
Your business is one living system.
Ten Diagnostic Categories
We can measure all of it.
Ground
Plant
Animal
Pest
Water
Product
Utilities
Contamination
Risk
Climate
About Ground Testing
Edapho can test the ground your guests walk, gather, and arrive on. This includes lawns and landscaped grounds, courtyards and gathering areas, gardens and plantings, walkways and paths, sports and recreation turf, and any ground that is part of the experience. Show us your grounds. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Ground you wish to:
- Keep green, even, and worth walking on. Also see Ground.
- Grow gardens and landscape that draw people in. Also see Plant.
- Keep safe and clean for pets and animals guests bring. Also see Animal.
- Keep free of the weeds and pests that show. Also see Pest.
- Drain so it is not a mess after rain. Also see Water.
- Maintain without a shed full of products. Also see Product.
- Build a patio, a court, or a feature on with confidence. Also see Utilities.
- Know is clean and safe underfoot. Also see Contamination.
- Keep from eroding, flooding, or turning to hazard. Also see Risk.
- Hold up through the season people visit in. Also see Climate.
Ground that:
- Won't hold its shape under the water. Also see Ground.
- Won't grow anything along the bank. Also see Plant.
- Is losing the habitat that fish and life depend on. Also see Animal.
- Grows nothing but the invasive on the shoreline. Also see Pest.
- Silts the water in and fills it up. Also see Water.
- Doesn't respond to what's put on it. Also see Product.
- Won't hold a dock, a pier, or a structure. Also see Utilities.
- Turned up something that shouldn't be in the water. Also see Contamination.
- Erodes into the water a little more every year. Also see Risk.
- Washes out when the water rises. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What kind of ground your grounds actually sit on. Also see Ground.
- Why the landscape thrives in one spot and fails in another. Also see Plant.
- Whether your grounds can take the animal traffic. Also see Animal.
- Whether your weed problem starts in the soil. Also see Pest.
- Where the water goes when it hits your grounds. Also see Water.
- How much of what you apply the ground ever holds. Also see Product.
- What's under the spot before you build a guest feature on it. Also see Utilities.
- What was on this site before it was yours. Also see Contamination.
- Whether your grounds hide a liability. Also see Risk.
- Why your landscape dries out faster than you can water it. Also see Climate.
About Plant Testing
Edapho can test any plant your guests see, from the entrance beds to the whole landscape. This includes lawns, gardens, ornamental and flowering plantings, trees and shrubs, native and pollinator plantings, edible and kitchen gardens, and anything grown to be part of the experience. Name a plant. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Plants you wish to:
- Use to build the ground back under the landscape. Also see Ground.
- Grow lush, healthy, and worth photographing. Also see Plant.
- Keep safe around the pets and animals guests bring. Also see Animal.
- Use to crowd out weeds along the paths and beds. Also see Pest.
- Keep alive on less water and less fuss. Also see Water.
- Grow without a shed full of products. Also see Product.
- Plant to shade a patio and cool a space. Also see Utilities.
- Grow food guests eat, on ground you know is clean. Also see Contamination.
- Use to hold a slope or screen a view. Also see Risk.
- Match to the season your guests visit in. Also see Climate.
Plants that:
- Thrive in one bed and die in the one beside it. Also see Ground.
- Look tired, diseased, or half-dead when guests see them. Also see Plant.
- The animals guests bring dig up or destroy. Also see Animal.
- Are getting eaten or overrun right at the entrance. Also see Pest.
- Wilt no matter how much you water them. Also see Water.
- Need more feeding every year to stay presentable. Also see Product.
- Die along the walks, the drives, and the downspouts. Also see Utilities.
- You would not want a guest eating from. Also see Contamination.
- Are gone from the slope or the screen you needed. Also see Risk.
- Can't take the season your guests come in. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Why the landscape does better in some spots than others. Also see Ground.
- Which plants would actually thrive on your grounds. Also see Plant.
- Which plants are safe around guests' pets. Also see Animal.
- How to keep the beds clean without spraying at the entrance. Also see Pest.
- How to keep it lush on less water. Also see Water.
- Whether your plantings are getting what they need. Also see Product.
