Gabris Landscaping

We can accent the shrubs in your landscape, glorify the architecture of your home, and light the pathway to your front door with LED landscape lights. A well-lit home can deter thieves and burglars while also impressing your neighbors. Landscape lighting creates a sense of character for your home. When we start discussing certain lighting terminology, as with many other specialty fields, things can get confusing. The three most popular type of lights in a landscape are path lights, up lights, and well lights.

Designing a landscape can be a very complicated ordeal. The varying sizes, sunlight and spacing requirements, color, and maintenance needs can all present difficulties when locating the various features of a landscape. A well-designed landscape installation by an expert landscaper can save you money on heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. A poorly designed landscape can leave you with bumble bees or hordes of insects waiting for you each time you step outside. Avoid all of that trouble by letting our seasoned experts put together your next landscape design.

Lawn maintenance is something most people have at least some experience with. Many people have been mowing their own lawn for a long time. Mowing is the most important maintenance practice when caring for a lawn or turf grass stand. Improper mowing height seems to be the most common issue we come across with our clients. The variety of grass being cared for dictates the proper height at which it should be mowed. For trimming on all plants, the 1/3rd rule ought to be considered (never cut off more than 1/3rd of the plant when trimming).

Lawn Sprinklers can be amazing tools when they are properly installed and functioning with a good lawn sprinkler system service. Their purpose is to provide supplemental water for landscape turf and ornamentals. It's basically a water line tapped into your main water line. An electronically controlled valve holds keeps this water line at bay until it receives a signal from some sort of controlling device. Today, technology is so far advanced that some lawn irrigation controllers can be programmed and accessed from your smart phone.

Our lawn care crews mow yards on a weekly basis at the appropriate height according to the type of turf growing in each yard. We alternate direction to minimize the chance of leaving ruts in the yard, and we mow in patterns to give lawns beautiful curb appeal. Combined with the complimentary professional edging we use on the curbs of all fescue lawns, our stripes will leave a healthy lawn looking similar to professional sports fields and high-end golf courses. Top of the line lawn care service requires top of the line lawn care equipment.

One of our specialties is designing plant health care programs. We can help you identify the shrubs and trees on your property so that they can be correctly trimmed at the appropriate time of year. Shrubs and trees can become susceptible to many pests and pathogens when incorrectly maintained. We can treat some pests and pathogens with chemical applications. Other issues may leave plants unsalvageable. Let us work with you to make the best decisions for your unique situation. There are many reasons to have your shrubs professionally cared for.

At Gabris Landscaping we offer a full line of lawn care services. From grass mowing services and leaf removal services to weed control and fertilization services, we have you covered. Our crews care for each lawn as if it were their own. In fact, we offer our employees free lawn services in exchange for their hard work. Nothing makes an employee believe in our lawn care management system like getting to experience the results first hand. Many of our customers begin receiving compliments after handing over the care of their lawn maintenance needs to us.

We take pride in our knowledge of lawn irrigation sprinkler systems and drainage solutions because it is one of the key factors that sets us apart from our competitors. Proper water control is essential for growing anything. Lawn irrigation and drainage have been critical tools in human development over the past several centuries. Ancient farmers relied on many of the same techniques we utilize today to control the flow of water into and out of their farm lands. While some areas may be blessed with consistent rainfall, others can experience extended periods of drought.

The sound of splashing water can really set the mood for your outdoor entertainment area. Add in a few landscape lights and you have the start of a great night, right in your back yard. Imagine how fun it could be to sit outside on your paver patio, chatting with friends, around your built-in fire pit as the gentle sound of water rushes in the background. With a few soft accent lights can highlight yet another beautiful evening in the Ozarks. If you want to keep it simple and still enjoy the auditory benefits of running water in the landscape, we have a water feature solution for that.

A well-designed landscape can save you money on heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. A poorly designed landscape can leave you with bumble bees or insect infestations. Proper plant placement and selection are just one of many things to consider when designing a landscape. Avoid all of that trouble by letting us handle your landscape design services. Our expertise in landscape design has helped us earn our reputation as one of the top landscaping companies in the Springfield MO area.

Just like most things in life, landscapes need constant care and maintenance. We know you can't do it all on your own, so we are here to help. Our customers are encouraged to schedule landscape maintenance services as needed. Free estimates will be provided as needed on maintenance projects. During the busy season, it is not uncommon for us to be scheduled several weeks out on landscape maintenance services, so be sure to call ahead to get on our schedule during the peak season. Landscape Maintenance is a very broad term.

Once a solid plan has been developed and a quality landscape design has been drafted, it is time to break ground your landscape installation. The first thing to do is rough grade the existing soil and construct any structural retaining walls vital to the landscape. A small amount of top soil may be brought in to achieve a reasonable rough grade of the landscape. This grading is critical to the drainage around the house. If done improperly it can lead to significant structural water damage. It is also important not to forget to run conduit sleeves for any irrigation or electrical lines which need to reach enclosed landscape beds or otherwise inaccessible areas.

When we think of hardscapes, there are 4 main features that come to mind: Paver Patios, Retaining Walls, Free Standing Walls, and Fire Pits. The one main common thread linking all of these services is that they include formed and poured concrete or natural rock as their main building material. There are some hardscape services which we do not offer, such as masonry or flat concrete work. However, we do offer design and consultation services for any landscape style hardscape structures. Most outdoor entertainment areas are considered hardscapes.

We clean the leaves off your lawn to prevent dead spots caused by a lack of sunlight. During our leaf clean-up we also blow the leaves out of landscape beds and shrubs to keep your landscape looking elegant. By removing the leaves from beds promptly, we can reduce the decomposition of leaves, deterring the growth of future weeds on top of weed-preventative fabric. Our mulch and bag technique increases the speed of leaf decomposition in your lawn to add organic material back into the lawn's soil for natural fertilization.

There are a number of landscape features that you may find which need to be replaced regularly. The more extensive your landscape, the more landscape you will find yourself replacing. Everything from plants & grass, to drains & dirt, or retaining walls & paver patios will need to be replaced in your landscape at some point. Proper installation during landscape replacement can ensure that your landscape lasts as long as possible this time around. It is often said that a landscape needs to be updated and or replaced every 7-10 years.