Brickman, a commercial landscape maintenance firm, announced it has received the prestigious Grand Environmental Improvement Award from the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) in recognition of its work with Marriott’s national headquarters building in Bethesda, Md. The award highlights Brickman’s commitment to high quality client service and the ability to create a fresh new look for the three-acre campus.
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Since the beginning of the relationship in April 2005, Brickman has improved the appearance of the Marriott headquarters campus by introducing new flower rotations, increasing the frequency of turf applications and focusing landscape maintenance efforts on high visibility areas such as walkways and entrances. The result is a fresh new look for Marriott’s headquarters including a more colorful display of flowers and a thicker lawn with fewer weeds.
The new look reinforces Marriott’s global image as a resort destination and promotes goodwill among the 3,000 employees who work at the Bethesda campus. After Brickman completed an initial redesign of Marriott’s employee courtyard, Marriott employees immediately began eating lunch outside and offering praise for the new garden-like atmosphere.
“We are proud to have helped Marriott achieve a world class look and feel for its corporate headquarters,” said Brickman Project Director Matt Shoemaker. “It’s especially gratifying for our team when Marriott employees and visitors recognize the Brickman uniform and say things like, ‘the flowers really look great today.’ PLANET’s Award validates our great feelings about our working partnership with Marriott.”
In addition to the Grand Award for the Marriott headquarters, Brickman was also recognized for landscape maintenance work on: Skyline City (Baltimore, Md.), Museum Campus (Chicago, Ill.), Park Lane (Des Plaines, Ill.), Citicorp Plaza (Chicago, Ill.) and for design in Chicago’s Garden in the City competition, with their urban garden entitled “Materialistic-ism”.