- What to plant to cool and shade your spaces. Also see Utilities.
- Whether anything in the soil reaches the food you serve. Also see Contamination.
- What would hold your worst slope or screen your worst view. Also see Risk.
- How to plant for the season people actually visit. Also see Climate.
About Animal Testing
Edapho can test how animals fit into the place you run, from the pets guests bring to the wildlife on the property. This includes guests' pets, resident and working animals, agritourism livestock, wildlife guests come to see, and pollinators and birds that make the grounds come alive. Tell us what's on your place. We can test around it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Animals you wish to:
- Let use the grounds without wearing them to dirt. Also see Ground.
- Draw in with the landscape you plant. Also see Plant.
- Keep healthy, whether they are yours or your guests'. Also see Animal.
- Keep clear of fleas, ticks, and pests. Also see Pest.
- Keep from drinking or wading where they shouldn't. Also see Water.
- Care for without products you are unsure about. Also see Product.
- House in spaces that are healthy to be in. Also see Utilities.
- Keep off ground you're not sure about. Also see Contamination.
- Keep guests and animals both safe around. Also see Risk.
- Keep comfortable through the season. Also see Climate.
- Grounds worn bare where animals concentrate. Also see Ground.
- Animals destroying the landscape guests came to see. Also see Plant.
- Livestock or resident animals that aren't thriving. Also see Animal.
- Fleas, ticks, or pests coming off the animals. Also see Pest.
- Animals fouling water guests use or see. Also see Water.
- A product you use on animals you'd rather not. Also see Product.
- Animal spaces that smell or feel unhealthy. Also see Utilities.
- Health problems that follow certain ground. Also see Contamination.
- Wildlife or animals that are a liability around guests. Also see Risk.
- Animals that struggle through the season. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your grounds can take the animal traffic. Also see Ground.
- What to plant to bring wildlife guests want to see. Also see Plant.
- Whether your animals are as healthy as they look. Also see Animal.
- What's really coming off the animals onto your guests. Also see Pest.
- What's in the water your animals use. Also see Water.
- What's really in the products you use on them. Also see Product.
- Whether your animal spaces are healthy. Also see Utilities.
- Whether anything in the ground is reaching your animals. Also see Contamination.
- What the wildlife on your place means for guest safety. Also see Risk.
- How the season affects the animals guests come for. Also see Climate.
About Pest Testing
Edapho can test for what's bothering your place and your guests, and for the reason it keeps coming back. This includes weeds, insects, mosquitos, rodents, disease, nuisance wildlife, and anything guests notice or complain about. Name what's bothering you. We can test for it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Pressure you wish to:
- Starve out by fixing the ground it likes. Also see Ground.
- Keep off the landscape guests came to see. Also see Plant.
- Keep off the animals on your place. Also see Animal.
- Break the cycle on for good. Also see Pest.
- Stop breeding in the standing water. Also see Water.
- Handle without a cabinet of sprays near guests. Also see Product.
- Keep out of the rooms, kitchens, and guest spaces. Also see Utilities.
- Manage without dousing your grounds in chemical. Also see Contamination.
- Stop before a guest sees it or a review names it. Also see Risk.
- Get ahead of as the seasons stretch. Also see Climate.
- The same weeds in the same spots every season. Also see Ground.
- Something eating the landscape guests notice. Also see Plant.
- Fleas, ticks, or pests off the animals. Also see Animal.
- Weeds that don't die at label rate anymore. Also see Pest.
- Mosquitos breeding where guests gather. Also see Water.
- Spray you're using more of every year near guests. Also see Product.
- Ants, roaches, or mice in guest spaces. Also see Utilities.
- A pest problem that got worse the more you sprayed. Also see Contamination.
- A pest a guest saw, photographed, or reviewed. Also see Risk.
- Pests showing up earlier and staying later. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your weed problem is really a soil problem. Also see Ground.
- Why one part of the grounds gets hit and another doesn't. Also see Plant.
- What's actually coming off the animals. Also see Animal.
- What's driving the pressure on your place. Also see Pest.
- What's turning your water into a breeding ground. Also see Water.
- How much of your pest spending is preventable. Also see Product.
