Newark, New York · Wayne County
Perennial borders, fieldstone, planting and seasonal care — for houses between the orchards and the canal.
As the mist burns off
Most jobs start as one bed and end up the whole yard. Pick somewhere to start — we'll tell you honestly what can wait a year.
Perennial borders, foundation beds, native and pollinator plantings picked for zone 6a winters — not for the catalog photo.
Fieldstone edging, paver walkways, sitting walls and steps — set on a base that survives a Wayne County freeze‑thaw.
Tired beds stripped back, soil amended, edges recut and replanted in layers so there is something doing the work in every season.
Spring cleanup, mulch, edging, deadheading, fall cutback, bulbs. Weekly, biweekly, or twice a year.
Pruning that keeps the shape the plant was meant to have — plus transplanting, feeding, and removals when it's done.
The three-day version: overgrown junipers out, regrade, replant, edge, mulch, light it. Good before a sale or a fresh start.
Or call and describe it — (585) 615-1076
By midsummer
Upstate gardens are made in the shoulder seasons. Here's the order we work in, so you know what to ask for and when.
Cleanup, cutback, edging, fresh mulch. Annuals go in once the frost date passes.
Weeding, deadheading, watering plans, hedge shaping. Containers kept going through the heat.
The best planting window we get. Trees, shrubs, divisions, and every bulb you want to see in April.
Dormant pruning, burlap and rodent guards, and next spring's planting drawn up while the beds rest.
Spring cleanups fill by early March. Fall planting books through September.
Get on the scheduleAs the light goes long
Real work, three towns, three different problems.
Overgrown foundation junipers out. Layered perennial border in, and the front walk relaid in fieldstone.
Paver patio with a fieldstone sitting wall and a run of hydrangeas along the back.
A shade border under an old sugar maple: hosta, ostrich fern and astilbe where grass would not hold.
Swap these panels for real job photos — one wide shot and one detail per garden is plenty.
And when the sun goes down
Most people are only home to enjoy the yard in the evening, so it is worth planting for that hour. Pale flowers hold the last of the light long after the reds have gone flat, silver foliage picks up whatever glow is left, and the plants that carry scent save it for dusk.
White hydrangea, phlox and cimicifuga stay visible at dusk long after the deep colors have gone to shadow.
Request a visit
We'll walk it with you, talk through what's possible this season, and send a written quote. No charge, no pressure to book on the spot.
We'll call to set a time — usually the same day, always within one business day.