Seasonal Services

Spring wake-up runs March into April: beds cut back and cleaned late enough to spare the overwintering pollinators, the first edit of the borders, soil fed with compost while the ground is open, mulch refreshed thinly where it earns its place, and the irrigation system woken and audited before the heat needs it. The garden leaves the visit ready for its best three months.

The autumn visit is the important one, and the one most landscapes never get. September through November is the Bluegrass planting window: warm soil, cooling air, and a winter of rain ahead to settle the roots. Autumn is when trees and shrubs go in, when the borders get divided and rearranged, when bulbs are set by the hundred, and when the structural pruning of small trees begins. We book autumn work by midsummer; it is the season the availability line on this site is usually talking about.

Winter is for the bones. Dormant pruning of orchards and ornamental trees happens in February, when the branch structure is legible and the cuts heal cleanly into spring. It is also when we walk properties with owners planning bigger moves, because a garden tells the truth about itself in winter.

And when the weather turns violent, as it does here, our crews clear storm damage for standing clients first: downed limbs made safe, torn canopy pruned properly rather than flush-cut, and an honest assessment of what a stressed tree needs next. Storm calls from stewardship families are answered within the day.