- What's drawing pests into your guest spaces. Also see Utilities.
- What all that spraying has left in your grounds. Also see Contamination.
- What's coming next based on what's here now. Also see Risk.
- How a longer season changes what you're fighting. Also see Climate.
About Water Testing
Edapho can test the water your guests drink, bathe in, swim in, and rely on, and the water you filter and serve. This includes drinking and tap water, pools and spas, water features and fountains, ponds and lakes, irrigation, and the systems that treat it, from a salon's wash station to a resort's whole supply. Point us to your water. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Water you wish to:
- Get into the grounds instead of pooling on them. Also see Ground.
- Keep the landscape alive with. Also see Plant.
- Keep clean for the animals on your place. Also see Animal.
- Keep from breeding pests and algae. Also see Pest.
- Understand from the source to the tap. Also see Water.
- Treat and filter the way it needs. Also see Product.
- Filter or improve for your guests and your business. Also see Utilities.
- Know is safe for everyone who drinks or touches it. Also see Contamination.
- Keep from flooding or pooling into a hazard. Also see Risk.
- Have enough of through the season you're busy. Also see Climate.
- Water pooling and running off the grounds. Also see Ground.
- Irrigation that isn't keeping the landscape alive. Also see Plant.
- Water your animals won't touch. Also see Animal.
- Standing water breeding mosquitos and algae. Also see Pest.
- Water with a smell, a taste, or a color guests notice. Also see Water.
- Treatment you keep applying with no lasting change. Also see Product.
- Hard water wrecking fixtures, or a filtration gap. Also see Utilities.
- Water you're not certain is safe to serve. Also see Contamination.
- Water pooling where a guest could slip. Also see Risk.
- Water that runs short right when you're busiest. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your water is helping or hurting your grounds. Also see Ground.
- Why the landscape struggles where you water most. Also see Plant.
- What's in the water your animals use. Also see Animal.
- What's turning your feature or pool green. Also see Pest.
- What's actually in the water your guests use. Also see Water.
- What your treatments are doing to it. Also see Product.
- What a filtration system would do for your place. Also see Utilities.
- Whether your water is safe for your guests. Also see Contamination.
- Where the water goes when it leaves your roof. Also see Risk.
- How far your water goes in the busy season. Also see Climate.
About Product Testing
Edapho can test any product you use around your guests and your place. This includes cleaning and sanitizing products, water treatments, pool and spa chemicals, landscape and lawn products, pest products, salon and spa products, and anything applied where people are served. Name a product. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Products you wish to:
- Stop buying because the ground can supply it. Also see Ground.
- Use to keep the landscape healthy. Also see Plant.
- Know are safe around guests' animals. Also see Animal.
- Swap for something that handles the pest for good. Also see Pest.
- Keep out of the water guests use. Also see Water.
- Get a real result from for what you spend. Also see Product.
- Replace with something that doesn't make a space unpleasant. Also see Utilities.
- Replace with something cleaner and safer. Also see Contamination.
- Use without it running off or drifting onto guests. Also see Risk.
- Have work through the season you're open. Also see Climate.
- Ground products that never changed anything. Also see Ground.
- Landscape feed that greens it up and then quits. Also see Plant.
- A product on the animals you're not comfortable with. Also see Animal.
- Pest product that doesn't work like it used to. Also see Pest.
- Pool or water chemicals you're dumping over and over. Also see Water.
- A shelf of products and a place that still needs work. Also see Product.
- Cleaners that leave a space hard to breathe in. Also see Utilities.
- Products you've since read something about. Also see Contamination.
- Product drifting or running where guests are. Also see Risk.
- Product that works one season and fails the next. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What your products do once they hit the ground. Also see Ground.
- How much of what you apply the landscape ever sees. Also see Plant.
- What's really in what you use on the animals. Also see Animal.
- Whether you're solving the pest or feeding it. Also see Pest.
- Where your products end up when it rains. Also see Water.
- What your place spends a year on product. Also see Product.
- What's in the products you use in guest spaces. Also see Utilities.
- What's built up after years of the same routine. Also see Contamination.
- What you're sending off your property. Also see Risk.
