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Weekly maintenance
April to November
Same crew, same day, every week.
Mow, trim, edge the beds and hard surfaces, blow everything clean. We rotate mowing patterns so the lawn does not rut, and sharpen blades twice a week so the cut tips do not brown.
- → Mow, string-trim and edge
- → Walks, drives and patios blown clean
- → Bed weeding on a two-week rotation
- → Shrub pruning twice a season
- → A note in your inbox if we see a problem
From $65 a visit on a quarter-acre lot
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Spring and fall cleanups
March, and October into November
The two visits that do the most visible work.
Spring: beds cleared, grasses and perennials cut to the ground, edges re-cut, first feeding. Fall: leaves off on a rotation so they never sit long enough to kill the grass underneath.
- → Beds and lawn cleared of leaves and debris
- → Ornamental grasses and perennials cut back
- → Bed edges cut by hand, no machine line
- → Gutters checked from the ground
- → Everything hauled away, nothing bagged at the curb
$450 to $1,200 depending on tree cover
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Lawn care program
Six visits, March to November
Feeding and weed control timed to the grass.
Cool-season lawns here are mostly tall fescue and bluegrass, and they want most of their food in autumn. Our program is weighted that way. The national chains front-load spring because green grass in April is easier to sell.
- → Six timed applications
- → Pre-emergent crabgrass control in April
- → Grub control in June, before damage starts
- → Core aeration and overseeding in September
- → Soil test every third year, included
$380 a year for up to 5,000 square feet
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Planting and garden design
April to June, September to October
Plants chosen for the spot they are going in.
Deer pressure in Bergen County is heavy, and it decides the plant list more than any other single factor. We measure sun, check drainage, then pick from things that survive here: inkberry holly, oakleaf hydrangea, switchgrass, catmint, bayberry, sweetspire.
- → Sun, soil and drainage checked on site
- → A drawn plan you keep, whoever does the work
- → Deer-resistant selections where pressure is high
- → Nursery stock tagged and approved by you
- → Two-year warranty on trees and shrubs
Plans from $850, credited against the install
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Patios, walkways and walls
May to October
Built on a base that will still be flat in fifteen years.
Most failed patios in this area failed underneath. We dig eight inches, compact in layers, and use open-graded stone so water moves down and out. Nothing sits there waiting to freeze under your bluestone in February. It costs more on day one and it is the whole job.
- → Pennsylvania bluestone, Techo-Bloc and Cambridge pavers
- → Eight-inch compacted base, built in lifts
- → Polymeric or swept-sand joints as the design needs
- → Steps, seat walls, fire pits, Belgian block curbing
- → Permit drawings when the town asks for them
$38 to $70 a square foot installed
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Drainage and grading
Year round, ground permitting
For the corner of the yard that never dries out.
North Jersey sits on heavy clay and plenty of these houses were graded toward themselves. We find where the water comes from, move the grade, and give it somewhere to go: a dry well, a French drain, or a rain garden that turns the problem into a planting bed.
- → A survey of where the water goes on a wet day
- → Regrading away from foundations
- → French drains, dry wells and pop-up emitters
- → Downspout extensions carried underground
- → Rain gardens planted for wet feet
$2,400 to $9,000 for a typical residential fix
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Lighting and irrigation
Installs May to September, service year round
Water where it is needed, light where you walk.
Irrigation on smart controllers that read local rain data, so the system is not running through a thunderstorm. Lighting in low-voltage brass and copper, aimed at trees and steps, not at the windows across the street.
- → Zoned systems with head-to-head coverage
- → Smart controllers with rain and freeze sensors
- → Spring start-up and autumn blowout included
- → Brass and copper path, step and uplighting
- → Timers and dimming set from your phone
Irrigation from $3,800, lighting from $2,600
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Snow and ice
December 1 to March 31
Seasonal contracts only. We do not take per-storm calls.
A seasonal contract means your driveway sits on a route we planned in November. You are not waiting on whichever truck comes free. Two-inch trigger, salt on request, and we come back for the ridge the town plow leaves at the end of your driveway.
- → Two-inch trigger, cleared before 6:00am
- → Return visit for the town plow ridge
- → Walks and steps shovelled and salted
- → Calcium chloride, gentler on bluestone than rock salt
- → A text when your property is done
Seasonal contracts from $780