Landscaping in Adairsville, GA

The ground in Adairsville

New subdivisions along the interstate, most of them built the same way: topsoil stripped at grading, subsoil compacted by everything that built the house, and a thin skim of fill spread back over it at the end.

What that means for the build

That is close to the worst starting condition turf and planting can get. The soil has to be opened up before anything goes into it, or the lawn stays thin and the beds stay wet no matter what gets planted. Hardscape is actually the easy part on a lot like this; the growing is the work.

The properties

Production subdivisions on tight lots, plus older acreage further out.

What usually leads in Adairsville

Every trade is available across the whole service area. These are the ones that tend to carry a Adairsville project:

• Sod & Turf EstablishmentFinal grade, amendment, and sod laid tight with staggered joints. This is the single loudest change on any of these properties: clay to closed canopy in one day.
• Planting & Bed WorkBeds cut with a real edge, laid out to the architecture rather than around it, and planted to read as intentional the day it goes in and better in five years.
• DrainageFrench drains, catch basins, downspout tie-ins and swales. Georgia clay does not drink water. It holds it, and every terrace, wall and lawn on this list lasts exactly as long as the water under it is managed.

All ten trades run in-house, so one crew and one schedule covers the whole job.

See the work

The featured jobs are documented before and after, from the same camera position. They are the honest version of what a finished project looks like.