Grasshopper Gardens

Over 20 years ago, Grasshopper Gardens began as a small lawn maintenance and landscaping company employing a single crew. With hard work, determination, and excellent service to our customers, our locally owned, family business has grown to be a well-managed, diversified company. We take pride in our work so you can take pride in your home or properties landscape. With every project, our goal is to create beautiful outdoor living spaces for you and your family to enjoy for years to come. From our creative expertise to our note-worthy customer service, we strive to provide services that exceed your expectations and establish long term relationships.

Grasshopper Gardens understands that you're concerned about the environment, and provides organic lawn care for people living in and around Albany and Saratoga, NY. Going with a more natural option doesn't mean that you have to give up the rest of your life tending to your lawn. It means planting what will do well in your climate, watering deeply but infrequently, and minimizing the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Our organic program focuses on mechanical methods to create desirable conditions for the lawn to grow.

Two vital components of keeping your landscape in Albany or Saratoga, NY in good shape are trimming and pruning. Employing experienced landscaping services for these important tasks can mean the difference between vibrant plants and early deterioration. Grasshopper Gardens has more than 20 years of experience in landscape maintenance including trimming and pruning. Our trained and experienced staff know exactly how much of the plant or tree is safe to prune. To ensure beauty and good health, all shrubs and ornamental plants will be trimmed as appropriate to the plant.

Grasshopper Gardens provides lawn fertilization, crabgrass and grub control for people living in Albany and Saratoga, NY. Your grass battles weather, pests and disease on a daily basis, and needs regular attention. Preparing it for the frigid weather is as important as getting it ready for the growing season. Our experienced lawn technicians use proven processes and fertilization treatments to help keep your grass healthy and green! At Grasshopper Gardens our lawn fertilization programs create lush and healthy lawns that are pest and disease free.

Mulching is one of the best things you can do for the plants, shrubs and trees at your home in Albany or Saratoga, NY. It forms an insulating blanket around the roots protecting them from heat and cold while giving your garden an attractive appearance. The quality and type of mulch plays an important role in plant health. Grasshopper Gardens offers mulching services as part of landscape maintenance. Our detail-oriented staff will edge your beds to a depth of about 4 and then apply mulch, creating a crisp, defined line between the lawn and planting beds.

Across the Capital Region, landscapes have the potential to be affected by ticks and insects. It is essential to receive tick control and insect control from Grasshopper Gardens in order to maintain the health of your lawn and outdoor living space. Our experts will help ensure your landscape is free of nuisances leaving you with peace of mind throughout the season. Each year those who are living in the Capital Region look forward to the summer weather and being able to enjoy their outdoor living space.

Turn your home's outdoor living space into a resort when you utilize the pool design and water feature services from Grasshopper Gardens. Our experts can help you create an oasis of your dreams, which means a truly enchanting backyard to relax in. For over 20 years we have helped homeowners create unique and memorable landscapes. Grasshopper Garden's professionals offer creative design services to help transform your backyard into something that's truly creative. Custom water features create an enhancement that is truly unique to your landscape.

Move the party outdoors with an outdoor kitchen from Grasshopper Gardens! Grills, pizza ovens, outdoor refrigerators, sinks and more all come together to create an ideal space for cooking and entertaining friends. We use only the best materials and plan a design that truly feels like an extension of your home. With over 20 years of experience, we can design and build an outdoor living space you'll love for a lifetime. Every outdoor kitchen project begins with a free consultation to learn about your wants and needs for your new space.

Grasshopper Gardens offers professional perennial bed installation, design, care, and weed control services for residents from Albany and Saratoga, NY. Well-designed perennial flower beds help create a beautiful and vibrant garden. Perennials are also a great investment as they fill your landscape with freshness and color year after year. However, regular care is still required in order to keep plants healthy and blooming. We want to help you realize the landscape of your dreams. Experienced staff, proven treatments and measurable results help us achieve total customer satisfaction.

Grasshopper Gardens installs and maintains water efficient irrigation systems to enable you to efficiently and economically water your lawn.

