Provo, Utah
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When a Provo yard is past patching, we take it down to dirt, fix the grading, drainage and soil underneath, then rebuild the whole yard so it lasts.
“They leveled our yard and placed a pickleball court, patio, fire pit, and artificial grass. It looks great.”
“We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help.”
Backyard Rebuild in Provo
Some yards can be refreshed. Others are failing from underneath, and no amount of new sod fixes them. In Provo the signs are easy to spot: a patio sinking toward the house, a lawn that floods every spring and cracks every August, a retaining wall starting to lean, sprinklers that water more sidewalk than grass. Those are ground problems, and they need a fix that starts in the ground.
A rebuild takes the yard down to dirt. We pull the old lawn, broken hardscape and failed walls, then deal with what is under it. On valley clay that usually means regrading so water leaves the yard, adding drains where it cannot, and working compost into the soil instead of tilling it into a brick. On bench lots it can mean rebuilding walls with real drainage behind them and packing the fill that was never packed.
Then we build the yard back: a new sprinkler system zoned for clay, new hardscape on a proper base, and new planting picked for zone 6b to 7a and alkaline soil. It costs more than another patch job. It also stops the cycle of fixing the same Provo yard every couple of springs, and it is the one time you can fix the whole yard's soil at once.
Provo runs from the Utah Lake flats up to the Rock Canyon bench, so one side of town is heavy clay and the other is gravel, and the yard has to be built for the ground it actually sits on.
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The Provo challenges
Over the years, soil settles next to the foundation and the yard ends up sloping back toward the house. In Provo clay that means spring melt and sprinkler water soak in right where you do not want them. Window wells and basement corners are where it shows up first.
Patios and walks poured or laid on thin base over clay lift and drop with every freeze and every wet spell. By the time they are cracked and tilted, the base under them is the real problem. Resetting the top layer does not fix it, and it will move again.
Older Provo systems were often added onto for years. Valves are buried under sod, zones mix lawn and shrubs, and half the heads do not match. On secondary water that wastes water today, and it will cost more once every connection in the state is metered.
Years of compaction, too much water and no organic matter leave Provo clay as hard as a road. Grass roots stay shallow and burn out in July no matter what you spread on top. You cannot fix that from the surface.
The J&H approach
We remove what failed, then look hard at the dirt. Where water collects, how packed the clay is, what the old walls were sitting on. That tells us what the new yard needs, and we walk you through it before we rebuild anything.
We regrade so water runs away from the house, add drains and swales where grading alone will not move it, and rebuild walls with drain rock and pipe. The soil gets compost and screened topsoil blended in, not a deep till.
New sprinklers zoned for clay and secondary water, hardscape on a compacted base, and plants that handle alkaline soil and a frost into May. The yard you wanted the first time, built so it stays that way.
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What homeowners say
"We had a really big project (full lot project) and a crazy timeline, and Jackson and his team were awesome. They are very efficient, work hard to get things done quick, and the quality of their work is top-notch. Great company. Great guys. I would highly recommend them for any landscaping needs."
"Jackson and his crew did a phenomenal job on our back yard. I had a vision and they brought it to life. We had them do a retaining wall, grading, underground trampoline, sprinkler system, and sod. They met deadlines, communication was on point, and the whole crew was friendly.…"
"…The job was completed quickly without sacrificing quality, and the results exceeded our expectations. We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help."
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