Late August in Garfield: front yards you could cross in six steps, hedges squared, the whole street reading like one long shelf. Royal Image landscaping works toward that look — mowing, trimming, and cutting an edge along the walk so sharp it throws its own thin shadow at four in the afternoon. Cleanups clear the way in April and close the books in November, once the last leaves are down. When winter takes over, the work turns to plowing and clearing the walks while it is still dark outside. The result is the whole argument: a place that looks tended, whatever month you happen to pass it.