April in Emerson comes up out of the ground before it shows in the trees — the lawns green first, then the old sycamores finally give in. Origins Landscape Design meets the season right there, clearing out winter's litter, cutting fresh lines where beds meet turf, laying mulch while the soil is still cool and dark. Then the mowing begins and does not stop until the leaves do. A yard that gets its shape set early in the year keeps that shape for all of it. That first sharp bed line in April is the promise the rest of the season keeps.