Pasadena's rain arrives in a handful of December and February storms, and afterward the whole town smells like wet stone and camellia. Angel's Gardening Services likes that stretch of the calendar best — soil soft enough to weed by hand, hedges taking a shape that will hold well into spring. Across the rest of the year it is mowing, trimming, bed cleanup and the quiet tending that keeps a small garden from turning into a project. Courtyards and narrow side yards get the same care as the front lawn the whole street can see. The reward is plain: a garden that looks looked-after on an ordinary Wednesday.