By mid-July the city holds its heat well into the evening, and shade — a pocket park like Way's Garden, a maple leaning over a side yard — becomes the most valuable thing on the block. Summers Landscaping works the hot half of the calendar hardest: mowing high enough to keep roots cool, trimming tight, edging the walks so a yard stays defined even when everything is growing at once. Beds are weeded and mulched to hold moisture through a long dry stretch. Spring and fall cleanups take care of the shoulders of the year. A green lawn in August is not luck — it is somebody showing up on schedule.