Design & build
Ridgeline courtyard
Bluestone patio, fire table, screening hedge
1,900 sq ft5 weeks
Design · Build · Maintain
Yards that look designed, not mowed.
Design, build and maintain — one crew, one point of contact, from the first drawing to the first season of upkeep. Everything below is our own work, drawn from the measured plans we leave with every client.
- 264
- Properties designed, built or maintained
- 18
- Seasons working this county
- 94%
- Maintenance clients who renew
Recent work
Nine projects, start to season one.
Filter by the kind of work you are considering. Scope and build time are listed on every tile because those are the two things a quote never tells you.
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Hardscape
Millbrook terrace wall
Segmental retaining wall, 42 in, with drainage chase
68 linear ft9 days
Planting
Fern hollow shade border
Hosta, hakone grass and oakleaf hydrangea under maple
410 sq ft4 days
Lighting
Oakwood evening lighting
Path lights, two tree uplights, low-voltage transformer
14 fixtures2 days
Maintenance
Crescent Ave lawn renovation
Core aeration, tall fescue overseed, stripe mowing
9,400 sq ftSeason
Design & build
Cedar pergola & patio
Rough-sawn cedar pergola over a paver terrace
320 sq ft3 weeks
Hardscape
Harbour Row paver drive
Herringbone drive, 8 in base, permeable edge drain
2,400 sq ft12 days
Planting
Wren Street pollinator beds
Echinacea, little bluestem, mountain mint, no-spray
740 sq ft6 days
Maintenance
Alder Park estate rounds
Weekly service, bed care, seasonal pruning calendar
1.4 acresOngoing
The calendar
Four seasons, four different jobs.
Spring
Mid-March to late AprilEverything in spring is timed off soil temperature, not the calendar. Miss the window and you spend the rest of the year correcting it.
- Pre-emergent crabgrass control before soil holds 55°F
- Cutback of ornamental grasses and perennials to 4 in
- Bed edging and 2–3 in of hardwood mulch, kept off crowns
- First mow at 3.5 in with fresh blades, clippings returned
- Irrigation start-up, zone-by-zone head check and timer set
If it gets skipped
Crabgrass germinates and you are on post-emergent chemistry all summer. Matted leaf litter left over winter invites snow mould and crown rot in the turf underneath.
Maintenance
Written out, line by line.
Prices below are for a 10,000 sq ft lot with average bed area. No contract length, no cancellation fee — plans stop at the end of the month you call.
What is included
Weekly
32 visits · Apr–Nov
Biweekly
16 visits · Apr–Nov
Seasonal
6 visits · milestone based
Mow, edge, string-trim, blow hard surfaces
Every visit
Every visit
Not included
Bed weeding and hand-pull of tree rings
Every visit
Every visit
Every visit
Shrub and hedge pruning
4× a year
3× a year
2× a year
Granular fertilization and weed control
5-step program
4-step program
2-step program
Mulch refresh, 2 in, hardwood
Spring, included
Spring, included
Spring, included
Leaf removal, rotating passes
Included
Included
Included
Irrigation start-up and blow-out
Both, included
Both, included
Both, $95 each
Crew and time on site
2 crew · 35–50 min
2 crew · 50–70 min
3 crew · 2–3 hrs
Per visit
$68
$86
$245
Billed monthly
$272 / mo
Most chosen for lots under 15,000 sq ft
$172 / mo
Works on shaded lots with slower growth
$123 / mo
Cleanups and pruning only, no mowing
Scroll the table sideways to compare all three plans.
Estimate
Priced on the property, not a guess.
Estimated per visit
$103
- Time on site
- 1 hr 15 min
- Crew
- 2 people
- Services selected
- 2
A working figure, not a quote. Slope, gate width and tree density move it, which is exactly what the photographs are for.
Why we ask for photos
Four photographs turn the first site visit into a closing visit instead of a measuring one. We can see whether a 36 inch mower fits the side gate, how much of the lawn is under a canopy, whether the beds have real edges or just a mulch line, and whether that slope needs a walk-behind rather than a rider.
It also means the number we bring is the number you pay. Nobody enjoys a revised price on the day the crew turns up.
Service area
Eighteen neighbourhoods, one truck route.
We stay tight on purpose. Every property below sits on a route the same crew runs all season, which is how a maintenance visit lands on the same day each week rather than whenever a schedule allows.
Maintenance start7–14 days, any month we are cutting
Design & build3–6 weeks in spring, 1–2 weeks in autumn
Lighting & irrigationWithin 10 days outside the March rush
Storm and debris clearingSame or next day for plan clients
Neighbourhoods served
- Millbrook
- Stonefield
- Oakwood
- Harbour Row
- Crescent Heights
- Alder Park
- Fern Hollow
- Wren Street
- Ridgeline
- Cedar Bend
- Willow Glen
- North Quarry
- Marsh Lane
- Highfield
- Sunderland Row
- Beckett Mill
- Ivy Court
- Larkspur
Just outside the list? Call anyway. If your street is on the way to a route we already run, it costs you nothing extra — and if it is not, we will say so rather than take the booking and cancel in April.
What clients say
Three yards, three different asks.
Hardscape·Built autumn
They drew the whole back garden before a single stone moved, then built it exactly as drawn. The wall has been through two wet winters and has not shifted a millimetre.
Maintenance·Started spring
What sold me was the plan sheet. Every plant named, every visit listed, nothing described as general tidy-up. Three seasons in and I have never had to ask what I paid for.
Lighting·Installed summer
The lighting changed the house more than the patio did. They came back after dark to aim every fixture, which nobody else even offered to do.
Questions
Asked before every first visit.
If yours is not here, ask it on the call. We would rather lose ten minutes than have you find out something in June that we could have told you in March.
Do you do design or just maintenance?
Both, and they are priced separately so you can take the design and have anyone build it if you prefer. The plan sheet is measured, scaled and yours to keep either way.
What does maintenance actually include?
Mowing, edging, bed weeding and blowing every visit, with pruning and fertilization on a seasonal schedule. It is listed line by line on the plan, not left vague.
How far out are you booking?
Maintenance starts within a week or two. Design-build runs three to six weeks in spring and considerably less in autumn, which is the better planting window anyway.
Can you handle irrigation as well?
System install, seasonal start-up and winterization, plus smart controllers that read local rainfall and typically cut a summer water bill by a fifth to a third.
What counts as seasonal cleanup?
Spring cutback and fresh mulch, rotating leaf passes through autumn, and storm debris clearing whenever it happens. Cleanups are quoted by property, not by truckload.
Do you guarantee the plants you install?
Trees, shrubs and perennials we supply and plant carry a one-year replacement warranty, provided the watering schedule we leave you was followed. Annuals and transplants of your own existing plants are excluded.
What happens if it rains on my service day?
We push to the next dry day on the same route rather than skipping the week, because mowing a saturated lawn does more damage than a two-day delay. You get a text the morning a route moves.