- How your routine should change with the season. Also see Climate.
About Utilities Testing
Edapho can test how your building and its systems serve the people in it. This includes indoor air quality, heating and cooling, water systems and filtration, lighting, and the comfort, cost, and health of every space a guest occupies. Tell us about your building. We can test it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Something you wish to:
- Build or expand knowing what's under it. Also see Ground.
- Landscape so the grounds work with the building. Also see Plant.
- Keep healthy for the animals housed in it. Also see Animal.
- Keep pests out of for good. Also see Pest.
- Put real water filtration into. Also see Water.
- Clean and maintain with products you're comfortable with. Also see Product.
- Run cheaper and more comfortably for guests. Also see Utilities.
- Know is healthy for everyone who breathes in it. Also see Contamination.
- Keep out of the water's way. Also see Risk.
- Keep comfortable in every season you're open. Also see Climate.
- A building on ground that keeps shifting. Also see Ground.
- Runoff off the building killing the landscape below. Also see Plant.
- Animal spaces that feel or smell unhealthy. Also see Animal.
- Pests getting into guest rooms and spaces. Also see Pest.
- A water bill or a filtration gap you can't explain. Also see Water.
- Cleaners or finishes guests can smell and react to. Also see Product.
- An energy bill that doesn't match your occupancy. Also see Utilities.
- Guests or staff who feel off in a certain space. Also see Contamination.
- A building that floods or takes water in a storm. Also see Risk.
- Cooling that can't keep guests comfortable in the heat. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What's under the spot before you build a guest feature. Also see Ground.
- What to plant to make the building cheaper to run. Also see Plant.
- Whether your animal spaces are healthy. Also see Animal.
- What's drawing pests into your guest spaces. Also see Pest.
- What a filtration system would do for your guests. Also see Water.
- What's in the products you use inside. Also see Product.
- Where your energy and water are actually going. Also see Utilities.
- Whether the air your guests breathe is doing them any favors. Also see Contamination.
- Whether your building sits where it should. Also see Risk.
- What it'd take to keep guests comfortable year round. Also see Climate.
About Contamination Testing
Edapho can test for what shouldn't be in the water, air, ground, or building your guests trust you with. This includes water contaminants, indoor air and mold, legionella, lead and legacy materials, chemical residues, and whatever the site carried before you did. Tell us the history. We can test for it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Something you wish to:
- Know is clean before you dig or build on it. Also see Ground.
- Know is clean before guests eat from your garden. Also see Plant.
- Know is safe for the animals on your place. Also see Animal.
- Fix without dousing your grounds in chemical. Also see Pest.
- Know is safe for guests to drink and touch. Also see Water.
- Replace with a cleaner, safer product. Also see Product.
- Know is healthy in every space guests occupy. Also see Utilities.
- Document before an inspector or a guest asks. Also see Contamination.
- Know about before it becomes a liability. Also see Risk.
- Recover as the seasons work on it. Also see Climate.
- A spot on the grounds that looks or smells wrong. Also see Ground.
- A garden that came back wrong after something spilled. Also see Plant.
- A pet or animal that keeps getting sick. Also see Animal.
- Grounds that got worse the more you treated them. Also see Pest.
- Water you're not certain is safe to serve. Also see Water.
- A product you've used for years and since questioned. Also see Product.
- A building old enough to have lead, asbestos, or mold. Also see Utilities.
- A property with a history nobody wrote down. Also see Contamination.
- Something reaching your place from off it. Also see Risk.
- Mold or contamination that returns every humid season. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- What this site was before it was your business. Also see Ground.
- Whether anything in the soil reaches the food you serve. Also see Plant.
- Whether anything on the grounds reaches the animals. Also see Animal.
- What all that spraying left behind. Also see Pest.
- Whether your water is safe for your guests. Also see Water.
- What years of the same products built up. Also see Product.
- What your building is actually made of. Also see Utilities.
- Whether your place would pass if an inspector tested it. Also see Contamination.
- What an inspector or an insurer would find. Also see Risk.
- What a humid season brings out that a dry one doesn't. Also see Climate.
