Everyone knows mulch is great for controlling weeds in your garden, but mulch offers a multitude of other benefits as well.

• A layer of mulch will help retain moisture for your plants (especially during drought conditions).
• Organic mulch will help breakdown clay and compacted soil allowing better water absorption to plant roots.
• Used in the fall, mulch helps protect perennial plants during freezing temperatures.
• Certain types of mulch such as cypress, cedar and pine are natural repellants against fleas and ticks.
• Well mulched garden beds can add color and curb appeal to your home.

Experts recommend between two and three inches of mulch around the base of trees and in landscape beds. Adding too much mulch has a negative impact on gardens, prohibiting water absorption and oxygen necessary for plants and trees to survive. Arbor Masters® of Kansas City can deliver and install mulch to protect your plants and trees and add curb appeal to your home. 

Tom Kolarik, Landscape Architect for Arbor Masters®, headed to Honduras earlier this month with ten other volunteers from around the country to help construct buildings for a church camp. After landing in the capital city of Tegucigalpa, they drove two hours into the mountains to the camp where they worked for four days. An organization called Honoring the Father has sought sponsorship for this and similar construction projects throughout the Caribbean and Central America. Last year, Arbor Masters® teamed up with them to build a church in the Dominican Republic, in which Tom and several of the same volunteers participated. Again this year, Arbor Masters® has generously donated funds and manpower to this very worthwhile cause. Click here to read more and see pictures of the camp as it is being built.

• Ft. Worth/Dallas customers, take advantage of 10% off your tree pruning or removals. Offer expires April 30th!
   
• Contact Arbor Masters of Kansas City to sign up for the Emerald Ash Borer prevention program for your Ash trees.