Saratoga Springs, Utah
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A whole-yard design-build plan for Saratoga Springs homes, drawn around the city's landscape code, your metered water allotment and how your family uses the yard.
“I have been doing design work for over 30 years and have worked with a myriad of contractors. He is one of the good ones.”
“We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help.”
Landscape Design in Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs has more landscape rules than most homeowners expect. At least 25 percent of a front yard has to be planted instead of rock or hardscape. Park strips come with their own list of what is allowed and what is banned. Artificial turf out front needs an application and has to meet specs. A design that skips those rules can look great on paper and then stall at the HOA or the city counter.
Water is the other half of the plan. Your pressurized irrigation is metered, and each lot has an allotment tied to the water bought when the lot was developed. Go past it and the rate climbs. The city's Irrigation Calculator shows your lot's number. We size the lawn, the beds and the drip zones to fit inside it, so the yard you love does not come with a July bill you hate.
Then we design for the people. Kids, dogs, a fire pit, a garden, maybe a court, a view of Utah Lake from the back deck. One design covers the whole lot, front to back, so the pieces fit and get built in the right order. Jackson draws it, prices it and our crew builds it. You never hand one company's plan to another company and hope it lines up.
Saratoga Springs went from about 1,000 people in 2000 to an estimated 61,000 in 2025, so most yards here started as bare dirt on a city deadline, watered by a metered pressurized line that charges more once you pass your lot's allotment.
Know your Saratoga Springs ground
The Saratoga Springs challenges
Rock looks low-water and easy. But Saratoga Springs needs at least 25 percent of front and corner side yard landscaping to be planted beds, shrubs or grasses, not rock or hardscape. A front yard that is all rock can fail review and have to be partly torn out and replanted.
Utah soils carry a lot of lime, from 15 to more than 40 percent by weight in Utah State University's numbers, and that is very hard to change. Plants that want acid soil turn yellow and quit. A good plant list starts with what grows happily in high-pH ground and a zone 7a winter.
A big lawn in full sun on a metered line can drink past your lot's allotment by midsummer. After that, every gallon costs more. The drawing is the cheapest place to fix it, by sizing the lawn to how your family really uses it and putting beds on drip.
Park strips have to be landscaped when the front yard is done. Gravel, concrete, fruit trees, gardens and big boulders are not allowed. If you use rock, cobble or pavers, at least 30 percent has to be plants. We draw the strip into the plan from day one.
The J&H approach
Before we draw a line, we look up your water allotment, check the slope, note where storm water runs and see where the sun and wind hit. Those numbers decide how big the lawn gets and where the patio, the fire pit and the drains go.
The 25 percent front planting rule, the park strip limits, fence heights and turf specs all go into the plan. If you have an HOA, we draw it so you can submit it as is. We verify the current city and HOA rules for your lot as part of the design.
If you are on the 1 year front and 2 year back clock, we design the whole yard now and build the front first. Sprinkler mains and sleeves go in toward the back during phase one, so phase two does not mean digging up a lawn you just paid for.
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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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