Soil Surgeon™
Harrington's Organica Lawn Care is led by Todd Harrington, known as Soil Surgeon™, a recognized national leader in organic landscape management with more than 20 years of hands-on experience.
Accredited by the Soil Food Web laboratories and personally recommended by Dr. Elaine Ingham, Todd has revolutionized the understanding of soil and grass. He has co-authored the nation's first organic lawn care standards and travels the world as a soil consultant.
Todd Harrington is the president and owner of Harrington's Organic Land Care, an organic proactive lawn, tree and shrub care business founded in 1987as "Organicare". With Todd's extensive knowledge, love of plants and dedication to the Green Industry, Todd has grown Harrington's to a customer base of 2,000 commercial and residential customers around the Hartford area and beyond. He is a true forerunner in the industry, passionately trying to preserve and protect the landscapes and the environment through the use of organics.
Todd was one of the first to develop and use vermicomposting for fertilization, disease and insect pest management made from his own worm farm with 5 million worms. His deep root liquid fertilization products are made from humate, 70 million year old compost.
As a Tree Care Company "Organicare" back in the early 90's Todd noticing that his customers with "perfect" chemically treated lawns whose trees were not responding to his organic soil amendments, he expanded his organic soil amendment program for trees and shrubs to include an organic lawn care program as an alternative to chemically based ones. Harrington's Organic Land Care was the first completely organic lawn care program in the Hartford area.
As vice president and founder of Sustainable Growth Inc., Todd traveled to Turkey to consult with apple orchard owners about organically managing their orchards with compost tea. Working with Arborjet www.arborjet.com He also has traveled to Abu Dhabi and Dubia in the United Arab Emirates to consult with the crown prince to help solve a major insect problems in their date palm orchards. He has also been consulting with many other companies around the country helping people and companies transition from chemical to sustainable methods.
His newest endeavor is running his lab, selling organic products, and consulting for other commercial landscaping, nurseries, golf courses and farm operations. His company Harrington's Organic Land Care has over 25 years experience in organic and sustainable plant care, specializing in the manufacturing and applying of compost extract, compost teas and compost. "We custom build compost tea extractors, brewers and spray equipment. Our passion from day one has been educating and teaching people and businesses how to transition from chemical dependent to organic and sustainable. We have been consulting with companies around the country and oversees helping customers reach their goals and save valuable time and money. Harrington's eliminates the guess work on purchasing products and equipment for organic plant care. At Harrington's we have consistent results. We whole sale bulk custom organic fertilizers and soil amendments. Harrington's Organic Land Care is proud to be an affiliated Soil Food Web lab and has been doing independent testing on every batch of compost and compost tea extract we manufacture. Quality control, experience and consist results is the key to our success and yours." Todd is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Stockbridge School of Agriculture, is a member of the Tree Care Industry Association, International Society of Arboriculture, Connecticut Tree Protection Association, and Northeast Organic Association Committee. He is recognized nationally and internationally as a true pioneer and expert in organic plant care having made it his business since 1987. He is an international consultant and national organic speaker and trainer who has written numerous published papers - of which some have been employed as the basis for legislation. Todd is certified by the Soil Food Web®, headed by Dr. Elaine Ingham, who is internationally recognized as one of the world's preeminent soil microbiologists. She is a former professor at the University of Oregon and is the only scientist with soil labs around the world. Harrington's had become an affiliated Soil Food Web lab in the spring of 2008.
For the past 20 years Todd has built an honest and solid relationship with his customers. It takes a special person to be an organic lawn care pioneer. And it helps explain why he is an easy professional to trust.
It also helps explain why he's in such demand as a soil consultant around the world or why he's been invited to testify in front of the Connecticut State Legislature. He's an author, frequent public speaker and the guy his customers turn to time and time again.
"I've worked with soil ecologists all over the world developing organic approaches for lawn care and there is no-one more suited than Todd Harrington to be the research director for this company. Todd is very knowledgeable, he's developed the concept and applied it in real world situations to make organic lawn care work. He is a real pioneer in this field".
-Dr. Elaine Ingham Ph.D
Soil Food Web