Comprehensive LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE Services

Essential for your property to be at its best so you can enjoy it for the Spring/Summer landscape season.

A proper spring cleanup includes freshening up your garden beds with cultivation and edging in preparation for perennial, annual or edible transplants.

Trimming, pruning, and removing dead diseased or interfering vegetation promotes and allows new attractive growth.

Early Spring is one of the more seasonally appropriate times to aerate your lawn. For best results, deep core aeration enhances air and water circulation in your soil, which is necessary for a healthy turf.

Spring is also an excellent time to fertilize or incorporate other soil amendments such as lime and compost tea.

Dethatching your lawn is a key and healthful practice to start the season off right, especially if your lawn is tired, pest afflicted or predominantly Kentucky Bluegrass.

Spring services can be a separate project, but we recommend it as a part of your total seasonal landscape management program.

Anticipating winter dormancy, we recommend a complete and thorough property preparation. You can rest easy knowing your grounds are 'put to bed' and ready for the glorious certainty of a welcome spring arrival! But until then… snow comes and goes and a proper cleanup will leave your property looking good between snow events.

Regular leaf cleanups keep your property looking neat and tidy. Often leaves are mulched back into your grass to add key nutrients back into your soil profile.

Garden beds with shrubs and perennials are tidied up or cut back, where appropriate.

Early Fall is also a good time to aerate your lawn and incorporate soil amendments. Deep core aeration enhances air flow, helps water circulate in your soil, reduces thatch, and allows for better fertilizer penetration, thus helping to reduce the threat of disease and pests.

Compost tea may be applied to your lawn to add microbes to the soil encouraging nutrient absorption.

With an initial Spring fertilization, turf growth will pick up and regular grass cutting is essential. Our trained team of professionals make sure the mower blades are sharp and grass is cut at the appropriate height for optimal turf health.

As summer approaches, your lawn requires continued attention. It is important to monitor turf health and adjust mowing frequency and grass height to provide optimal care through the stress of summer heat.

Appropriate mowing frequency returns trace amounts of nutrients to your grass roots to assist in seasonal recovery.

In late Fall, a final shorter cut is completed 'putting your lawn to bed' for winter dormancy.

Ornamental garden beds require regular maintenance to look their best. We provide regular care with the practice of manual cultivation and re-edging. Cultivation and "flipping up" edges keep weed content low, encouraging a 'tended' aesthetic for your property.

Garden beds can be further enhanced with the addition of annual transplants or dividing and reorganizing existing perennial and shrub material.

Trimming, pruning and removal of dead, diseased, or interfering vegetation is essential to plant health and full season property enjoyment.

Annual plantings are an immediate way to add a splash of colour and greenery enhancing your landscape. Our annual transplant teams have many combined years of experience in choosing and installing appropriate annual transplant varieties for your specific property needs: Wave petunias, geraniums, dahlias, non-stop begonias and marigolds are just some of the many options available. The ideal time for planting is late May to late June, before the heat of summer sets in. We provide the initial watering after planting.

Annual Displays require continued watering, fertilizing and regular maintenance/deadheading, along with appropriate weather (which can be unpredictable in Nova Scotia!), to flourish. A worthwhile investment for a beautiful display of various colours and textures to enjoy on your property throughout our Maritime growing season!

To thrive, annual transplants require adequate soil, drainage and moisture. The size, location and configuration of pots, planters, or garden beds does make a difference. Small containers require more attention, as do areas in full sunlight.

Spring blooming Bulb installations are the first spring flowers to brighten a garden. We recommend early bloomers in our Nova Scotia Maritime climate with an interesting range of options available.

Bulbs planted in late Fall, with optimal weather conditions, will produce a welcome early spring display. Maritime Freeze/Thaw cycles can affect bulb success…we always hope for the best!

An appealing option for some properties might be the naturalization of bulb cultivars. Daffodils, Grape Hyacinth, and Crocus have some success here in HRM. Planted to expand and colonize in optimal areas, left in place encouraged to grow wild over time.

Shrub pruning and shaping is an essential part of keeping your landscape looking fresh, clean and tidy. Our trained professionals have the gear required to ensure plant material is properly cared for.

Removal of deadwood, selective pruning and cutting back where appropriate, throughout the season encourages shrub health and proper growth.

Shrub rejuvenation, cutting back of 'larger than life' shrubs, and getting your landscape back under control is something we can assist with, as a one-time seasonal effort, or part of a continued maintenance program.

Spring and early Fall are both excellent times to aerate, fertilize or incorporate soil amendments.

Proper lawn maintenance includes appropriate timing of fertilizing, which assists in keeping your lawn green, healthy and therefore better able to outcompete weeds.

Compost Tea breaks down slowly, allowing for maximum plant uptake and minimum leaching out of the soil.

Deep core aeration enhances air flow, helps water circulate through your soil, reduces thatch, and allows for better fertilizer penetration, thus reducing the threat of disease and pests.

Soil tests are recommended to determine your turf and soil requirements for optimal health and results.