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Monthly landscape maintenance in St. Clair Shores and Metro Detroit: Clean, polished, every month.

Consistent monthly care from HD Landscape keeps your landscape clean, polished and professional. We go through the beds, pull the weeds, shape the shrubs, clean up the edges and tidy, so the yard never has to catch up.

  • Beds weeded
  • Shrubs shaped
  • Edges cleaned up
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The short version

A finished yard stays finished.

Monthly landscape maintenance is a regular visit from HD Landscape to look after the planted part of your yard: the beds, the shrubs and the line where they meet the lawn. Most visits come down to weeding, shaping shrubs, edging and tidying.

It is the work that is easy to put off. A weed pulled this month has not dropped seed in the bed by next month, and a shrub shaped a little at a time keeps its form. Leave all of it for a few seasons and you are paying for a rescue instead.

  • Weeds pulled before they drop seed
  • Shrubs shaped so they hold their form
  • Edges cleaned up so the bed lines stay clear
  • Leaves, sticks and litter cleared out of the beds
Clipped boxwood hedges and spiral topiaries on a stone edged bed in front of a stone and brick home
Boxwood, topiary and a stone edge

Through the season

The yard changes, and so does the work.

Same beds, same shrubs. The calendar decides what takes the most time.

  • Spring

    Get ahead of it

    Weeds are small and come out easily. Lilac, forsythia and other spring bloomers wait until after they flower, because cutting them early cuts off the blooms.

  • Summer

    Keep it sharp

    Everything grows at once, and a gap in the mulch or a soft edge fills in fast. This is when a monthly visit earns its keep.

  • Fall

    Wind it down

    Leaves start landing in the beds, so tidying takes over. Shaping eases off, because late cuts can push soft new growth right before winter. A fall cleanup can finish the year.

The goal

Clipped lines do not keep themselves.

Finished HD Landscape work. Monthly care is how a yard stays like this.

  • A low clipped hedge curving beside a front walk at a brick home with white columns
    Clipped hedge along a front walk
  • A large brick home with arched windows, a Japanese maple and curved clipped beds
    Curved beds on a large brick home
  • A shrub clipped into a stacked topiary in a black stone bed beside hydrangeas
    Hand clipped topiary
  • Clipped boxwood balls and white hydrangeas beside a flagstone walk
    Boxwood and hydrangeas beside a flagstone walk
  • A curved raised bed with a block border, black mulch, alliums and a young tree in front of a brick ranch
    Curved raised bed with a block border
  • Concrete pavers set in turf strips leading to the entry of a dark blue commercial building
    Commercial entry walk and clipped hedges

How it starts

One walk, then it is handled.

  1. Walk

    It starts with a walk of the property with Jake: what the beds, shrubs and edges need, and how you want the place to look.

  2. Estimate

    Next comes an itemized estimate you can go through line by line, free of charge. What a visit covers is set right there, before you agree to anything.

  3. Catch up

    If the yard has gotten ahead of you, we start with a cleanup or hedge trimming, so the monthly visits are keeping it right, not digging it out.

  4. Every month

    We keep coming back every month through the growing season. You get to stop thinking about it.

Good to know

Not every yard needs monthly.

  • Choose monthly when

    You just finished a project and want it to stay that way, the beds are more than you care to keep up with, or you are away for stretches of the summer.

  • A cleanup may be enough when

    The yard is simple, you like doing the small stuff yourself, and you only want help at the start and end of the season. That is what spring and fall cleanups are for.

  • Either way

    Bigger jobs go on their own line. Fresh mulch, new plants or pressure washing can be added when you want them.

Close to home

St. Clair Shores yards have been growing a while.

St. Clair Shores is home base for HD Landscape. The city grew fast after World War II, so plenty of yards here have foundation shrubs that have been growing for a long time. Shaped regularly, older shrubs look settled and handsome. Left alone for a couple of seasons, they start crowding the walk and the windows.

Homes on Lake St. Clair and the canals have two front yards: the one facing the street and the one facing the water. Both deserve the same care. Trees in the right of way out by the curb are another story. Those belong to the city's Forestry Division, so they stay off the list.

