Backyard Remodel in Pleasant Grove | J&H Landscaping

Pleasant Grove, Utah

Backyard Remodel in Pleasant Grove, Utah

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A full backyard remodel for your Pleasant Grove home, with patios, a pool, fire, shade, planting and lights, designed around the slope, the soil and the view of Timpanogos.

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“Jackson and his crew did a phenomenal job on our back yard. I had a vision and they brought it to life.”
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Backyard Remodel in Pleasant Grove

A Pleasant Grove backyard built for how you live

A premium backyard remodel in Pleasant Grove is mostly about using the ground you have well. On the bench below Grove Creek and Battle Creek, that means turning a slope into level rooms: a patio off the kitchen, a lawn a few steps down, a fire pit looking straight at Mount Timpanogos. On the valley floor it means making a flat clay lot drain and stay solid under heavy stone.

The parts can include a paver or stone patio, an outdoor kitchen, a pool or hot tub, a pergola, a fire feature, planting and low-voltage lighting. Every one of them touches the others. The pool needs drainage, the kitchen needs gas, the lights need wire, and all of it has to be in the ground before the last paver is laid. That is why we plan it as one project.

Our crew has built 200+ projects across Utah County, and Jackson stays close to the remodels from the first walk to the final walk-through. You get one written price, one schedule and one team on site. We also time the planting so it gets settled and watered well before the city shuts the secondary system off in early October, because new roots going into winter dry do not make it.

Pleasant Grove's bench lots sit on the alluvial fans below Grove Creek and Battle Creek, the exact ground built by debris coming out of the canyons, so how a yard grades and drains is the whole game.

Know your Pleasant Grove ground

Elevation
About 4,623 feet
Ground
Fine Lake Bonneville silt and clay on the valley floor and old canyon-fan ground up on the bench
Secondary irrigation
Pleasant Grove runs pressurized irrigation on assigned watering days, roughly May 1 to early October, with no watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Growing season
USDA zone 7a, last frost late April
Wall permits
In Pleasant Grove a retaining wall over 4 feet needs a permit, and a hillside lot with average slope over 15 percent triggers sensitive-lands review and a land disturbance permit
Where we work
the Grove Creek foothills, the Battle Creek bench, the Timpanogos bench, Little Mountain, the G hill, the downtown and Strawberry Days district
Pickleball court with lights by J&H Landscaping in Mapleton
Pickleball court with lights
Curved lawn beside the court by J&H Landscaping in Mapleton
Curved lawn beside the court
Corner lot with a backyard court by J&H Landscaping in Mapleton
Corner lot with a backyard court

The Pleasant Grove challenges

What a Pleasant Grove remodel runs into

Heavy features on moving clay

A pool, a stone kitchen and a big paver patio are heavy. On Pleasant Grove valley clay, heavy and soft is a bad mix. We dig out the weak soil, build a compacted rock base, and pour footings under kitchens and fire features so nothing tilts away from the piece next to it.

Slope that limits the layout

Bench lots below the canyons can drop a long way from the back door to the fence. Fitting a pool or a big patio there takes walls, and walls over 4 feet need a Pleasant Grove permit. We lay out the levels first, so the remodel fits the hill instead of fighting it.

Access on a finished lot

Most remodels happen in yards with a house, fences and neighbors on every side. Getting an excavator and pallets of stone into the back is a puzzle. We plan the access path, protect what stays, and put back anything we have to move to get in.

Water for all the new planting

A remodel adds beds and trees that need steady water. Here you water on assigned days and only outside the 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. window. We rebuild or add zones, put the beds on drip, and plant early enough that roots settle before the October shutoff.

The J&H approach

How we run a full remodel

1 How we handle it

Design the levels first

We start with grade: where the patio sits, how many steps down to the lawn, where the pool goes and where water drains. Once the levels work on your lot, the features fall into place and the price gets real.

2 How we handle it

Lines in before stone

Gas for the fire and grill, power for lights and the pool pump, sleeves for sprinklers and drains for the patio all go in early. Then the base, then the finish. Nobody cuts into a new patio later because a wire was forgotten.

3 How we handle it

Light and plant to finish

Low-voltage lights on steps, walls and trees make the yard usable after dark. Planting goes in last, chosen for zone 7a and alkaline soil, with drip set to your watering days. At the end we walk the whole yard with you.

What homeowners say

Real reviews from Utah County

4.8 130+ five-star reviews across Utah County
Lit stone retaining wallUtah County
Verified Google review

"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."

JC
Jordan Christensen
August 2026
Pavilion and perennial garden by J&H Landscaping in Mapleton
Pavilion and perennial gardenMapleton
Verified Google review

"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.…"

SG
Shawn G.
April 2023
Front lawn from above by J&H Landscaping in Utah County
Front lawn from aboveUtah County
Verified Google review

"…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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Holly Adams
May 2026
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Pleasant Grove questions

Backyard Remodel in Pleasant Grove: what people ask

What does a backyard remodel cost in Pleasant Grove?
It depends on size, slope and features. A new patio and planting cost far less than a pool, kitchen and terraced walls. We give you a written number broken out by part, so you can see what each piece costs and decide what to build now and what can wait.
Can you add a pool on a sloped bench lot?
Often, yes. We cut a level pad for the pool and hold the hill with retaining walls, with drains behind them. Walls over 4 feet need a Pleasant Grove permit, and steeper lots can trigger hillside review. We sort that out before you commit to anything.
Will you work around my existing trees?
Yes, when the tree is healthy and worth saving. We mark off the root zone, keep machines and stone off it, and design the patio and grade around it. A mature shade tree takes decades to replace, and in Pleasant Grove's afternoon sun you will miss it.

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