Landscape Maintenance Services – Beyond Reno

General Bed Maintenance/Detailing

This service includes weeding, groundcover trimming/controlling, debris removal, removal of spent blooms, monitoring, and removal of browning leaves and branches. This is a must-have service because it ensures your yard maintains its curb appeal throughout the year.

Spring/Fall Clean-Up

A more in-depth cleaning which includes everything in general bed maintenance and the addition of perennial and grass dividing, bed edging, mulch raking, and seasonal perennial trim down. These services are like “deep-cleaning” of the landscape one to three times per year.

Pruning/Hedging

Pruning and hedging at the correct time of year for each type of plant are paramount to plant health and bloom performance. By hiring a professional, you have plants pruned at the optimum time for their species. (Hydrangea is a perfect example of a plant that should be maintained by professionals or avid gardeners.) Pruning is done to maintain shape or size, remove spent blooms, remove dead/diseased limbs, and promote growth. Hedging is typically shaping plants into geometric forms. Both are important to the landscape.

Landscape Plant Protect and Feed (Also known as Plant Health Care: PHC)

Plants feed on the nutrients in the soil. Some plants are what we call “heavy feeders”. This means they pull a lot of nutrients out of the soil. Boxwood is a “heavy feeder”. Proactively adding a plant feed/protect program to your landscape plan, you will receive feedings specific to your plants and soil. You will also receive disease and pest prevention for the common issues to prevent them from happening. This can include black-spot, other forms of mildew, bagworms, aphids, etc. This is dependent upon your service package but is important for thriving plants.

Lawn Protect and Feed

Lawn chemical programs both feed the turf and protect against a plethora of pests and diseases such as grubs, brown-patch, and several fungal issues. Most programs are a 5 to 7 step program that is applied at the ideal time of year for your turf. Weather patterns and irrigation affect turf, so those things must be considered in conjunction with your turf program. Additional applications are sometimes needed during super-wet years to control moisture-related issues.

Irrigation System Start-Up/Shutdown

Irrigation start-up and shutdown are included in most maintenance contracts. Although everyone starts up their irrigation system in the spring (when they have one,) not everyone has their system winterized. By not having the water blown out of the lines, the water can freeze and expand during cold temperatures causing damage to their system. The damage is often more expensive than just maintaining the system and having it winterized properly. Some contracts also include a monthly check-in for optimum usage/water efficiency. High Prairie’s contracts do include this pro-active step. By monitoring, we can adjust for optimum plant health and observe any repairs that may need to be done.

Keep in mind, not all outdoor living landscaping services are going to offer all these services. You must take the time to find a company that provides the services that are most important to you. This will ensure you achieve the desired results for your landscape.