R & D Lawn Care & Landscape

R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping was founded in 1993. Derrick Brown has built R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping into a full service residential and commercial lawn service company. R&D offers a wide variety of services to its customers, including lawn care, commercial and residential landscaping, pond and water features, irrigation systems, hydroseeding, sodding, outdoor kitchens, fire pits and much more. If it has to do with lawn or landscaping, R&D can handle it. Services covering a wide area are offered not only through our office in Joplin MO at 4218 E. 20th St., but also satellite offices at Carthage MO, 702 E. Central Ave.; Seneca MO, 18839 Hottel Springs Road; and Grove OK, 710 Lakewood Drive.

R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping was founded in 1993. Derrick Brown has built the company into a full service residential and commercial lawn and landscape company serving Northeast Oklahoma, Southwest Missouri, and the surrounding areas. We have progressed over the years to a vast landscape and hardscape installation business. However, that doesn't mean that our approach to service has changed. R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping is committed to the needs of their customers. Built on our roots of quality and reliability, we intend for your experience to be great!

When it comes to routine lawn care, no one can beat the professionals at R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping. We offer services ranging from full maintenance of your commercial or residential landscaping to a simply "mow and blow." Your lawn is the first thing you see when you pull into your driveway. Your landscaping is the first impression customers get of your business. Make sure both experiences are the very best they can be by letting our team of professionals care for your lawn each month. We sharpen our mower blades every day to give our customers the cleanest possible cut and reduce tearing of your grass.

So you want an outdoor patio? R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping can do that. We will need to work with you to come up with a design which complements your exterior and is structurally sound. We may recommend sizes, heights and construction materials that suit your lifestyle and climate and explain the best stain or finish options. Landscaping services can be incorporated into the patio design. R&D can also handle decorative and functional details that go hand in hand with the patio. Even though a patio can just be a paved slab, it can also be much more when you add the right elements.

At R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping we use only the best professional weed control products to combat crabgrass and other grassy weeds. Broad leaf weeds, such as dandelions, chickweed, etc. are sprayed with post-emergent herbicides. To build up the health and density of your turf, quality fertilizers are applied during the growing season. There was a time when the strategy confronting weed control had to do with manual removal, including plowing, which can cut the roots of weeds. However, more recent and more reliable approaches are the use of herbicides.

Lawn Care and Landscaping feels it is important to aerate your grass because it improves soil drainage. Lawn aeration consists largely of controlling lawn thatch and reducing soil compaction. Lawn thatch is the layer of dead organic tissues that deprive the lawn from its much-needed oxygen, water and nutrients. Over time soil compaction makes it difficult for grass to root. It disturbs natural rainwater irrigation. Therefore, it is important to aerate the lawn. This is especially true for lawns with high traffic.

Tired of all the leaf removal tools cluttering your garage? You may have a half dozen rakes and a couple of blowers, not to mention a couple of infomercial gadgets that promise to make annual leaf gathering faster and easier. There is a much simpler and much less strenuous solution to removing those nasty leave smothering your grass and making your lawn a splotchy mess in the spring. Simply schedule a leaf removal appointment with R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping. Our friendly truck team will be glad to eliminate one less worry for you.

In addition to outdoor patios, outdoor kitchens can be both beautiful and functional. You can combine an outdoor patio with an outdoor kitchen or incorporate into the landscaping. Outdoor grills, mini-refrigerators and ice makers are typical appliances for any outdoor kitchen. Outdoor kitchens are just as functional as indoor cooking and can be a welcomed change to preparing meals outdoors. To schedule services or get more information, please call us at (417) 438-6590, or email us here.

R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping can enhance the beauty of your landscaping with the natural look of real rock waterfalls, streams, ponds and water gardens. We can custom design your project to fit your landscaping and budget. We can also install lighting so you can enjoy your custom water feature into the evening or to add accents and drama. Your water feature may be indoor or outdoor and can be any size. We create everything from desktop water fountains to a large, indoor waterfalls that cover an entire wall in a large commercial building.

At R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping we understand that well executed planting projects used in landscaping begin with proper design, site evaluation and tree selection. For example, the maximum tree size at planting should be dictated by site conditions and after-care capabilities. In the process of selecting a tree, we choose the appropriate species for the planting site based on site evaluation. The nursery stock must be inspected carefully to pick the best quality tree. Many trees are planted too deeply so they perform poorly following planting.

When it comes to design, installation and maintenance of garden and landscape lighting, R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping offers a complete turnkey system. Not only will our products boost the warmth and beauty of your property, they will also add value and discourage vandalism. Whether based on accenting the architecture of your home or landscape, increasing the time you have to enjoy your landscape or adding some light for safety, you can trust in our R&D team to design a lighting system to meet your every need.

Commercial landscaping requires a balance of living and non-living materials. We strive to create this balance so that it is both beautiful and sustainable. There is nothing like a man-made ecosystem where soil, plants, water, stone and wood are joined in harmony. It increases the appeal of your business to present and potential customers. It will also increase the pride you feel each day as you pull into your business's parking lot. At R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping, we blend art and science with organizational skills and teamwork to create commercial landscapes of lasting beauty and value.

At R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping we offer residential landscaping that is attractive and well-crafted. Your lawn is the first thing you see when you come home. It is where your family plays and you relax. Professional landscaping can substantially increase the value of your home and enhance your quality of life. Whatever the requirement - extensive installation, garden maintenance or treatment of only one area - our experienced and highly-trained staff of landscape architects and designers will help create the beautiful and functional setting of your dreams.

Retaining walls must be built properly. They should not only be built strong but also have a natural and free flowing look. They should be built by the professionals at R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping. We have the experience and knowledge to build them right. They are largely structures designed to restrain soil to unnatural slopes. They are used to bound soils between two different elevations often in areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the landscape needs to be shaped severely and engineered for more specific purposes like hillside farming or roadway overpasses.

At R&D Lawn Care and Landscaping, we realize how crucial your irrigation system is to keeping your property looking its best. Believe it or not, there is a right way and a wrong way to install irrigation. We believe the site should be evaluated, and a plan should be drawn up to get the right amount of water coverage. Not enough coverage, and you get uneven grass - too much coverage and you have water waste. There are many different types of irrigation systems available. The most common types are spray, rotary and drip irrigation.