What Does Landscape Maintenance Include — and Is It Worth It for Your Curbing Business?

You’ve built a solid concrete curbing business, creating those crisp, defined edges that make properties stand out. You know that feeling when you finish a job, and the transformation is immediate: clean lines, professional edges, instant curb appeal. But here’s what you’ve probably also noticed: homeowners who invest in quality curbing often want more. They’re looking for someone they can trust to maintain their entire landscape, not just install one feature.

This is where adding professional landscape maintenance services to your roster comes in. As a supplier to pros like you, we at Curb Depot want to pull back the curtain on what a full-service maintenance offering typically includes, so you can decide if it’s a worthwhile expansion for your business.

Core Lawn Care Services

This is the foundation of any maintenance program. A healthy, thriving lawn requires consistent attention, especially in the Midwest. Core services go far beyond just a quick mow.

Mowing and Edging

You’ll use high-quality, commercial-grade mowers with sharp blades to ensure a clean cut that promotes healthy growth. You’ll also create sharp, defined edges along walkways, driveways, and garden beds. This is where your curbing expertise gives you a natural advantage, as you already understand how to create clean lines against hardscape like concrete curbing.

Fertilization and Weed Control

A key part of professional services is a tailored fertilization schedule. Based on the season and the lawn’s specific needs, you’ll apply the right nutrients to encourage thick, green growth. This is often combined with pre-emergent and post-emergent weed control to keep invasive plants at bay.

Aeration

In areas with clay soil, core aeration is performed to reduce compaction. This process pulls small plugs of soil from the lawn, allowing air, water, and nutrients to penetrate deeper into the root zone, resulting in more resilient turf.

Garden and Planting Bed Maintenance

Garden and planting bed maintenance is where the details truly shine. Well-tended garden beds are the difference between a nice yard and a stunning landscape. A comprehensive maintenance plan addresses every aspect of planting areas.

Weeding and Mulching

You’ll regularly patrol and remove weeds from all planting beds. You’ll also refresh mulch annually to help retain soil moisture, suppress weed growth, and maintain a clean, uniform appearance.

Seasonal Color

Many services include the installation of seasonal annuals. This ensures gardens have vibrant color from spring through fall, with new plants being swapped in as the seasons change.

Perennial Care

This includes deadheading spent blooms to encourage new growth, dividing overgrown perennials, and cutting back plants at the appropriate time of year to prepare them for winter dormancy.

Tree and Shrub Care

Caring for a property’s largest investments—trees and shrubs—is crucial for their health and longevity. It’s also a key safety consideration since knowing which types of trees are safe to plant near a home is vital.

Pruning

You’ll need to know the right time and technique to prune different species. This includes structural pruning for young trees to encourage good form, removing dead or diseased branches, and shaping shrubs to maintain their size and promote flowering.

Pest and Disease Monitoring

A trained eye can spot the early signs of insect infestations or diseases, allowing for prompt treatment before significant damage occurs.

Is Adding Maintenance Services Worth It for Your Business?

For many curbing contractors, the answer is a resounding yes. Here’s why:

Recurring Revenue

Unlike one-time installations, maintenance contracts provide steady, predictable income month after month, season after season. You already have the truck, the trailer, and the work ethic. Many of the skills transfer naturally from your curbing work: attention to detail, an understanding of landscape design, and the ability to transform outdoor spaces.

Convenient Market Access

You’re already on-site. When you install curbing, you’re building relationships with clients who clearly care about their property’s appearance. They trust your work. Offering maintenance is a natural next conversation, and it keeps you top-of-mind for future hardscape projects.

Manageable Equipment Investment

Commercial mowers, edgers, and basic care equipment are straightforward compared to curbing machinery you already operate. A well-maintained landscape, often born from a thoughtful landscape design that includes your curbing work, significantly enhances a home’s curb appeal and market value—and you can be the partner who delivers that complete package.

Ready To Expand Your Service Offerings?

Landscape maintenance is a comprehensive service that covers every aspect of outdoor space, from the lawn underfoot to the trees overhead. For curbing contractors, it’s a strategic business expansion that builds on your existing expertise and client relationships while creating predictable, recurring revenue.

Curb Depot has watched countless contractors successfully make this transition. We’re here to support you with the durable curbing machines and tools you need for installations, the foundation that makes you stand out in the landscape market. Whether you decide to add maintenance services or stay focused on what you do best, we’re your partner in concrete curbing excellence.

Check out our curbing machines and curbing packages or contact us to discuss which tools are right for your operation.