Franey Receives Award of Excellence for Community Service

St. Louis, Mo.-based Total Landscape Founder and President Bob Franey recently received the Award of Excellence from the Mehlville School District in St. Louis. Franey was honored by the Board of Education after volunteering his personal time and Total Landscape's services to numerous projects and events associated with the Mehlville School District.

"As a business owner, I feel it's so important to give back to the community. And as a father, I want to support kids and their learning environment,” Franey says. “So it's been a natural for Total Landscape to get involved and actively participate with the educators and administrators in our local school district. I'm honored to have been recognized for something I love to do."

Franey, a professional landscape contractor by trade, has provided both services and ongoing financial support to many programs within the Mehlville School District.  He also volunteers with several children's youth organizations and charities such as the not-for-profit Angel's Arms foster care services. Coaching children involved in youth football teams has also been a passion for Franey.

Total Landscape crew members planted a tree with Blades Elementary School students in St. Louis, Mo., in April. The company was helping the school celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earth Day.

This sense of social responsibility and community volunteerism is shared by the staff at Total Landscape, who are involved in various charitable and community service organizations in their off hours. Franey encourages staff participation in both company-sponsored community service projects and through each staff member's charitable interest of choice. The Total Landscape team recently planned and hosted a special tree-planting event at Blades Elementary School to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earth Day.

Franey is a firm believer that successful companies must give back to the communities where they serve. "The Total Landscape motto is 'Building Relationships One Landscape at a Time', and our philosophy is that we must build stronger relationships and communities by sharing our success with those who are in need," he says.

Total Landscape is a professional exterior landscape design/build, installation and lawn maintenance contractor.  For over 15 years, Total Landscape has proudly served the St. Louis area with quality residential and commercial landscape and lawn services as one of only three Professional Landcare Network-certified contractors in the state of Missouri.