Ladyface Mountain catches the first light over Agoura Hills well before it slides down to the lawns below. This is oak country on the edge of the Santa Monica Mountains, where Medea Creek threads between neighborhoods and summer turns the surrounding slopes the color of toasted wheat. Keeping a yard green and trim against that golden backdrop takes patience: mowing at an even height, edges cut clean along the walk, clippings swept off before the afternoon heat builds. New Leaf Landscape cares for lawns across Agoura Hills, the kind of attention that makes a front yard look rested even in August. When the dry winds finally ease and the first winter rain greens the canyons, the lawns here are ready to answer in kind.