What landscaping activity is allowed by this Order beginning April 21?

Starting on April 21, 2020, the following "Primary Activities" are allowed:

Initial site openings and maintenance:

  • Removal of plant wraps, mounds or covers (burlap from evergreens, other covers)
  • Removal of debris or dead material
  • Pruning as necessary to maintain plants in good health
  • Tick tubes
  • Deer Spraying
  • Stabilization of loose soils within planting beds 
  • Watering of existing vegetation 

Greenhouse/growing operations:

  • Planting of bare root material to maintain plant health
  • Watering as needed to maintain plant health
  • Potting or transfers as needed to maintain plant health
  • Receipt and processing of previously ordered plant material

 Irrigation System Commissioning:

  • Initial startup and repair of irrigation systems
  • Occupied properties – water must be on prior to work on system; no entry to living spaces is allowed.  Basements or crawlspaces maybe accessed through direct exterior access points (bulkheads, panels) with no other person(s) present.
  • Unoccupied properties – access to turn on water is allowed; all surfaces touched must be disinfected.

Lawns:

  • Lime, Pre-emergents, pesticides or herbicides applied by properly licensed applicators
  • Installation of grass/lawn to stabilize loose soils 

Trees and shrubs:

  • Cutting or pruning as needed to maintain plant health only or for safety purposes.
  • Pre-emergents, pesticides or herbicides applied by properly licensed applicators.

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1. What is the maximum number of landscapers that can be on a site?
2. What is a COVID-19 Officer?
3. What landscaping activity is allowed by this Order beginning April 21?
4. What landscaping activity is allowed by this Order beginning April 28?
5. Can I install a stone patio, pool or other landscaping/hardscaping under this Order?
6. Can I plant window boxes for commercial businesses?
7. I live with and/or am related to one or more of my co-workers, can we ride in the same vehicle to get to work?
8. How does the State Stay-at-Home Order, which indicates that fieldwork is allowable as long as workers stay 6' apart from each other, differ from Board of Health Emergency Order No. 6?
9. Are people who work in a landscape company’s office allowed to go to those offices and work?
10. How will I get to work if I do not have access to a vehicle to use?
11. Can a construction project and a landscaping project both occur on the same property, at the same time?
12. If I am a landscape worker going back to work and I need childcare for my child/ren, are childcare facilities open?
13. If I am not supposed to leave the site where I am working, how will I get to a bathroom if needed?
14. If an employee is afraid to return to work during the COVID-19 crisis for reasonable concerns, is he or she eligible for unemployment?
15. Are cleaning services allowed?
16. Are non-essential businesses allowed to open?