Grand Rapids MI Landscaping, Grand Rapids Lawn Care, Landscape, Lawn Service

Landscape Maintenance Grand Rapids – Lawn Maintenance Grand Rapids MI

Bykerk Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance is a multi-dimensional company that serves greater Grand Rapids, MI. We do more

than just mow your lawn and add new mulch every year. We do the little things to your lawn and landscaping to give the homeowner or business owner a sense of pride when someone visits their home or business. Your outdoor environment is something that you should and will be proud of when you have Bykerk Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance take care of all your landscaping needs. We treat your home and business like it’s our own and it shows. Below is a list of some of our landscaping and lawn maintenance services. Please click on any one of the links below for a brief description:

 Bark Mulch
 Mowing, Trimming, and Edging
 Shrub, Hedge, and Groundcover Trimming/Pruning
 Spring and Fall Clean-up
 Lawn Applications
 Tree Trimming/Pruning (Deciduous)
 Lawn Insecticide
 Irrigation/Sprinkling
 Fertilization
 Aeration
 Soil Testing
 Bed Edging
 Landscaping/Lawn Installation
 Weed Management
 Snow Removal
 Skid steer Service

Bark Mulch

Bark Mulch is usually replenished annually with a 1-1.5 inch fresh layer. While a base of 1-3 inches is desirable, thick layers and mulch piled high against trunks and plantings can be detrimental and should be avoided. Benefits of mulch beyond aesthetics are water retention for plantings, freeze protection and weed suppression.

Mowing, Trimming, and Edging

Proper mowing includes using professional equipment set at the appropriate

height with sharpened blades and done with regular frequency and in alternating directions. This promotes a healthy, thick, well rooted, weed free turf which is aesthetically pleasing and enjoyable in numerous ways. Trimming of obstacles and edging cement surfaces provides the finished/manicured look. Visit our lawn care page for more information on lawn maintenance in the Grand Rapids area.

Shrub, Hedge, and Groundcover Trimming/Pruning

Shrub, Hedge, and Groundcover Trimming/Pruning is usually performed twice per year (though some may be trimmed once or not at all). Benefits include aesthetics, health, and plant size management. There are many and varying techniques, tools, opinions, budgets, goals, and perceptions when it comes to correct pruning and trimming.

Spring and Fall Clean-up

Spring and Fall Clean-up of leaves, sticks, litter, etc. from lawn and bed areas is necessary aesthetically, but also in preparing the turf and beds for the upcoming seasons and for reducing disease, insect, and rodent problems.

Lawn Applications

Applied at the correct time, rate and frequency, lawn

applications including crabgrass preventers, broadleaf weed controls, insecticides and fertilizers containing premium, controlled-release and balanced nutrients are vital for turf color, density, vigor, health, and properly managed growth as well as for preventing and/or recovering from weed, disease, and insect infestation.

Tree Trimming/Pruning (Deciduous)

Tree Trimming/Pruning (Deciduous up to 15" in hgt.) is generally performed once per year. Water sprouts and suckers are removed as are limbs that are low, interfering, hazardous, diseased, severely damaged or improperly growing. Trees usually should not be sheared into shape or topped. They should be allowed to grow to their natural shape and height. Trimming promotes health, vigor, safety and guides natural growth.

Lawn Insecticide

An annual application of Merit can provide year long control of grubs and helps prevent the loss of turf and the expense of repairing turf damaged by grubs and/or animals that feed on grubs such as skunks and raccoons.

Irrigation - Sprinkling

Proper watering is important to a landscapes health to avoid creating or compounding existing problems. Consideration should be given to frequency, amount, time of day and using the correct sprinklers which are properly adjusted. Bykerk Landscape and Lawn Maintenance can install underground sprinkler systems and repair them.

Fertilization Program

At Bykerk Landscaping & Lawn Maintenance we strive to give our customers a thick, lush, green, and healthy lawn, while using the most environmentally sound materials and techniques. Our fertilization specialists follow a integrated pest management program, emphasizing plant health and minimum pesticide usage. Our fertilization program is scheduled to provide the right treatment at the proper time, and will help maintain your residential or commercial lawn to be the best that it can.

Aeration

Aeration is accomplished by

coring, which removes plugs of soil from the ground. This allows water, air, nutrients and grass roots to penetrate deeper thereby, providing a healthier lawn. These plugs of soil when left on the surface help decompose and beneficially alter the composition of the thatch layer.

Soil Testing

Soil Testing should be done on a periodic basis and especially when a turf color, density or rooting problem exists that can't be attributed to any other cause. Soil testing can detect deficiencies in major and /or minor nutrients or issues with the soil Ph and can ensure the nutrients being applied are being fully utilized and not tied up in the soil.

Bed Edging

Bed Edging can be done mechanically or chemically with Round-Up (a much more cost effective approach). Beds should be edged minimally once per season for aesthetics and to ensure bed size is adequate for plant/turf health, care and protection.

Landscaping - Lawn Installation

While we do provide some landscape design and light excavating services, we do complete landscape installation from beginning to end. However we specialize and are geared more toward light landscaping. Usually landscaping involves improvements, upgrades, renovations, sprucing up, specimen/accent plants, small retaining walls, and 1 or 2 day landscape jobs from scratch. Visit our landscaping page to learn more about landscaping in the Grand Rapids area.

Weed Management

Weed Management of beds is performed for

aesthetics and to reduce/eliminate competition between weeds and desirable plantings for moisture, nutrients and sun light. It is performed biweekly spring through summer by means of pre/post-emergent chemicals, hand pulling and/or cultivating methods. Healthy/dense ground covers and plantings also serve as a good weed management tool as do coverings such as mulch, rock, stone, etc.

Snow Removal

We offer snow plowing, shoveling, loading and de-icing services. Normally plowing/shoveling is preformed on a seasonal basis with accumulations of 1.5 inches of snow and it takes place between 12am and 7am. We will plow during the day and more than once in 24 hours should conditions warrant. On occasion we do some per time work. Snow loading is seldom required, but when performed is done per hour. De-icing is performed as required or requested on an extra charge basis depending on the amount and type of de-ice is used. Visit our snow plowing page to learn more about snow removal services in the Grand Rapids area.

Skid steer Service

This service is available throughout the year for numerous projects. We use an ASV track machine with appropriate attachments. This machine is powerful enough for most jobs, yet small enough to minimize damage and allow for needed maneuverability. The factory installed tracks provide superior floatation through soft, wet, and loose areas and is easy on the turf.

Call Bykerk Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance today for a free estimate at (616) 698-7263!