Grading

When you are trying to establish your landscape, one of the first things to evaluate is the ground it all sits on. This will be one of the essential elements that determines success or failure in your lawn and garden, and it is a living thing which will have a huge impact on your landscape. Different pieces of ground have different properties, and these will have a big impact on how the soil responds to external influences such as water, which is really what grading comes down to, shaping the land so the water ends up going where it should instead of where it should not.

Remember to make sure the drainage issues are addressed as you undertake any project, because no plant can survive in a puddle, and standing water sitting up against a foundation is trouble you do not want either. Having a professional like Nature’s Friends take a look and advise you on what your ground needs would be helpful, and adding back a good soil mixture to the areas which were disturbed will also ensure more success once the grading work is done.

Leveling and Shaping the Ground

Where the ground has gone lumpy and uneven, we smooth it back out and shape it into a level space you can actually use, whether that is for a lawn, a garden, a patio, or an outdoor living area. A sloped yard is not so much a problem as it is an opportunity, it can often be worked and terraced into something a good deal more usable, and better looking, than it started out.

Drainage and Erosion

Remember that the drainage has to be addressed as part of any of this, because no plant can survive in a puddle, and standing water up against a foundation is trouble you do not want. We grade the land so the water runs off and away from the house and the landscape instead of collecting on them. On the slopes especially, proper grading holds the soil in place and keeps it from washing away, so you are not losing ground every time we get a hard rain.

Why Have Us Do It

Water will have a huge impact on your landscape, so just about everything we do is done with the slope and the runoff in mind from the very start. We have the equipment to grade a property smoothly and accurately without tearing up the rest of it in the process, and whether it is a small patch out back or a whole lot that needs reshaping, you get the same dependable work and a result that lasts.

Contact us today to talk over your grading, or to have us come out and walk the property with you.