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= Featured ProviderLocated in Howell, Soilvation Landscaping offers landscaping services to residential and commercial customers in Ann Arbor, Brighton, Novi, and Detroit. In addition to lawn care maintenance and services, they can create custom outdoor living areas by building outdoor kitchens, pergolas, retaining walls, custom lighting, ponds, waterfalls, and fountains. The company offers free consultations.
(4)(3)Started by two brothers in 1982, Four Seasons Garden Center is a local family-owned and operated business serving in the Detroit metro area. In addition to landscape design, installation and maintenance, Four Seasons offers a garden center in Oak Park and a design center in Birmingham.
Established in 2012, Posh Home and Garden offers general landscaping service and maintenance for residential properties. Services include hardscapes, outdoor lighting design, and tree and shrub trimming. The company is located Northville and serves the surrounding area.
(5)(2)(1)In business for over ten years, MAC Landscaping and Design serves the greater Metro-Detroit region. They design and build outdoor living spaces such as sitting walls, fire pits, outdoor kitchens, walkways, and driveways. The company also specializes in creating landscape designs to compliment residential properties.
American Modern offers a variety of solutions to add landscaping elements to clients' properties in Detroit. Its list of services include architectural design, planting, paving, and retaining wall construction. Its crew members take on masonry projects like stamped patios, sidewalks, veneer stone, and chimney repair. They also provide rubber mulch made from recycled items like dog toys or plumbing gaskets. In addition, they build decorative concrete edging in colors and stamp pattern chosen by the property owner.
(5)Fit Turf has been in business since 2008, with branches in Macomb and Wixom. Prior to operating as Fit Turf, the company was known as Masters Green, Inc. and serviced more than 18,000 customers in Metro Detroit area. The team offers more than 30 years of combined experience in lawn, tree, and shrub care and maintenance programs, as well as mosquito control. They were a recipient of Home Advisor's Best Of Awardi n 2014.
(1)Aguafina Gardens International is a landscape architectural design and installation company serving Sylvan Lake and the Detroit metro area. They specialize in custom and unique outdoor living spaces designed with stone settings and water features. Their location in Sylvan Lake includes a garden art and pond store for exterior and interior home decor.
(2)Established in 1978, Kuppe’s Landscape Services is a Detroit-area landscaping company located in Clinton. They offer full landscape design and construction services for residential and commercial properties. Services include installation of paver and concrete patios, natural stone steps, outdoor kitchen design, artificial turf and golf greens, and more. They are a member of the Better Business Bureau, the MNLA, and the Michigan Green Industry Association (MGIA).
Alexander Landscape Construction is located in Clinton Township and serves the Macomb, Oakland, and Grosse Pointe communities. Their services include general landscaping design and lawn maintenance for residential and commercial properties. They specialize in building retaining walls, paver drives, outdoor stairs, and patios. They are a Metropolitan Detroit Landscape Association Gold Award Winner.
Great Lakes Landscape Design provides comprehensive solutions for creating scenic gardens on clients' lots in Detroit. It strives to accommodate all the demands of clients from the design to the construction of their landscaped lawns. From site inspection, the crews tackle softscaping features like a properly working draining system. They also work on custom hardscapes from manufacturers like Hanover, Oaks, and Fendt. In addition, they conduct maintenance services to preserve the garden. The company has been serving the community since 1989.
Timberline Landscaping operates in and around the Detroit metro. The company offers a variety of landscaping solutions such as lawn maintenance and monthly fertilization, sod installation and seeding, shrub and tree trimming, complete yard makeover, spring and fall clean-up, and flower bed maintenance. During the winter, its team handles plowing, snow removal and de-icing, salting, and roof clearing services for both residential and commercial properties. Timberline Landscaping has been in the industry since 1989.
