Unmatched Service, All Year Round
We design, build and maintain distinctive landscapes and pools for some the most discriminating homeowners. Whether your landscaping is mature or brand new, our teams develop a creative and meticulous plan for your property, and implement it with a reverence for all four seasons.
Learn about the tasks and initiatives our team is taking in each season to make your your property continues to flourish.
Spring Tasks
- Walk your property with you to create short- and long-term plans for enhancement.
- Examine driveways, walkways, patios, masonry walls, pools, and decks for winter damage.
- Open your pool, fountains, and cabanas, and schedule any necessary repairs and upgrades.
- Agree on a level of organic care.
- Evaluate and set irrigation system.
- Design and prepare perennial, annual, and rose beds, as well as vegetable gardens and containers.
- Clean up, prune, and remediate damaged branches, turf, and edging; mulch beds.
- Add or adjust night lighting elements for seasonal growth.
- Resume disease and pest control.
Summer Tasks
- Undertake landscape projects designed in the spring.
- Rotate seasonal color in pots and beds.
- Attend to weekly bed detailing, including weeding, pruning, and plant health.
- Prevent algae from blooming in the swimming pool due to high use and extreme weather.
- Deadhead and stake perennials.
- Prevent noxious weeds, disease, and insect infestations.
- Adjust irrigation system for seasonal growth and optimum hydration.
- Examine all segments of the property for overgrowth and refurbishment.
- Continue weekly bed detail, mowing, and pool care.
Autumn Tasks
- Plant fall annuals in containers and beds; plant spring-flowering bulbs.
- Cut back and prune plants, grasses, and perennials.
- Mulch beds and remove debris; divide and crop back perennials.
- Prepare lawn for next spring; aerate, fertilize, balance pH, overseed, and compost organically.
- Protect broadleaf evergreens from deer with mesh and burlap.
- Winterize pool, fountains, irrigation system, kitchen, and cabanas.
- Store or wrap kitchen, patio, and pool furniture.
- Inspect trees for bracing, wiring, or limb removal; deep-feed trees and shrubs.
Winter Tasks
- Photograph and stake driveway in advance of plowing.
- Design, install, and then store outdoor holiday decor and lighting.
- Adjust nigh lighting to dramatize winter landscape.
- Prune woody ornamentals, specimen trees, and fruit trees for structure and health.
- Maintain proper ice and water levels in pools to protect tile and masonry.
- Keep property clear of debris, fallen limbs, branches, and leaves accumulated in winter.
- Work with your Property Care Manager and a Glengate Landscape Designer to prepare plans for next season.
