Alton's older blocks are laid out in small square yards behind sycamores that drop leaves the size of a dinner plate. Simple Scapes works those city lots, where the whole job comes down to proportion — a level cut, a straight trim line, hedges and beds left with a clear border against the grass. In a tight yard the difference between kept and unkept is about ten minutes of attention, and that is where the pride lives. November brings the leaves down in one long week, and hauling them off turns a brown yard green again overnight. Lawn care for Alton's in-town neighborhoods.