When the dogwoods open white along the older streets of Flowery Branch, the mowing season has begun whether anyone is ready or not. My Roots Landscape Services starts then and stays at it: regular cuts, clean edging along drives and walks, shrubs kept in bounds, clippings gathered and gone. Yards with some age to them have odd corners — a stone step, a root ridge, a bed that has wandered — and those get worked by hand. The aim is a property that looks tended rather than merely mown.