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Swordfern LandscapingDelta · Tsawwassen · Ladner (604) 555-0172

Lawn care and landscaping in Delta, Tsawwassen and Ladner

A yard in Delta you never have to think about.

Weekly lawn and garden care, plus patios, planting and retaining walls, from a local crew that turns up on the same day every week.

4.9 on Google from 87 reviews

  • Flat monthly price, no contract
  • Green waste taken away
Garden with a clipped conifer, lavender and a mown lawn beside a paver path
Crew member in ear protection and a green shirt, working with a string trimmer

Same crew
every week

  • Local since 2012Owner on site, two crews
  • Over 140 yardsOn a weekly or biweekly plan
  • WorkSafeBC covered$5M liability insurance
  • Certified horticulturistRed Seal landscape training

What we do

Regular care, and the bigger jobs too.

Most customers start with weekly maintenance and call on us for the one-off projects as they come up.

Crew member on a ride-on mower cutting a striped lawn

Lawn mowing and care

Mowing, edging, fertilizer, lime, moss control and aeration, timed to our wet coastal seasons.

From $165 a month

Planted bed with clipped shrubs and yellow flowers beside an iron garden gate

Garden beds and planting

Weeding, edging, mulch and new planting chosen for coastal soil, shade and deer.

From $65/hr per person

Crew member trimming along a laurel hedge with a row of cedars behind

Hedge and shrub pruning

Cedar hedges kept square and at height. Shrubs and small trees pruned in the right season.

Hedges from $5 per foot

Circular paver patio edged with upright granite blocks

Paver patios and paths

Dug out, compacted on a proper gravel base and edged, so they stay flat through wet winters.

$28 to $40 per sq ft

Block retaining wall with a capstone above a planted bed

Retaining walls

Block and boulder walls that hold a slope, with drainage behind. Priced by wall face.

$55 to $90 per sq ft

Two-storey house with a freshly striped front lawn

New lawns and sod

Old turf stripped, soil topped up and graded, and fresh sod laid and rolled in a day or two.

$2.75 to $4 per sq ft

Maintenance plans

Pick a plan. Keep the same crew.

One flat monthly price, no contract, and the same two people on the same day each week. Prices are for a typical 5,000 sq ft city lot.

Every two weeks

Lawn care

$165 per month

For tidy yards that only need the grass kept in check.

  • Mow, trim and edge every two weeks
  • Paths and driveway blown clean
  • Clippings taken away
  • March to October
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Most popular

Lawn and garden

$295 per month

The whole yard looked after, front and back, all season.

  • Weekly mowing, trimming and edging
  • Beds weeded and edged every visit
  • Hedges and shrubs trimmed twice a year
  • Spring and fall clean-ups included
  • Lime and fertilizer, four times a year
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Year-round

Full property

$445 per month

Twelve months of care, with the seasonal jobs built in.

  • Everything in Lawn and garden
  • Moss control, aeration and overseeding
  • Winter pruning and storm clean-up
  • Mulch topped up each spring
  • Chafer beetle treatment in July
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Example prices for this sample site. Larger lots, slopes and long hedges are priced after a free visit. Cancel with 30 days' notice.

Reviews

From the yards we look after

4.9 on Google from 87 reviews

Sample reviews, written for this demo site.

Same two guys every Thursday for three years. They text if rain pushes them a day. After our last company, I had forgotten that was possible.
Homeowner, Tsawwassen
They treated the lawn for chafer beetle before the crows found it. Every other lawn on our street was torn up that winter.
Homeowner, Ladner
The patio drains properly and has not moved an inch in two winters. The quote was the price we paid.
Homeowner, North Delta

A year in a Lower Mainland yard

What your yard needs, and when.

Wet winters, acidic soil, moss and chafer beetles make yards here different from the rest of Canada. This is the calendar we work to. Pick a season.

Spring

March to May

The lawn wakes up, and so does the moss.

  • Power rake and treat moss
  • Lime, then the first fertilizer
  • Edge beds and lay fresh mulch
  • Prune spring shrubs after they flower

All of this is built into the Full property plan.

Summer

June to August

Slower growth, watering rules and beetle season.

