Lawn Care

Chalet Nursery
Chalet Nursery takes an organic approach to lawn care, offering core aeration, seed and lawn renovation, specialty applications, soil testing and conditioning, and grub control

Safer Pest Control Project
The site of this MELA member has a wealth of information and resources about maintaining a pesticide-free lawn.

Greenwise
Greenwise is a lawn care and maintenance company based out of Evanston, IL that uses ONLY 100% food-grade organic fertilizers, soil builders and soil amendments. GREENWISE also strives to produce zero-emissions, using machines that are either man powered, electric or run on vegetable oil.

Eco Care Landscaping & Construction
Since 2003, Eco Care Landscaping & Construction has specialized in “green” projects within the City of Chicago. They use only ecologically safe materials and tools for their Chicago landscaping, lawn care and outdoor living space construction projects.

Safe Lawns
This is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting natural lawn care and grounds maintenance. MELA member Mike Nowak is their Chicago spokesperson.

National Coalition for Pesticide Free Lawns
Members of the National Coalition for Pesticide Free Lawns are working to halt senseless exposure to lawn pesticides and to educate the public, landscapers, and policy makers on the use of non-toxic and least-toxic lawn care practices and products.

Pure Prairie Organics
Since 1993 Bill Scheffler has been improving lawns with products developed by leading soil microbiologists. His company works to balance the complex interaction of microbes, fungi and other organisms without the use of harmful chemicals, pesticides and herbicides.

NaturaLawn of America
This company has franchises across the country. The franchise in McHenry, Illinois serves Cook, Lake, DuPage and McHenry counties with programs that deliver time-tested, proven results without the excessive use of toxic chemicals and pesticides.