The St. Joseph River makes a slow green bend past Berrien Springs, and the lawns above it hold their color late into fall. Brilliant Green Lawncare tends that stretch of Oronoko Charter Township — mowing, trimming, edging and keeping beds tidy through the growing months, then turning to plow and shovel once the river runs dark and mist stands over the dam at daybreak. Summer work starts early here, before the humidity climbs off the water; winter work starts earlier still. The name is a promise about color, and it gets kept one straight cut line at a time. In January it gets kept a different way, with a driveway cleared to bare concrete before anyone has to walk it.