Lawn, beds and tree work

Weekly maintenance, bed work and the tree jobs that need a lift rather than a ladder. Photographed on the day the crew finished, not staged later.

12 photographs

Flagstone tree ring with fresh black mulch around a Japanese maple in Buffalo NY — Flagstone tree ring, Amherst

Red mulch bed and trimmed foundation shrubs at a home in Buffalo NY — Red mulch and shrub shaping

Fresh black mulch bed edged into the lawn at a brick home in Buffalo NY — Bed edged back into the lawn

Curved mulch bed cut and edged around foundation shrubs in Buffalo NY — Curved bed, cut by hand

New planting bed with ornamental grasses and perennials in Buffalo NY — New planting, zone 6 stock

Landscape bed with a boulder accent and layered shrubs at a Buffalo NY home — Boulder accent and layering

Reshaped front yard mulch bed with new plantings in Buffalo NY — Front yard reshaped

Long hedge row mulched and edged along a back lawn in Buffalo NY — Hedge row mulched end to end

Fresh tree ring mulched in a maintained front lawn in Buffalo NY — Tree ring, weekly property

Tracked spider lift set up on a lawn for a tree removal in Buffalo NY — Tracked lift, no lawn damage

Spider lift reaching into a mature tree canopy for trimming in Buffalo NY — Crown work on a mature tree

Stone retaining wall and raised planting bed built at a Buffalo NY home — Wall and raised bed build

Decks, fences and porches

Structures built to carry a Western New York winter: posts below the frost line, framing sized for snow load, and the steps and railings that usually fail first.

12 photographs

New pressure treated deck with cable railing in Buffalo NY — Cable railing, treated frame

Two tone composite deck with white railing in Buffalo NY — Two tone composite

Composite deck and stairs with white vinyl railing in Buffalo NY — Deck, stairs and railing

Cedar deck with built in bench seating beside a pool in Buffalo NY — Built in bench seating

Freshly stained deck with a picture frame border in Buffalo NY — Resurfaced and stained

Curved bench built into a new deck in Buffalo NY — Curved bench, framed on site

Composite porch steps with black aluminum railing in Buffalo NY — Steps rebuilt to code

Rebuilt front porch steps with black railing in Buffalo NY — Porch steps, rebuilt

White porch railing and skirting rebuilt on a Buffalo NY home — Railing and skirting

New wood privacy fence run along a back property line in Buffalo NY — Posts below the frost line

Privacy fence finished in a red stain in Buffalo NY — Stained to finish

Wood privacy fence installed around a back yard in Buffalo NY — Back yard enclosed

Snow and ice

What a cleared property actually looks like during a lake effect winter. Drives, lots, walks and steps, cleared before opening rather than whenever the route reaches you.

9 photographs

Snow blower cutting a path through deep snow on a Buffalo NY sidewalk — Cutting through a lake effect band

Sidewalk cleared between high snow banks after a Buffalo NY storm — Cleared between the banks

Plow truck clearing a wide residential driveway in Buffalo NY — Plowed before the morning

Driveways cleared down to the pavement after a Buffalo NY snowfall — Down to the pavement

Commercial sidewalk and entry steps cleared and salted in Buffalo NY — Commercial walk, salted

Front entry steps shovelled and salted at a Buffalo NY home — Steps shovelled by hand

Walkway cleared through heavy lake effect snow in Buffalo NY — A path through two feet

Residential driveway and walk cleared after an overnight snowfall in Buffalo NY — Drive and walk together

Public sidewalk cleared along a tree lined Buffalo NY street — Sidewalk frontage cleared

What to look for in a landscaping gallery

A landscaping gallery is only useful if it shows the work in the condition you will actually see it in. These are properties across Buffalo and the surrounding towns, photographed on the day the crew finished rather than staged later in perfect June light.

Look at the edges. On a bed, the line where the mulch meets the lawn tells you more about the crew than the mulch colour does. On a deck, look at where the boards land on the frame and how the stairs are tied in. On a fence, look down the run and see whether it is still straight. On snow, look at whether the pavement is actually clear or just scraped.

Most of what we are proudest of does not photograph well, because it is underneath something. A compacted base, a post below the frost line, a drainage run behind a wall. Those are the parts that decide whether the job still looks like this in year five, and they are the parts a cheaper quote usually leaves out.

The photography is honest about scale too. Most of this is ordinary residential work: a quarter acre lot, a bed that needed resetting, a deck sized for four chairs and a table. We take on larger commercial grounds as well, but showing only those would give a false picture of the average job.

If something in this landscaping gallery matches what you are trying to do, mention it when you call. It is far quicker to quote against a photograph than against a description, and it removes most of the misunderstandings that happen when two people use the same word for two different finishes.

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