East of the village the Concord River spreads into the wet grasslands of Great Meadows, and Bedford turns green from the low ground up. Bedford Gardening Services keeps the tended half of that green — lawns mowed in clean parallel runs, edges cut sharp along walks and drives, beds weeded and mulched dark before the June heat arrives. Spring here begins in mud and ends in a first cut that smells like the whole town at once. Come autumn the maples along Great Road let go all week, and the leaves are raked and hauled until the grass shows again. A yard that looks effortless in July is really just someone's Tuesday, done well.