The Step Into Spring Flower and Garden Show is blooming at the Mall at Chestnut Hill through May 15th.  R. P. Marzilli & Company built a lovely example of a New England spring garden as part of this year’s show.  Visit the Mall and when you are done shopping sit on the stone bench and  be inspired by the beautiful flowers, trees and brick walkway of this garden.  The display can be enjoyed rain or shine!

Congratulations to Nicole Forsyth, recipient of the 2012 R. P. Marzilli & Company Scholarship!  Nicole is a student of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at U Mass Amherst.  The scholarship was presented during the PLANET AEF Awards Banquet  held at the Student Careers Days Event at Kansas State University last weekend. 
Pictured with Nicole are Bill Mitchell, Director of the Stockbridge School and Mike Davidsohn, Landscape Contracting Program Coordinator, and Dennis Ryan, Arborculture and Community Forestry Program Coordinator. 

R. P. Marzilli & Company is proud to support  higher education for the landscape industry and the students of the Stockbridge School through the PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation.

 JOB FAIR

 21 A Trotter Drive, Medway, MA 02053
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

R. P. Marzilli & Company seeks motivated landscape professionals for the following positions:
• Horticulturists
• Landscape Maintenance Crew Leaders
• Landscape Planting Crew Leaders
• Landscape Lighting Specialists
• Irrigation Specialists
• Stone Masons
• CDL Class B Drivers
• Construction, Planting & Maintenance Laborers
Competitive salary based on experience.  Full benefit package includes 401K, vacation, profit sharing, medical, dental, etc.

 Please bring resume or work history - Managers will be on hand to interview

Piet Oudolf, one of the worlds great plantsmen and garden designers recently published his book “Landscapes in Landscapes“.    The book has been selected by the American Society of Landscape Architects as one of the Best Books of 2011.   R. P. Marzilli & Company worked with Piet to construct the Nantucket Garden featured in this book which includes 23 of Piet’s public and private gardens from around the world.

This seaside estate features meandering paths, long stone drives, sculpted land masses, sweeping lawns, bent grass tennis, croquet and putting greens. Approximately 7500 trees and shrubs, and tens of thousands of perennials and grasses are densely planted throughout the site.  

The thousands of grasses simply bend over in the wind and are interspersed with flowering perennials.  The crisscrossing stone paths along with the thickly planted perennials create a sensation of walking through a seaside botanical garden.  Flowers are not dead-headed, which creates a wonderful winter effect when encrusted with ice over the winter months.  Piet designed a beautiful garden to be enjoyed all year round.  Enjoy Piet’s designs by visiting one of his public gardens such as The High Line in Manhattan or by reading this impressive book.

This project included a Biotop Natural Swimming Pool, grass tennis court, croquet court, massive perennial plantings, mature tree plantings, and pathways on a 12 acre ocean-front site.  The project was featured in Cape Cod Home Magazine’s Summer 2011 issue.

Organic yard maintained by R.P. Marzilli

This year our Maintenance Division is providing more organic landscaping services.  Bob Bellacqua, Account Manager at RPM’s Landscape Maintenance Division, is leading the way, always experimenting and refining methods on his own yard.

“A healthy, organic lawn resists disease and ultimately becomes more economical because it feeds off of itself, requiring less fertilizer,” says Bob.  Bob uses a special compost spreader to create a top dressing of approximately 1/2” compost over the existing lawn to feed the soil.  We source the compost from dairy farms, where the soil is rich in earth worms and manure, and tests high for phosphorous (for strong root growth) and potassium (helps plants use water and resist drought).

Earthworms till the soil, break down organic matter and add nutrients.  To succeed, Bob says, “there must be a commitment and understanding that it may be a couple of months before you start seeing results.”  People become dependent on repeated application of nitrogen which gets grass green quickly, but fizzles in a couple of weeks.  Putting down pesticides and fungicides kill earthworms and short-circuit the organic process. 

“By using just 5%  more organic material the soil will be 3 to 4 times more capable of retaining water which significantly reduces the demand for irrigation,” Bob explains.  Once a lawn gets the right organic balance, it looks and stays healthy longer, and requires less water and chemicals to stay that way.

Ann-Marie Powell of the House and Home section of the Financial Times made a selection of the best new products at the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show in London.  The Biotop Living Pool was among seven products selected.  R. P. Marzilli & Company is the first Biotop representative in the USA and constructed the first Biotop Natural Pool in the Northeast recently.  Congratulations to Biotop!

R. P. Marzilli & Company received a Grand Award from the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) for this project  AND KL-LA  and Dell Mitchell Architects both received Bulfinch Awards for the classic design of this beautiful property.   We are happy to work with great architects and designers and build projects with the highest quality results.   

• Horticulturists
• Landscape Maintenance Foreperson
• Landscape Maintenance Laborers
• Landscape Construction Foreperson
• Landscape Construction and Planting Laborers
• Stone Mason Crew Leaders and Stone Masons

The Job Fair will be held at R. P. Marzilli & Company, 21-A Trotter Drive, Medway, MA 

Saturday, March 26th

8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Please bring 2 valid forms of identification, references and resumes or work history