Highland, Utah
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We landscape Highland yards from Beacon Hills to Highland Country Club Estates. Courts, big patios, engineered walls and pasture edges, built for the bench soil, the deer and the water meter.
“Everyone was great at communicating, they cheerfully fixed areas that were not correct until they were, and they got everything done FAST.”
“We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help.”
Landscaping in Highland
Highland sits at about 4,876 feet on the Highland bench, a delta the American Fork River and Dry Creek built into old Lake Bonneville. Bluffs 100 to 150 feet high mark its south edge, and the ground keeps rising toward the mountains from there. The city has kept it a large-lot town on purpose. Many lots are an acre or close to it, with room for horses, sport courts and gardens.
That room comes with rules. Every fence and retaining wall needs city approval, chain link is banned and walls 4 feet and up need a stamped engineered plan and a drainage plan. Slopes over 25 percent cannot be developed. Pressurized irrigation from American Fork Canyon runs April 15 to October 15 on even and odd days, and with meters in, tiered billing is coming.
We plan big Highland yards so they are worth the water, hold up through the freeze and pass the city the first time.
Highland sits at about 4,876 feet on the Highland bench, a Lake Bonneville delta, waters yards with city pressurized irrigation from April 15 to October 15, and Development Code 3-612 requires city approval for every retaining wall.
What Highland yards deal with
Highland Development Code 3-612 requires city approval for every retaining wall, and walls 4 feet or taller, or with a load on top, need a building permit with an engineered plan and a drainage plan. Front-yard walls stop at 4 feet. We handle the plans and the approval.
Highland finished metering its pressurized irrigation in 2025, and each lot gets a yearly allotment based on its size, with tiers above it on the way. An acre of thirsty lawn adds up. We size lawn to how you use it and put the rest on drip.
The city has called deer damage to trees and gardens a real problem, and in 2023 it held a sandbag day over flood worries near Dry Creek. We plant what deer tend to skip and grade so storm water moves away from the house.
Wall, fence and slope rules come from the Highland Development Code (3-612 fences and walls, 8-104 and 8-105 sensitive lands and slopes) and the city's retaining wall permit form. Codes change, so we confirm current requirements with the city on every job.
Planting that lasts here
Highland runs USDA zone 6a to 7a depending on the lot, and it sits a few hundred feet above Lehi and American Fork, so spring hangs on longer. The nearest comparable station, in Pleasant Grove, averages a last frost around April 26. Up on the bench, plan for late April or later. We hold tender plants until the frost risk has passed and pick trees and shrubs that shrug off a cold snap.
The soil is delta ground: clean, gravelly sand in some spots and silty soil that holds water in others, sometimes in the same yard. Near the mountain the fan soil runs heavy on silt and fine sand. The water is hard, too. We test where we plant, add screened topsoil where the ground needs it, choose plants the deer tend to leave alone and set drip in the beds.
Neighborhoods we work
We work all over Highland: Highland Hills, Beacon Hills, Dry Creek Highlands and Dry Creek Bench, Canterbury, Windsor Meadows, Horseshoe Bend, Mountain Ridge, Highland Country Club Estates around the Alpine Country Club, the acreage in Timpanogos Ranchettes and Mitchell Hollow Acres, and Highland Town Center.
Older acreage lots and newer custom homes need very different work, so the first step is the same either way. Jackson comes out, walks the lot with you and gives you a written quote, free.
What we do in Highland
Each of these is written for Highland ground, water and rules. Pick what you are planning.
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What homeowners say
"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.…"
"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."
"…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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