Residential Landscape

We recommend our monthly Estate Maintenance Program to our clients who require a consistent professionally groomed appearance for their landscape investment. The monthly Estate Maintenance Program allows for our team to monitor and care for your landscape on a 4 week rotating cycle. This means a better value for you, our customer. Due to the ability to route our crews more efficiently, our charged hourly rate is discounted to you. Our crews are on site more often than with our other Estate Maintenance Programs therefore they will need to spend less time to assure a quality performance. Both of these reasons provide you quality services at a value driven price. We have outlined for you the timeline and schedule of quality services of which will be provided on a monthly basis for an approximate eight-month period.

March-April Service: Our Estate Maintenance crew performs a thorough spring cleanup of your landscape. This will include removal of debris, an initial cultivation of beds and hand spading of all beds. A slow release fertilizer will be used in all plant bed areas to help maintain the correct balance of Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium for ultimate plant health. At this time we will also apply a preemergent weed control to stop new weeds before they germinate. If requested by our client, mulch areas will be top dressed to provide a fresh look to the landscape. All plant material in need of spring pruning and shaping will be completed at the proper time. Core-aerification or any other lawn renovation needs will be evaluated at this time upon client request. Spring annuals are optimally planted now.

May Service: Our Estate Maintenance crew will return to evaluate the condition of your landscape beds. Weeding and cultivating your mulch will be done as needed to maintain a fresh look. Bed edges will again be hand spaded to prevent grass from encroaching into your planting beds. The proper pruning of plant material will be performed at this time. If you would like annuals planted we will do so at this time. Any bulbs that have hardened off will be pruned back.

June Service: Monthly weeding and cultivating your mulch will be done, as needed, to maintain a fresh look. Bed edges will again be spade edged to prevent grass from encroaching into your planting beds. All evergreens will be pruned due to the soft new growth having hardened off by now. In addition, any other appropriate deciduous plants will be pruned at this time. Spring perennials will be deadheaded for health reasons for the plant.

July Service: Monthly weeding and cultivating your mulch will be done as needed, to maintain a fresh look. Bed edges will again be hand spaded to prevent grass from encroaching into your planting beds. Early summer perennials will be deadheaded for health reasons for the plant and also to encourage more blooms throughout the season. Watering of plants will be evaluated to assure against drought stress.

August Service: Monthly weeding and cultivating your mulch will be done as needed, to maintain a fresh look. Bed edges will again be hand spaded to prevent grass from encroaching into your planting beds. Perennials will be deadheaded, as needed. Watering needs of plants will be evaluated.

September Service: Monthly weeding and cultivating your mulch will be done as needed, to maintain a fresh look. Bed edges will again be hand spaded to prevent grass from encroaching into your planting beds. All evergreens will be pruned for the second time. In addition, any other appropriate deciduous plants that have completed their flowering cycle will be pruned at this time. Summer perennials will be deadheaded. Early September is the time to plant for fall color. Mums, asters, and pansies can extend your seasonal color well into November. Core-aerification or any other lawn renovation needs will be evaluated at this time upon client request

October-November Service: Our Estate Maintenance crew will perform a final and thorough bed inspection and cleanup. This will also include the cutting back of all perennials for winter protection and the removal of dead annuals. All leaves and other debris will be removed from all planting bed areas. Fall pruning will be performed at this time.

November - December Dormant Pruning Service: A final pruning to all summer flowering shrubs will be done to ready them for the winter. Any shrubs in need of more substantial rejuvenation or dead wood removal will be addressed at this time. Any late debris in beds will be removed.