Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard A Mccoy

Richard McCoy is a 30-plus-year green industry professional, American Green Zone Alliance (AGZA) Northeast Regional Representative and owner of Richard A. McCoy Horticultural Services Inc. established in 1995 and incorporated in 1998 as a conventional landscape company. McCoy's company began a transition to become one of New Jersey's first completely organic, ecological, and low-impact land care companies in 2005. Currently, McCoy Horticultural offers organic lawn and land care solutions, native plants, and green infrastructure design and installations. McCoy's off-the-grid battery electric landscape maintenance is powered by a prototype self-designed solar trailer, and he uses autonomous robotic lawn mowing.  Richard is a NOFA Accredited Land Care Professional, holds a Rutgers Organic Land Care Certificate and is an AGZA Certified Service Pro. McCoy is also an active New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association member. In addition, Richard is an advisor to many professional groups as well as being an organic, ecological, and low-impact land care educator to contractors, municipal and institutional workers on how to transition to alternative land care methods. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/plantatrilliontrees/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/plantatrilliontrees/support

Welcome to Rooted Discussions, our roundtable conversations featuring top minds in the field of the topic at hand. On this episode, hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick are joined by Richard McCoy (Owner, Richard A. McCoy Horticultural Services, Inc.),  Lori Jensen (Executive Director, NJNLA), Dan Mabe (Founder, American Green Zone Alliance), and Christine Symington (Program Director, Sustainable Princeton) to discuss the topic of regulating land care. Conversations include the state of land care today, how electric is better than gas powered, regulations that are in the works, and the education and responsibility of both the homeowner and the landscape professional.  As an added bonus, the video will be available on the Pinelands Nursery YouTube channel. Music by Andorra.  Have a question or a comment?  Call (215) 346-6189. Want links from this podcast?  Visit www.nativeplantshealthyplanet.com Buy a T-shirt, spread the message, and do some good.  Visit https://native-plants-healthy-planet-2.creator-spring.com/ 

Welcome to Rooted Discussions, our roundtable conversations featuring top minds in the field of the topic at hand. On this episode, hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick are joined by John Magee (Magee Designs, The Native Plant Podcast), Becky Laboy (Education Outreach Specialist, Ocean County Soil Conservation District, Jersey-Friendly Yards), and Richard McCoy (Richard A. McCoy Horticultural Services, Inc.) to discuss gardening with Native Plants. Topics include why to use native plants in your gardens, where to start, why the soil is so important to your gardening, and where to get your design inspiration.  You will hear about native plants you can't miss with, the myth of no maintenance, and opinions on cultivars. In the end, are you gardening for yourself, or the eco-system?  As an added bonus, the video will be available on the Pinelands Nursery YouTube channel. Music by RJ Comer.  Have a question or a comment?  Call (215) 346-6189. Want links from this podcast?  Visit www.nativeplantshealthyplanet.com

Richard McCoy has over 30-years of experience in the green industry. He is the visionary behind Richard A. McCoy Horticultural Services Inc., founded in 1995. Since transitioning from conventional to organic landscape methods in 2005, McCoy Horticultural has been offering environmentally and sustainably responsible, landscape design, installations, maintenance, green infrastructure, and organic lawn care. His work at Stony Wood Garden, a 3.5-acre private woodland garden in Princeton, New Jersey, has been recognized by The Smithsonian Institute's Archives of American Gardens. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantatrilliontrees/support

What do you know about ecological and organic landscaping? Perhaps it's not part of the future, but more or less a traditional and more sustainable landscaping application to tackle today's environmental challenges. Ecological and organic landscaping is a form of landscaping, avoiding pesticides and herbicides, sourcing mostly or only native plants and organics, and balancing the ecosystem with insects and native grasses. The work is a little heavier on the front end, but once the soil and surrounding ecosystem fully establish, there may be less maintenance.Richard McCoy is a 30-year green industry professional. He is the visionary behind Richard A. McCoy Horticultural Services Inc.. which he established in 1995. His expertise, attention to detail, and ability to develop an instant rapport with clients is just the beginning of what sets this company apart from others. Recognized by many as an organic and ecological land care thought leader, Richard and the Team at McCoy Horticultural have been offering environmentally and sustainably responsible, fine-gardening design, installations, maintenance, and organic lawn care since 2005.In this episode of Landscape Disruptors, Richard explains organic and ecological landscaping and its environmental advantages over the traditional landscaping we all know of today. This episode highlights how a company can find a niche or a division within the company, and specialize services based on a customers needs. Restoring the ecosystem as nature intended it to be using native plants, grasses, organics and insects is a fantastic selling point, but are customers adopting it? Tune into the episode to hear it from Richard himself and the successes he’s found in a greener industry.

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick talk with our listeners, including Richard McCoy (Owner, Richard A. McCoy Horticultural Services, Inc.), Rosalind Doremus, Skip Byrnes, and James Davis. They discussed how everyone got the native bug, the hardest part of gardening native, our favorite apps, and what tips we would give to others looking to rewild.  The tables get turned on Fran and Tom at the end as they are the ones fielding the questions.  Fran gets stumped.  Music by Stephen Mahar.