The side streets of Galesburg keep their old shade — big maples leaning over the sidewalks, throwing dapple across lawns that never get a full day of sun. Herman's Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping knows those yards by their quirks: the thin patch under the silver maple, the strip along the alley that always grows twice as fast, the tree roots you learn to lift the deck over. Late August is when the care shows, when a lawn that has been cut high and kept trimmed still holds its color while others have gone straw. Edges get run along the walks so the concrete reappears in a clean line, and by November the leaves are gathered up instead of ground into the turf. Small streets, steady hands, and a town that looks cared for from the curb.