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A Fungus Among Us!
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A Fungus Among Us!

Kristen T2020-07-01T13:00:03-05:00July 1st, 2020|Education, Irrigation, News, Save Water|

Over the last few weeks, we have received increased calls about lawns browning, presumably from lack of irrigation from several of our accounts throughout the Twin Cities, from Blaine to Savage, Plymouth to Woodbury. We’ve dispatched techs who confirmed the function of the irrigation, we’ve increased irrigation, we’ve increased the height of our mowing decks, we’ve skipped mowing in the heat; all things a responsible vendor would do. Yet this continues. We reached out to our peer circles, and former golf course superintendent colleagues and collectively we believe we have a fungus among us (I’ve always wanted a reason to say [...]

30 Years of Excellence

Kristen T2020-05-26T14:28:36-05:00May 26th, 2020|News|

This March marked Irrigation by Design’s 30th year in business. A special milestone that has lead us all to reflect on how we accomplished it. It started with a need for change. Tim Malooly, president and owner of Irrigation by design and current president of the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association, was working in Chicago in the late 1980’s, unhappy and looking to escape the confines of the corporate world. Because of his own experience in irrigation, he decided to move back home to Minneapolis and start his own company along with his brother, Chris, and their friend, Todd. From the meager beginnings of working out of Tim’s father’s house [...]

Northern Green: Innovation, Connection, Environmentalism

Kristen T2020-02-03T14:27:16-06:00February 3rd, 2020|Education|

The Northern Green Industry Conference is an event we at Irrigation by Design look forward to attending every year. It is one of the largest gatherings of Green Industry professionals in the area and boasts an attendance in the thousands. Northern Green is a collaborative effort to bring industry professionals the most up to date information on new technology and to provide the best service and tactics to combat environmental issues facing our native Minnesota landscape. […]