Bozeman, MT
Landscaping and hardscape services in Bozeman
Hardscape and masonry is most of the work: paver patios, retaining walls, fire pits, flagstone, walkways and steps, natural stone. We also do sod, planting, landscape design and fall cleanups. Every hard surface goes on the same base and gets priced from a site visit, in writing.
Paver patios built to survive the freeze-thaw
A paver patio in Bozeman gets worked on all winter by the same thing that breaks up the roads: water in the ground, freezing and letting go. What keeps the surface flat is the rock under it and a perimeter that cannot move. Here is how we build one, in order.
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Retaining walls: segmental block and quarried boulder
A retaining wall in Bozeman holds back soil and, every spring, the water moving through that soil. Walls here come apart from drainage and base, almost never from the block itself. We build two kinds, and both get the same treatment behind the face.
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Fire pits, gas fire tables and seat walls
Bozeman evenings cool off fast, and a fire pit is what keeps a patio in use through September and October. We build wood-burning pits with a steel insert ring and a block or stone surround, and we build the pads and the buried run for gas fire tables.
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Flagstone patios and natural stone paths
A flagstone patio is quarried stone, fitted piece by piece on site, each one cut to the shape of its neighbor. We build that, and we build the concrete look-alike. Bozeman freezes and thaws all winter, so what the stone sits on and what fills the joints decides how flat it is in year five.
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Paver walkways, stone steps and gravel paths
A paver walkway gets the same base as a patio, which is the part that gets skipped on a front walk. A walk is narrow, so a settled spot shows up right away, and it sits where you carry groceries and push a shovel. We build paver walks, flagstone, stone steps and crushed gravel paths in Bozeman, Belgrade, Four Corners and out to Big Sky.
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Masonry and natural stone
Mortared stone is the work that shows every shortcut. Joints, coursing, how a cap lands on a corner — none of it hides. Masonry is the side of the business this crew came up through, and it is the work we would rather be doing.
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Hardscape: patios, walkways, walls and fire pits
Hardscape is the part of the yard that has to hold still through a Montana winter. Ground here freezes and heaves, so what goes under the pavers matters more than what goes on top. Below is how we build it, in the order it happens.
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Sod installation, sod removal and new lawns
Sod installation is mostly what happens before the sod shows up. New construction in Bozeman leaves compacted ground, buried fill and a grade that runs the wrong way, and a pallet of grass laid over that tells on all three by August. We lay sod, pull old lawn out, and put in mulch, rock and native plantings.
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Landscape design is the drawing that comes before the build: layout, plant plan, material picks, grades and drainage, and the order the work happens in. We draw around what a Bozeman lot allows, so the plan fits the access, the grade and the way water already moves. Design is quoted in writing before it starts, and it is a separate line from the build.
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Fall cleanup and leaf removal in Bozeman
A fall cleanup in Bozeman is the last pass on a yard before the snow: leaves off the lawn and out of the beds, perennials cut back, and every bit of it loaded and hauled off the property. Nobody moved to Montana to bag leaves. We come, it is done, we are gone.
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Get it priced
Send the form with the address and what you are thinking about, or call or text (406) 577-6201. Site visit, then a written proposal.