September in the Hill Section turns the maples over Willard Street a color the brick cannot compete with, and the lawns underneath go deep green again after August. David Grist Landscape Design tends that ground through the turn — mowing, edging along the old slate walks, trimming close to iron fence posts, mulching, and the full leaf cleanup a street of tall maples demands. Burlington's autumn is quick and windy off the lake; the leaves arrive all at once, and getting them up is a matter of timing rather than effort. The result is a lawn that goes into winter clean and breathing, ready for the first snow to lie on it evenly.