Landscape installation · Full yard redos
The whole yard, redone.
This is the core of what we do. Take a yard that’s tired, overgrown or still wearing the builder’s starter package, clear it out, and install a new one — beds, palms, plants, rock, sod and the paver work that ties it together.
- Sarasota & Manatee County
- Free on-site estimate
- You deal with the owner
One visit, one estimate, one crew.
A full redo is a lot of moving parts: removal, bed layout, palms, layers of planting, edging, mulch or rock, sometimes sod, sometimes a path or a patio. Most people don’t want to manage four companies to get there.
With us, Craig walks the property with you, writes the estimate by hand on site, and the same crew does the install.
The first thing anyone sees.
Front yards get the most attention from neighbors, HOAs and you, every time you pull in. The usual problems: overgrown foundation shrubs hiding the windows, turf that never looks good in August, beds with no shape, and nothing with any height.
A typical redo pulls the old foundation planting, reshapes the beds into bigger, simpler curves, adds palms for height, and layers lower tropicals and groundcover in front. Lawn shrinks to the part you actually use — or goes away entirely, if you want a lower-water yard.
Where you actually live.
Backyards are about privacy, shade and the view from the lanai. Side yards are usually where good intentions go to die: a strip of dirt, the A/C unit, a hose, and a gate nobody can reach without stepping in mud.
Both are fixable. A screen of palms or a clumping hedge along the back line, a path where people actually walk, and planting that looks good from inside the pool cage — not just from the street.
Worth knowing before the visit
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Timing
For the clients quoted on this site, front-yard redos took from a day and a half to a few days once work started. Yours depends on scope — Craig puts the schedule on the estimate.
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Keep what’s good
Mature oaks, healthy palms and specimen plants are worth designing around. Craig will tell you what’s worth keeping before anything gets pulled.
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Irrigation
New beds need water where the plants are. Existing sprinkler zones get looked at during the walk-through so the new layout isn’t left dry.
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Cleanup
Clients have specifically mentioned the crew cleaning up at the end of each day. That’s the standard.
What Roger wrote
Craig returned our call the same day and was at our house the next morning.
From Craig's projects
Photos of Craig's finished work, from the original Sarasota Landscaping Inc. showcase and his newer jobs. Tap any photo to see it larger.
01After: new lawn, a large date palm and tropical beds along a brick-paver drive 02After: the same home with a row of foxtail palms, crotons and fresh mulch beds sweeping around the lawn 03After: new sod, palms, bougainvillea and a boulder in a curved bed under the same oak 04Two-story home framed by newly planted palms and layered tropical beds 05After: backyard with palms, a gravel sitting area with a bench and a paver path to the gate 06Finished landscape bed with palms and tropical plantings in front of a Florida home 07Waterfront home with artificial turf, a grey paver terrace, block retaining walls, a water feature and palms above the seawall and dock 08Two-story white home with palms, a rock-edged mulch bed, a shell bed and a curved paver drive
Landscape Installation: common questions
01Do I have to redo the whole yard at once?
02Can you work around plants and trees I already have?
03Is removal and haul-away included?
04Can I get rid of my grass entirely?
Related services
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Landscape Design
Designed on your property, around your house, your light and the way you use the yard.
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Palm Trees
Specimen palms sourced through strong nursery relationships, set at the right depth and braced.
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Hardscape
Brick-paver patios, walkways and pool decks that tie the planting to the house.
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Free on-site estimate.
Say what the job is and the city. Craig will set a time to walk the property.