Types of Lawn Services
When you decide to hire a landscape company to preform your lawn services, it is important that you know what the company offers. While you may just want someone to cut your grass and trim your shrubs, you should also be aware of the many other services that a landscaping company offers. These extra services will vary in price by job type and level of experience.
Not all lawn service companies offer all the services listed below and some may offer services that are not listed. When choosing a company to provide you with lawn care and landscaping services, ask friends and family for recommendations and contact different places to make sure that they provide what you are looking for. Ask them if they have a portfolio that you could look over or if they can offer references.
Yard Maintenance Services
- Weekly yard mowing and trimming
- Grounds maintenance
- Installation of edging around flower beds and gardens
- Installation of bark and mulch
- Installation of weed barrier
- Leaf gathering in the fall
- Seasonal clean-up
- Pruning trees and shrubs
- Fertilizing
- Planting flowers, shrubs and trees
- Lawn rejuvenation service
- Cleaning rain gutter systems
Winter Services
- Snow removal
- Sand and salt spreading
- Ice-melt spreading and hand shoveling
- Holiday decoration and light hanging
Design and Installation of Permanent Fixtures
- Walkways
- Arbors
- Retaining walls
- Stone walls
- Sprinkler systems and irrigation
- Pergolas
- Ornamental plantings
- Rock gardens
- Patios
- Driveways
- Landscape lighting
- Fountains, and other water features
Construction
- Drainage installation and adjustments
- Irrigation systems
- Walkways
- Walls
- Stone, concrete and brick pavers
- Cobblestone
- Sod and seed
- Landscape lighting design