The Standard Lawn and Landscaping

About The Standard Lawn and Landscaping

Saturday opens early in Soulard: crates stacking outside the market, the smell of coffee and river air, and behind the row houses a grid of small yards waiting on their cut. The Standard Lawn and Landscaping works those tight spaces with a preference for straight lines — passes laid out square to the fence, edges cut true along the alley apron, the whole lot finished before the block wakes up. Old city ground is compacted and root-bound, so the season also brings aeration, seed, and feeding to coax an even stand out of hard clay. In autumn the ginkgos and maples change everything and the job turns to hauling leaves out of the gangways. Held to the same standard each visit, a small yard can look immaculate all season.