Elmhurst earned its name honestly: old canopy over the bungalow streets, Salt Creek slipping along the west side, the Prairie Path drawing a green line straight through the middle of town. All that tree cover makes for beautiful yards and a serious October, which is why leaf cleanup is half the art of lawn care around here. Capitol Lawn & Snow mows and edges through the season, trims the parkway strips, and feeds and treats turf that spends its whole summer in dappled light. Then the blowers come out and the lawns get handed over to winter clean. A cut yard on a shaded Elmhurst block, edged sharp along the walk, is worth slowing down for.