2018, Joppa, Maryland – Landscape management leader, Akehurst Landscape Service, Inc. announced that Jack Strickland has been hired to fill the position of Account Manager.  The announcement was made by John Akehurst, President and CEO. “Having served in the landscape industry for over 10 years, Jack’s aptitude, extensive plant knowledge and leadership abilities […]

  Property managers have a lot on their plates when it comes to managing a property.  They have to keep up with the aesthetics, the repairs, general management and the ever growing needs of their clients.  Hiring good vendors to get the work done on their sites is crucial to both their sanity and their […]

Whether you just acquired a new property to manage or if you feel that you need to make a change regarding your current service provider for landscape management and snow removal services,  the start of acquiring a vendor to provide service to you can be time consuming and sometimes frustrating when deciphering all the options […]

  The condition of your landscape is often the first impression a customer or prospect may get when they drive by or pull into your entrance way.  It can be negatively influenced if your facility has dead plants, over grown plantings or … worse yet … unsightly weeds three foot tall around your entrance signage.  […]

  Many of our clients and the public are unaware that at Akehurst, we think about, talk about and work on snow removal 12 months of the year.  Reasons, there are a lot of logistics and careful planning that must take place in the off season in order to properly execute our service during the […]

  The last several weeks, central Maryland has experienced numerous days of intense heat.  To add insult to injury, rainfall has been spotty or non-existent for much of our service area.  This lack of rain combined with the summer heat can have detrimental effects to the aesthetics as well as survivability of the plants found […]

We all could use a little more reduction of stress in our lives, but multiple vacations on an annual basis are usually out of reach with the budget constraints by most individuals.  According to www.stress.org, recent studies show that “80% of workers feel stress on the job.  Nearly half say they need help in learning […]