If you are going to spend your money on a professional landscaping service, you might as well know the different kinds of services such businesses offer. Yes, the main goal is to make your exteriors look as sharp and as welcoming as possible, but there is a range to the enterprise.

Pruning And Hedging

It might sound like an arborist’s work to you, but pruning and hedging plants is part of the landscaping job description, at least for the established service providers. Carrying this out at the correct time of the year for each type of plant in your frontyard or back area is paramount to health and bloom performance for the vegetation.

By working with a professional, you will ajhve plants printed at the best time for their species. Typically, pruning is to maintain shape and size, while hedging shapes plants into geometric forms.

Irrigation Systems

In most landscape maintenance contracts, irrigation start-ups and shutdowns are included. Despite the fact that everyone gets their irrigation systems running during Spring, not everybody has it winterized. If water is not blown out of the lines, it can freeze and expand during cold temperatures, which could cause damage to the irrigation setup.

More of than not, the damage is more expensive than simply servicing the system, which includes proper winterizing. Some landscape maintenance contracts also include monthly check-ins for optimum usage or water efficiency. Through constant monitoring, the service provider is also able to adjust for optimum plant health and observe possible repairs.

Paving The Way

Paving driveways, walkways and patios aren’t jobs most people consider when they think of landscaping. But, a good number of companies also specialize in these areas. Should you be unable to find a landscaper who can thoroughly [ave your driveway, the service provider should also have the capacity to install a concrete patio or stepping stones for your garden.

Apart from creating a kind of empty carpet leading to your front door, walkways can also be incorporated into your garden. Doing so will make the area look a lot more beautiful and give you  a more practical way to relish in the nature that surrounds you. You can have a magnificent  stone-themed walkway winding through your natural landscape, all cheered on by bursting blooms.

Lighting

This is another element that can add to both beauty and practicality. Besides, if there’s no lighting, you would be missing out on that impeccable nighttime look of your exteriors while glaring into a dark emptiness. Having some lighting outside makes sense for those evenings you want to have dinner on your deck with your friends and family.

There is a huge selection of lighting types and themes that can go with your landscaping, such as postlights, string lights, large area spotlights, lanterns and even beacons. With the help of your service provider, you should be able to decide which one best fits your general landscape design.

Comparing the time and cost needed to do your landscaping, you would realise that it is better to leave it in the hands of a professional. Besides, constant maintenance is needed, and you might not have the time to get around to it.