To keep your Chattanooga landscaping healthy and lush, year-round TLC is a must.

Follow our landscaping calendar to keep your yard in tip-top shape. Our calendar covers all landscaping corners, including gardens, patios, and shrubbery.

Spring

• Lawn Care: Mowing season usually starts in March or April.
• Planting: Improve soil and plant flowers around April. 
• Mulch: Make sure your flowers, shrubs, and trees have a hearty helping of healthy mulch. 
• Hardscaping: When the frost subsides, start construction on decks, walkways, and patios.
• Irrigation: Consider installing a sprinkler system.
• Shrub Pruning: Most bushes need pruning in the spring. 
• Fencing: Now is a great time to install a fence. 
• Landscape Lighting: Show off your spring flowers with new landscaping lights. 

Summer

• Lawn Care: Continue mowing, and keep your lawn and landscape hydrated through the hot summer months. 
• Irrigation: Check for damaged sprinkler heads.
• Planting: Plant peppers and tomatoes in the summer.

Fall

• Lawn Care: Mowing season ends around early November.
• Leaf removal: Remove leaves yourself or hire a local leaf removal crew.
• Mulch: You may need to add more mulch or completely replace it. 
• Hardscaping: Repair hardscaping features.
• Fencing: Repair fences before the freeze. 
• Irrigation: Shut off the water and drain your system right before the first frost. 

Winter

• Irrigation: If the ground isn’t frozen, continue watering, but at a lower rate. 
• Planting: Start plants indoors in the late winter so you can transplant them outside in March or April). 

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