Ace Lawn Care works with property owners in Detroit and the surrounding areas. It helps promote healthy lawn growth by providing proper aeration, seeding, and fertilization. It also offers a weekly lawn maintenance program of mowing, edging, and cleaning walks and drives. In addition, the company's specialists assess the condition of the yard area and devise a plan tailored to the needs of the lawn. Other services available are landscape design and installation and snow removal.
(25)(2)With over 30 years' combined experience in lawn care maintenance, Top Lawn is based in Commerce Township and serves the surrounding areas. They offer general lawn care and maintenance, pest control, and tree and shrub care services. They are a member of the Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce.
ABC Co. Landscaping caters to customers throughout Detroit and its neighboring areas in Michigan. Its team provides a variety of maintenance solutions for residential landscapes, including hedge and shrub trimming, lawn mowing, weeding, and arbor care. It installs various outdoor projects like decorative rock features, flower beds, irrigation systems, retaining walls, and pavers. The company also supports different non-profit and for-profit organizations such as ACCESS, Siena Literacy, and 20 Books, Inc., with the third being founded and headed by ABC Co.'s owner, Kofi Myler.
In business for over 23 years, J&S Landscaping Maintenance is a landscaping business in Commerce Township. A landscape architect on staff is available for every phase of a project from design and installation. Services include mulch, top soil, and play sand delivery, landscape design, lawn care, snow plowing, and power washing services. They are a member of MNLA and a Certified ICPI Installer.
(37)Allen's Landscape & Lawn Services, LLC, responds to the landscaping needs of residential and commercial property owners in the Detroit metro. The business provides a wide range of services, such as gutter cleaning, custom landscape design, weed control, fall and spring clean-ups, snow removal and salting, and de-frosting services. Its team of landscapers assists customers in customizing their lawn maintenance schedules ranging from weekly to bi-weekly. The company's lawn maintenance program includes driveway and sidewalk edging and weed whip.
Wright’s Landscape Services is a Downriver landscaping company providing design, maintenance, and installation services for residential and commercial properties. They create custom designs and offer installation and building services for outdoor brick fire pits, fireplaces, and kitchens. In the winter months, they provide snow removal services. The company is featured on Houzz.
(11)Promoting the use of natural and biodegradable products, GreenTrees prides themselves on being an environmentally responsible landscaping contractor. Their services include lawn maintenance and restoration, tree pruning and removal, lot clearing and hauling, and fertilization. Their staff of foresters, arborists, and certified pesticide applicators serve Rochester Hills and surrounding areas.
(6)(2)In business since 2001, Treasured Earth Landscaping is a full-service landscape design company based in Ann Arbor and Whitmore Lake and providing service to Oakland, Livingston, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. They offer design, installation, and repair services for custom outdoor water features, patios and walks, retaining walls, decks, gazebos, and pergolas.
Landscaping is the practice of increasing the visual appeal of a property by changing the existing layout, installing features for decoration, or planting gardens, trees, or bushes. Landscaping also includes managing the look and health of the lawn on the property.
Many landscape artists choose to spend some time in their chosen setting before getting started, immersing themselves in the subject matter and becoming more familiar with the colors and features. Start simple, with large shapes and forms before adding shading and detail as the drawing develops.
To start a landscaping business, you'll need to make sure you have the financial resources, create a business plan, choose a name, and invest in the equipment needed to start taking on clients. In order to provide landscaping services, you will need to undergo training or coursework.
The average homeowner with a 1/4-acre property spends a minimum of $3,000 on new landscaping. The cost includes materials, planting, and grass seeding, but may increase with professional designs, new gardens, and design and construction of additional features on the property.
The median hourly pay for a landscaper is about $17.03 per hour and $35,401 annually, according to Career Explorer. This can vary from state to state. For example, In Ohio, the average landscaper makes over $47,000 per year, while in Pennsylvania, they make just over $30,000 per year.
To install landscape edging, you'll need to dig a trench around the edges of the beds where it will be installed. Insert the edging, trimming to fit the walls of the bed, and cut off any excess. Secure edging with stakes, and backfill so the edging is flush.
