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Small landscaping jobs across the Twin Cities west metro {{ seasonLine }}

The job everyone else was too busy for.

Cracked pavers. A lawn that needs leveling. Beds gone wild. We are the small job professionals. The work other landscapers pass on, done at a fair price.

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The same corner after: stone pillar base rebuilt, stone edging set and a hydrangea bed mulched in Lawn corner by the driveway before the work, plain turf under mature trees
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Landscape restoration and new stone edging in Wayzata. Drag the handle
Recent work

Small jobs, finished properly.

All of it real work in west metro yards, the kind of job most crews will not book.

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Bed rebuilt with black mulch, flagstone steppers and new plantings beside a driveway Brick edging running around a flagstone landing next to a planted bed Flagstone pad laid in the opening of a garden gate Flagstone stepping stones set into a fresh mulch bed beside deck stairs Rock bed with black edging and small plantings at the corner of a garage River rock channel curving through a lawn beside a graded slope covered with straw blanket New sod laid in a fenced back yard with a fresh mulch bed along the fence line Long perennial bed cleaned out and edged, in full bloom along a shrub line Mulched bed running the length of a back fence behind a wide lawn
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Why small jobs

Small jobs are the business, not the leftovers.

A big operation cannot make the math work on a half day of paver repair. Moving a crew, a truck and a trailer across the metro costs the same whether the job runs four hours or four days, so it gets quoted high, or nobody calls back.

We built the business around that half day. Small work gets the same crew, the same standards and an actual callback.

If it has been sitting there for two seasons, that is the job we want.

What we do Nine jobs, three groups. Scroll through them or jump straight to yours.

Lawns

Grading, drainage and grass, for yards that hold water or will not fill in.
River rock drainage channel curving through a lawn beside a graded slope covered with straw blanket Drainage and regrading Water routed out of the yard, then soil and seed.
New sod laid in a fenced back yard with a fresh mulch bed along the fence line Completely new lawns Old sod out, new sod in, laid tight.
[PHOTO: aerator and slice seeder on a lawn]
Aeration and slice seeding Cores pulled and seed cut straight into thin turf.

Cleanup and clearing

The work that makes a yard look cared for again.
Long perennial bed cleaned out and edged, in full bloom along a shrub line Spring clean-ups Winter mess hauled out, beds cut back and edged.
Mulched bed running the length of a back fence behind a wide lawn Clearing overgrown property lines Grown-in edges cut back and hauled off.
[PHOTO: shrubs trimmed along a foundation]
Foundation shrub trimming Shrubs brought back off the house.

Hardscape and beds

Stone that has moved, edges gone soft, beds gone wild.
Flagstone pad laid in the opening of a garden gate Flagstone repairs Settled stone lifted, re-based and reset.
Brick edging running around a flagstone landing next to a planted bed New bed edging Paver, steel or plastic. A clean line the mower can follow.
Bed rebuilt with black mulch, flagstone steppers and new plantings beside a driveway Landscape restoration Tired beds rebuilt from the ground up.
What we do

Nine jobs. Look for yours.

If your job is on this list, it is worth a call, no matter how small it looks to you.

Lawns

  • Drainage and regrading: water routed out of the yard, then soil and seed
  • Completely new lawns: old sod out, new sod in
  • Aeration and slice seeding
New sod laid in a fenced back yard with a fresh mulch bed along the fence line

Cleanup and clearing

  • Spring clean-ups
  • Clearing overgrown property lines
  • Foundation shrub trimming
Long perennial bed cleaned out and edged, in full bloom along a shrub line

Hardscape and beds

  • Flagstone repairs
  • New bed edging
  • Landscape restoration
Mulched bed running the length of a back fence behind a wide lawn
What you can expect

Four things, every job.

1

Honesty

Real materials, real timeline, real cost before anything starts. If a job is not worth doing, we say so.

2

Attentiveness

A small job is the whole job that day. The edges get straightened, the seams get closed, the mess gets hauled out.

3

Respect

It is your home, not a job site. We park where you ask and leave the yard the way we found it, minus the problem.

4

Sustainability

Quality materials and honest workmanship, so the repair outlasts the season it was done in.

Service area

The west metro, and not much past it.

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Serving Wayzata, Minnetonka, Orono, Plymouth, Long Lake, Medina, Maple Plain, Deephaven, Excelsior, Shorewood, Tonka Bay, Minnetrista, Mound, Independence and Hopkins.

Get in touch

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Gary answers his own phone. If he is on a job, leave a message and he will call back. That is the whole promise.

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229 Minnetonka Ave S, P.O. Box 366
Wayzata, MN 55391

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