A hundred years ago people came to Lakewood for the pine air, and the wide old streets around Prospect still show it in the mature canopy and the deep front lawns. Howard Payne Landscaping & Design, Inc. works with those bones — mowing and edging to bring out lines a property already has, shaping beds so a house sits properly on its ground, trimming with an eye to how the whole thing reads from the curb. Mulch renewed, borders cut clean, turf kept even beneath trees that have stood longer than any of us. Seasonal cleanups open the way in April and close it out when the oaks finally let go. Design in this town is mostly restraint plus a very sharp edge.