About Risk Testing
Edapho can assess what threatens your place, your guests, and your reputation. This includes flooding, slips and hazards, water and air safety, protected species and regulations, liability, and anything that could end up in a report or a review. Tell us where you are. We can look into it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Something you wish to:
- Stop losing off the slope or the bank. Also see Ground.
- Plant to hold ground and screen a hazard. Also see Plant.
- Keep guests and animals safe around each other. Also see Animal.
- Stop before a pest becomes a guest complaint. Also see Pest.
- Get your building and guests out of the water's reach. Also see Water.
- Use without it running off onto guests or neighbors. Also see Product.
- Site and build somewhere it won't be a hazard. Also see Utilities.
- Clear before you open or buy the place. Also see Contamination.
- Know about before a guest, an inspector, or a lawyer does. Also see Risk.
- Hold up to whatever the season brings. Also see Climate.
- A slope or a bank that's failing near guests. Also see Ground.
- Landscape gone from a slope you need held. Also see Plant.
- Wildlife or animals that are a liability around guests. Also see Animal.
- A pest a guest saw and reviewed. Also see Pest.
- Grounds or spaces that flood when it rains. Also see Water.
- Product drifting or running where guests are. Also see Product.
- A building or a feature in the wrong spot. Also see Utilities.
- A contamination or history issue you inherited. Also see Contamination.
- A regulation or a code you found out about the hard way. Also see Risk.
- Storms that hit your busy season harder every year. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- Whether your grounds hide a slip or a slope hazard. Also see Ground.
- What would hold your worst slope or screen your worst view. Also see Plant.
- What the animals on your place mean for guest safety. Also see Animal.
- What's coming onto your place that guests would notice. Also see Pest.
- Whether you're in a flood zone and what that means. Also see Water.
- What you're sending off your property. Also see Product.
- Whether your building and features sit where they should. Also see Utilities.
- What's actually reaching your place from around it. Also see Contamination.
- Whether your place is regulated in ways you don't know. Also see Risk.
- What a bad storm season does to your business now. Also see Climate.
About Climate Testing
Edapho can test how your place performs in the conditions your guests visit in, and the ones coming. This includes heat, humidity, rainfall, drought, storms, and the seasonal swings that shape when people come and how comfortable they are. Tell us your conditions. We can build for it.
Not sure if you need testing? We have found three simple identifiers. Do you have a:
Something you wish to:
- Keep the grounds holding up through the busy season. Also see Ground.
- Plant to match the season your guests come in. Also see Plant.
- Keep the animals comfortable through the heat. Also see Animal.
- Stay ahead of as pest seasons stretch. Also see Pest.
- Have enough water through the busy, dry stretch. Also see Water.
- Have work through every season you're open. Also see Product.
- Keep guests comfortable in heat and cold both. Also see Utilities.
- Keep mold and damp out as the humidity climbs. Also see Contamination.
- Hold up to whatever the season throws at you. Also see Risk.
- Run on without hinging on the weather. Also see Climate.
- Grounds that bake, crack, or wash out in season. Also see Ground.
- Landscape that shuts down right when guests arrive. Also see Plant.
- Animals that can't take the heat guests come in. Also see Animal.
- Pests showing up earlier and staying later. Also see Pest.
- Rain or drought that hits the busy season. Also see Water.
- Product that works one season and fails the next. Also see Product.
- Cooling that can't keep guest spaces comfortable. Also see Utilities.
- Mold and damp that come back every humid season. Also see Contamination.
- Storms that hit your busiest weeks hardest. Also see Risk.
- A season that's shifted when guests come. Also see Climate.
You want to know:
- How the ground handles the season people visit in. Also see Ground.
- How to plant for the season your guests come. Also see Plant.
- How the heat treats the animals guests come for. Also see Animal.
- How a longer season changes what you're fighting. Also see Pest.
- Whether your water holds through the busy season. Also see Water.
- How your routine should change with the season. Also see Product.
- What it'd take to keep guests comfortable year round. Also see Utilities.
- What a humid season brings out that a dry one doesn't. Also see Contamination.
- What a bad storm season costs your business. Also see Risk.
- How much of a bad season is weather and how much is your grounds. Also see Climate.
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