At Grasshopper Gardens we specialize in designing and building patios and walkways in the greater Capital Region. Using only the best materials, our team will expertly build a patio or walkway that you'll enjoy for years to come. While material is often determined by budget, there are countless materials and styles to choose from no matter how much you're looking to spend. Our team of experts can answer the questions you have and guide you in designing the right patio or walkway for your home. We will ensure your patio or walkway is installed correctly so it will look its best and last as long as possible.

Masonry services can help make the garden at your home in Albany or Saratoga, NY look beautiful. Walls, patios, walks, and steps are just some of the things that can provide a gorgeous structure. Grasshopper Gardens offers expert hardscape and design services for you. With over 20 years of experience, we can craft each project to a customer's total satisfaction. The experienced staff at Grasshopper Gardens can explain your options and help identify the best materials for your needs. Grasshopper Gardens offers a variety of materials and creative design and installation services to give your landscape visual appeal.

Looking to turn your yard in to a stunning retreat that you can't wait to spend time in? Grasshopper Gardens provides residential and commercial landscape design and installation services throughout the Capital Region. Check out our landscape services below. We have over 25 years of experience designing and building patios, water features, walkways, fire pits, outdoor kitchens, and more to bring your property to life. Our team has the experience and education to design functional and stunning features that you'll love for a lifetime.

As a full-service Landscaping Company, Grasshopper Gardens can help you maintain a landscape that flourishes while creating the curb appeal we all desire. We bring a great sense of pride and commitment to our work as we improve and enhance outdoor living for our customers and community, whether the landscape is in need of a little "TLC" or a complete overhaul. Grasshopper Gardens' professionals have a vast understand of the landscaping issues common to our surrounding areas and know how to properly treat lawn problems and diseases throughout each of the seasons in the Capital Region.

Spring and summertime are known for being a great time of year for barbecues, outdoor recreation, and traveling. Grasshopper Gardens can help you enjoy life to the fullest during these fun seasons. We offer lawn mowing services to homeowners and businesses across the Saratoga and Albany, NY area that will give your property a professional look. We offer weekly service, and can even do specialty jobs such as mowing for events and while you're on vacation. Grasshopper Gardens will make sure that your lawn looks professionally groomed by cutting it to a height of 3-3.5 and creating cleanly defined lines that generate a sense of balance and beauty.

Landscape lighting, whether it's for your home or business, is an essential part of the landscape's overall design and functionality. While a big part of landscape lighting is the desired "wow factor", the experts at Grasshopper Gardens understand there's more to it than simply wowing your neighbors. When considering your lighting options, you will need to take into consideration the overall function of your outdoor living space and the purpose you would like the lights to serve. Not only can they make your landscape look beautiful in the evening hours, but, they can also serve multiple safety purposes including illuminating pathways and steps.

Grasshopper Gardens will make your lawn in Saratoga or Albany, NY healthy and vibrant with a professional aeration. These services provide your lawn with room to breathe and a pathway for all essential nutrients to reach the roots. Soil compaction of the ground will suffocate the grass and prevent air flow, water and nutrients from reaching the root zone. At Grasshopper Gardens aeration is accomplished by the use of a machine equipped with cylinder-like spoons designed to penetrate the soil. Half-inch diameter plugs of thatch and soil are actually pulled from the ground during this process.

Grasshopper Gardens provides environmental landscape services to customers living in Albany, Saratoga Springs, and many other Upstate New York communities. We have many years of experience and knowledge of plants, soils, seeding and erosion control. We are properly trained and certified and ready to work on several types of environmentally sensitive sites. Our wetland restoration efforts include installing native plants, disabling drainage tiles to re-flood former wetlands, removing invasive and undesirable invasive species, providing erosion control, and enhancing any riparian buffer zones.

We're a family owned and operated business that continues to grow and welcome new people into the Grasshopper Gardens family. We have a dedicated team of 100 members working to provide the very best in landscaping and landscape design. Our team and culture is one that thrives on exceeding client expectations and offering high-quality services to residents throughout the Capital Region. We look forward to working with you to maintain your lawn and design the landscape of your dreams! John started Grasshopper Gardens in late 1992 early 1993.