Dryden Township is pasture-and-hedgerow country, where fence runs to the treeline and a gravel road powders up behind a truck all through June. Gilbert & Son's Landscaping keeps the grass in that setting — long front lawns set well back from the road, side yards that meet a hayfield with nothing but a mowed line to mark the difference. Mornings come in cool off the low ground near Seven Ponds, and by the time the dew lifts the mower is already laying stripes. The pleasure of it is in the finish: a border cut sharp against the drive, clippings off the walk, the whole place looking like somebody thought about it. In this corner of Lapeer County the work is mostly about respecting what already grows here and giving it a clean frame.