COVID-19 Needs To Be Top Of Mind
Make Your Property Beautiful Again ... But Safely
Essential businesses were able to keep their doors open during this health crisis back in March and April and beyond, but landscape companies were forced to shut down for months until the government loosened restrictions. Homeowners are now scrambling to find talented people at landscape companies that offer services while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on businesses across the world. Your home has been your sanctuary for the last few months and safety is always top of mind before anything else. It’s completely understandable that you and your family stay home as much as possible in order to avoid contracting or spreading COVID-19, but that doesn’t stop customers from wanting a beautiful lawn. Now that companies have been able to open their doors again with strict safety precautions in place, it’s about time that your property receives some much-needed TLC.
Hiring a landscaping company now from a local vendor requires more due diligence on your part to ensure everyone in your household and beyond remains safe. This COVID-19 situation isn’t going away anytime soon so we all just have to learn how to adapt and let the landscape professionals tend to properties that have been neglected while you stay inside and let them work their magic.
Hire A Landscaping Company That Cares About Everyone's Safety
Be sure that the landscaping businesses you research are adopting these important COVID-19 safety measures to keep customers safe, along with their staff, before you make any hiring decisions:
- If any employees are experiencing COVID-19 like symptoms they need to self-isolate until they are tested for COVID-19 and receive a negative result.
- Hands of the landscaping workers should often be thoroughly washed with soap and water for at least 20 seconds to reduce the amount of bacteria on the skin.
- If washing hands can't be done on the job site while at customers' properties, then hand sanitizer should be consistently used according to government health officials.
- All employees should maintain at least six feet (two metres) of distance from one another and especially from customers since micro-droplets in the air is what causes the majority of COVID-19 infections.
- Masks and/or face shields should always be worn at clients' homes/businesses so these highly contagious micro-droplets are contained.
- All surfaces need to be wiped down constantly with sanitizer wipes or spray to kill any potential COVID-19 germs.
- Customers have the right to ask questions about how a landscape business functions during this COVID-19 era, and are entitled to make requests to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
- Landscapers should have federal and provincial health recommendations in mind at all times so each job is carried out with care.
- With the second wave of COVID-19 now resurfacing (and with flu season rapidly approaching) it's more important than ever that all landscape companies strongly recommend their employees get the flu shot. The Canadian government is spending tens of millions of dollars to make the vaccination more easily accessible this year. Flu shots can especially add another layer of protection for those who have weaker immune systems.
The state of your lawn is something you take very seriously, but so is ensuring everyone is kept safe. In order to make landscaping services work for everyone amongst the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s up to all of us as landscape industry professionals to think about effective safety precautions while still being able to provide exceptional landscaping services – especially for customers who are the most vulnerable.
Take Your Time Hiring A Landscaping Company
Information is power and it’s very important that as the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, landscaping businesses follow all guidelines laid out by government officials, their association, management, and other potential governing bodies so we can all stay as healthy and safe as possible. Spend the time vetting local landscape professionals before hiring them for their services so, during every step of the way, you always feel at ease with the landscape workers you have on your property. While you have landscape employees at your residential or commercial property and you feel uncomfortable with their COVID-19 practices then be sure to alert the project manager so everyone is on the same page. Never be afraid to express your concern.
Hiring landscape professionals should be easy to do even as we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. CF Landscaping has been on top of the COVID-19 pandemic right from the beginning and the health and well-being of our customers and employees always come first and foremost.
CF Landscaping Provides Safe & Effective Services For Your Property
To book a consultation or to learn more about our COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols, please contact us to see how we make properties beautiful while working hard to control the spread of the Coronavirus. We care just as much about you as we do your property and look forward to being put to work for you.
