Landscaping Installation in Northglenn, CO

A landscape install is where a yard stops being a lawn with a tree in it and starts being a place you want to be in. Arbol De Fuego Services builds landscapes across Northglenn and the north Denver metro: planting beds cut in and edged, shrubs and perennials that survive Colorado, rock and mulch, new sod, and the irrigation changes to water it all. One crew, one written quote, and the same people who did your tree work.

Call (720) 210-3718 for a free estimate. We measure, sketch, and give you a number on the spot.

What’s Included

• Site prep: removing old turf, weeds, dead shrubs, and stumps
• Bed layout cut in and edged with steel, stone, or a clean spade edge
• Soil amendment where Northglenn’s clay needs it
• Trees, shrubs, perennials, and ornamental grasses planted at the right depth and spacing
• Landscape fabric where it belongs and left out where it does not
• Rock, cobble, or wood mulch installed to the right depth
• Sod or seed for new lawn areas
• Sprinkler heads relocated, drip lines added, and zones adjusted to the new layout
• Cleanup, a walk through, and a watering schedule

Our Process

1. Estimate visit. We walk the yard with you, talk about what you want it to do (curb appeal, less water, less mowing, a place for the kids), and measure.
2. Plan and quote. For most jobs we sketch the beds and the plant list on the spot and give you a written number. Bigger projects get a drawn plan.
3. Prep. Old material out, stumps ground if needed, grade set, soil amended.
4. Install. Edging, plants, rock and mulch, sod, irrigation adjustments.
5. Walk through. We show you the system, hand you the watering schedule, and rake out before we leave.

Signs You Are Ready for an Install

• The front yard is all lawn and it is costing a fortune to water
• Foundation shrubs are dead, overgrown, or rubbing the siding
• A tree came out and the yard now has a hole in it
• Beds have gone to weeds and bare dirt
• You want less mowing and more color
• A new fence, patio, or addition left the yard unfinished

We see a lot of the same pattern in Northglenn: a house built in the 1960s or 1970s with the original junipers and a lawn that has been fighting the clay for fifty years. Replacing the junipers with a mixed bed of grasses and perennials, tightening the lawn to the part you actually use, and putting drip on the beds cuts the water bill and makes the house look like someone lives there.

What It Costs

Landscape installs are priced by square footage, materials, and prep. Rock costs more than mulch to install and less to maintain. A front yard bed refresh with new shrubs and mulch is a modest job. A full front yard with new sod, beds, edging, and irrigation changes is a bigger one. We measure and price everything in writing before any work starts, and we will tell you where to spend and where to save.

Plants That Work Here

Northglenn is heavy clay, hot and dry in summer, and gets wet snow in April. The plants that thrive are the ones that were built for it: Russian sage, catmint, and salvia for color; blue grama, feather reed grass, and little bluestem for structure; potentilla, rabbitbrush, and sumac for shrubs; serviceberry and hawthorn for small trees; and Kentucky coffeetree, hackberry, or bur oak where you want shade in twenty years. See our tree health services page for more on choosing and planting trees.

Service Area

We install landscapes in Northglenn, Thornton, Westminster, Federal Heights, Broomfield, Commerce City, and surrounding Adams County communities. For sod only, sprinkler repair, or lawn renovation, see landscaping services.

Do you design the landscape or just install it?

Most of our jobs are simple enough to plan on the estimate visit: we sketch the beds, pick plants that work in Northglenn, and give you a number. If you already have a designer's plan, we can build from it.

What plants do well in Northglenn?

Ones that handle clay, dry summers, and cold snaps: Russian sage, catmint, blue grama and feather reed grass, potentilla, rabbitbrush, serviceberry, hawthorn, and Kentucky coffeetree or hackberry for shade. We plant what survives here, not what looks good in a catalog.

Rock or mulch?

Rock lasts and suits xeric plantings but heats up and is hard to change later. Wood mulch is cheaper, better for plant health, and needs topping up every couple of years. Many Northglenn yards do best with rock on the hot side of the house and mulch in the planting beds.

How long does an install take?

A front yard bed and sod job is usually two to three days. A full front and back with irrigation is a week. We give a timeline with the written estimate.

Do you handle the irrigation changes?

Yes. New beds mean heads move, zones change, and drip lines get added. We do that as part of the install so the system matches the finished yard.