Landscaping requests
A yard here is decided by irrigation before it is decided by plants.
Start a St. George landscaping request for water-wise design, drip irrigation repair, hardscape, cleanup or storm damage. In this climate the irrigation plan is the landscape plan — everything else follows from how water gets delivered.
One request goes to one route — never a bidding pool and never a national lead network.
What fails here, and why
Water is the constraint, and it is a local policy question as much as a horticultural one. Landscapes designed around thirsty turf carry a running cost that does not go away, which is why so much local work is conversion — turf out, drip and water-wise planting in. Drip is efficient and also invisible, so emitters clog and lines fail without anything obvious happening until a plant dies.
Monsoon storms are the other force. Wind takes limbs off trees that grew fast in irrigated soil, and a short violent downpour moves gravel, scours beds and finds any drainage that was not thought through. Hardscape here also has to survive surface temperatures that make material choice a comfort decision, not just an aesthetic one.
What this page is for
This is a homeowner intake for landscape and irrigation work. It asks about water first because that is what determines both the design and what the yard costs to keep.
Your request is not resold, listed for bidding, or passed to a national lead network. It goes to one contractor, once.
What makes a landscaping request useful
Helpful to describe:
- Which area — front, back, side yard, or the whole property.
- What is there now: turf, gravel, established planting, bare ground.
- How it is watered today, and whether the system works.
- Whether this is design, installation, repair, cleanup, or storm damage.
- Any HOA or community landscape requirements that apply.
Common questions
What homeowners ask before they send this.
Is turf removal worth doing?
It is the most common local conversion because it changes the running cost of the yard rather than just its appearance. Whether it pays off for you depends on how much turf there is and what replaces it.
Why do drip systems fail without anyone noticing?
Because the water is under gravel and behind plants. Emitters clog with mineral deposits and lines get cut during other work, and the first symptom is usually a dead plant rather than a wet patch.
Do you handle storm damage?
Yes — limb loss and scoured beds after a monsoon storm are a normal request here. Say that it is storm-related so it is treated as cleanup rather than as a design project.