Capital Landscaping

About Capital Landscaping

Gray's Lake draws runners and dog-walkers around its loop trail no matter the season, and after a heavy system moves through, that path is one of the first things Capital Landscaping clears — along with the driveways and lots that keep the neighborhood moving. Des Moines can go from bare pavement to a foot of packed snow in a single overnight system riding down from the northwest, and the crew treats first light as the deadline, not the start, for getting a property passable. Driveways get plowed, walkways get cleared down to concrete, and a coat of de-icer goes down last so the afternoon melt doesn't refreeze into something worse by nightfall. Commercial properties get the same treatment on their own schedule, lots opened before the doors do. It's steady, unglamorous work in a city that empties its sidewalks fast once the cold sets in — and just as fast fills them back up once the walk is clear.