Martinez Yard Works

About Martinez Yard Works

Early summer mornings on the east bank of the Connecticut River come up soft and green, the Hartford skyline across the water still holding a little haze. Martinez Yard Works works that side of the river and out through Manchester and Glastonbury — mowing, running the trimmer into the corners a mower can't reach, and cutting an edge that gives a lawn a clean, defined border against every walk and drive. Beds get a layer of mulch to hold moisture and keep weeds down; hedges and shrubs are trimmed and shaped until they read as deliberate again. Some days the job is a floral garden designed around what a homeowner already loves, or a landscape plan that makes the most of a property's shape. Other days it is a fence going up around a small garden or an expansive backyard. Either way the crew leaves at midday with the lines straight and the grass standing up.