We also run monthly maintenance beyond the city, including Grosse Pointe, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Rochester and Troy.

A two story home with a low clipped hedge and a rounded tree in the front yard
Low clipped hedge and a rounded tree

In their words

Reliable is the whole job.

Monthly care comes down to showing up when you said you would and doing it right. That is what customers keep writing about.

  • Jake is a no pressure, skilled landscaper with excellent communication abilities. Contracting, communicating and paying for services are seamless, and Jake is reliable on time estimates. Highly recommend.

    Mark R.Landscaping

  • Totally professional from start to finish. The crew was friendly and very hard working. Delivered on time and more than promised. Will use again.

    Marie B.Landscaping

  • I am extremely impressed with the work HD Landscape has done. Great team - they were very responsive and communicative. Very happy we decided to work with them!

    Gina D.Landscaping

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A clipped hedge following a curved stone bed in front of a brick home, with red fall color
A clipped hedge on a curved stone bed, in fall

Questions

What people ask about monthly landscape maintenance.

The things people ask us most before booking. If yours is not here, call or text (586) 718-8762.

Do you do landscape maintenance in St. Clair Shores?

Yes. HD Landscape does monthly landscape maintenance in St. Clair Shores, its home base and one of the towns it works in most. We offer the same care in towns across Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.

What does monthly landscape maintenance include?

Monthly landscape maintenance from HD Landscape looks after the planted part of your yard. Most visits mean pulling weeds, shaping shrubs, cleaning up edges and tidying the beds. If one corner matters most to you, show Jake on the walk.

Does monthly landscape maintenance include mowing?

Do not assume mowing is included. Monthly care is built around beds, shrubs and edges, and grass needs cutting far more often than once a month. If mowing matters to you, raise it with Jake on the walk before you agree to anything.

How often do you come for monthly maintenance?

Monthly, during the Michigan growing season. If your yard needs something extra in a busy stretch, bring it up with Jake and he will give you his advice.

Does landscape maintenance run through the winter in Michigan?

No. Monthly maintenance follows the growing season, because there is not much to weed or shape under snow. Ask Jake on the walk when the first and last visits should fall.

What is the difference between monthly maintenance and a spring or fall cleanup?

A cleanup is a one-time visit that clears out what a season left behind. Monthly maintenance is the steady work in between. Some yards only need a spring and fall cleanup, and we will tell you if yours is one of them.

Is monthly landscape maintenance worth it?

It is worth it if you have planted beds and shaped shrubs you want to keep looking right, and you would rather not do the work yourself. A simple yard with a few beds may only need two cleanups a year. Jake will say so if that is the case.

Will you trim my hedges on a monthly visit?

Shaping shrubs is regular monthly work. A hedge that has gotten away from you is a bigger job, so we handle that first as hedge trimming and then keep it in shape. Spring bloomers like lilac and forsythia get cut after they flower, so you do not lose the blooms.

Can you add mulch or new plants to monthly maintenance?

Yes. Mulching, plant installation and our other services can be added when you want them. Tell us what you have in mind and it gets its own line.

Do you do monthly maintenance for commercial properties?

Yes. HD Landscape serves residential and commercial properties. Tell us about the site and what it needs, and Jake will look it over and write up the estimate.

What is not included in monthly landscape maintenance?

We do not do sprinklers or lawn aeration, and a big tree removal means bringing in a tree company. If something else on your property falls outside what we do, we will say so on the walk.

How much does monthly landscape maintenance cost?

We do not publish a price, because the work is set by the yard: how many beds and shrubs there are and what shape they are in. In St. Clair Shores that can mean a 6,000 square foot inland lot or a lakeshore lot of 20,000 square feet or more, and those are very different visits. Jake looks it over first, and the estimate costs nothing.

Where we do this

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Free estimate

Put the yard on the calendar.

Tell us about the beds and shrubs, and what you wish someone else would handle. Jake will walk it with you and put it all on an itemized estimate.

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