Cedar Hills, Utah
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One whole-yard design and build plan for your Cedar Hills lot, with room to play, shade to sit in and a water plan that fits the city's metered secondary system.
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Landscape Design in Cedar Hills
Most Cedar Hills yards were finished in pieces. A lawn when the house closed, a patio a few years later, a playset dropped wherever it fit. A whole-yard design looks at the lot once and puts each part where it works best: the patio by the kitchen door, the play lawn where you can see it from inside, the court on the flattest ground and the steep bank left for tough plants.
Water drives a lot of the plan now. Since July 1, 2025, the city bills secondary water by actual use on a tiered rate, with higher charges above 150 percent of a lot's allotment in drought. For front and side yards put in by a contractor, city code caps lawn at 35 percent of the landscaped area, sets an 8 foot minimum width and keeps grass off slopes over 25 percent.
The rest of the yard can still look full. Cedar Hills counts boulders, rock, xeriscape and localscapes as landscaping, and xeriscape beds have to run on drip. The city is also on the eligible list for the Utah Water Savers landscape incentive, but a project has to be approved before work starts. We design with that timing in mind and confirm current rules with the city before we build.
Cedar Hills calls itself Utah's mile-high city, a family town on the bench at the mouth of American Fork Canyon where even a short retaining wall needs a permit, the secondary water is metered, and hillside lots in The Cedars and Canyon Heights follow their own grading rules.
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The Cedar Hills challenges
Lawn on a steep bank is hard to mow, hard to water and sheds most of what you put on it. Code keeps new lawn off slopes over 25 percent on contractor-installed front and side yards for good reason. Those banks do better as planted beds, rock or a terrace.
Narrow strips of grass between a walk and a fence waste water, because sprinklers cannot cover them without spraying the concrete. The city's 8 foot minimum lawn width gets at the same problem. We put grass where kids actually play and use beds for the leftovers.
The bench still gets deer, and they hit new plantings hardest. A design full of soft, tasty plants near the street turns into a feeding station. We lean on tougher plants out front and keep the vegetable beds and favorite shrubs closer to the house or behind a fence.
Landscape incentive programs have a catch. The project has to be reviewed and approved before any work starts. Tear out the lawn first and apply later, and you may lose your shot. We line up the paperwork before demolition, and we never promise a dollar amount.
The J&H approach
Jackson walks the lot with you and asks how your family uses the yard now and what you wish it did. We look at the slope, where snowmelt runs, the view out toward the valley and where the afternoon sun hits hardest.
You get one plan for the whole yard, with clear pricing for each part. Some families build it all at once. Others do the patio and sprinklers this year and the court next spring, and the plan keeps phase two from tearing up phase one.
We group plants by water need and put lawn, beds and trees on their own zones. Beds get drip, and a smart controller cuts watering when the weather does the job. You can watch your use in the city's AquaTrax app.
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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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