  • Mow higher so the lawn holds water
  • Water on your address's permitted days
  • Apply nematodes for chafer beetle in late July
  • Trim cedar hedges once nesting is over

All of this is built into the Full property plan.

Fall

September to November

The most useful three months of the year for a lawn.

  • Aerate and overseed, the best window of the year
  • Fall fertilizer for root growth
  • Clear leaves before they smother the grass
  • Plant bulbs, trees and shrubs

All of this is built into the Full property plan.

Winter

December to February

Quiet for the lawn, busy for pruning and planning.

  • Prune fruit trees and dormant shrubs
  • Lime again to counter acidic, rain-washed soil
  • Clean up after windstorms
  • Plan patios, walls and planting for spring

All of this is built into the Full property plan.

Our work

Gardens we keep, and a few we built.

Patio with a fire table and four dark Adirondack chairs, edged by a rock bed with flower pots

Beach Grove, Tsawwassen

Firepit patio and rock garden

A soggy back corner dug out, drained and turned into a place to sit. The rock bed around it needs very little water once the planting fills in.

  • 420 sq ft
  • Patio and rock bed
  • Drainage added
  • 6 days
Yellow and red tulips planted around a tree on a front lawn

Tsawwassen

Spring bulbs around the front tree

Four hundred bulbs planted in October, for six weeks of colour the following April.

  • 400 bulbs
  • Planted in fall
  • 1 day
Boulder retaining wall holding a bank, with daffodils coming up above it

Panorama Ridge, Surrey

Boulder wall on a slope

A slumping bank held with granite boulders set into the hill, with drain rock and pipe behind.

  • 48 ft long
  • Granite boulders
  • 5 days
Pink rhododendron in bloom in front of a cedar lattice fence

Ladner

Shrub border, weekly plan

Rhododendrons and conifers pruned after flowering each year. Four seasons on our weekly plan.

  • Weekly plan
  • Since 2022

Example projects for this sample site. On a live site, these are the owner's own job photos.

Two crew members at work, one mowing a front lawn and one trimming along the house

How we work

You should never have to chase your landscaper.

Most people who call us were let down by someone who stopped showing up. So this is what we promise.

  • The same crew every visitYou get the same two people, so they learn the yard and you know who is at the gate.
  • A text the day beforeYou know when we are coming, and you hear from us first if rain moves the day.
  • Green waste taken awayClippings, prunings and leaves leave with us and go to composting.
  • A photo after each visitA quick photo and a note on anything we noticed, such as a broken sprinkler head or a sick shrub.
  • No contractsPlans run month to month. Cancel with 30 days' notice.

How it goes

Four steps from first call to a regular day.

  1. Call, text or send the form

    Tell us about the yard. Your address and a few lines are enough. We reply within one business day.

  2. We walk the yard with you

    It takes about 20 minutes. Show us the lawn, the beds and anything that has been bothering you.

  3. You get a flat price

    A flat monthly price for a plan, or a fixed quote for a project. There is no contract to sign.

  4. Your crew starts

    The same two people on the same day each week, with a text the day before.

Service area

Our weekly routes

Our yard is in Ladner. Each crew runs a set route, so your street gets the same day every week.

  • Ladner
  • Tsawwassen
  • Beach Grove
  • Boundary Bay
  • North Delta
  • Sunshine Hills
  • Panorama Ridge
  • South Surrey
  • White Rock

Strata and small commercial properties are welcome. Ask for a site walk.

Mon to Fri
7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday
Yard visits, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Common questions

Good to know before you call.

How much does weekly lawn care cost?

For a typical 5,000 sq ft city lot, plans run from $165 a month for biweekly mowing to $295 a month for weekly lawn and garden care. Larger or steeper yards cost more. We confirm the price after a free visit.

Is there a contract?

No. Plans run month to month and you can cancel with 30 days' notice.

What do you do when it rains?

We work through light rain. If the lawn is too wet to cut cleanly, we move your visit by a day and text you first.

Can you fix a lawn damaged by chafer beetles?

Yes. We repair the damage in spring or fall, then apply nematodes in late July, when the new grubs are small enough to treat.

Do you take away the clippings and prunings?

Yes. All green waste leaves with us and goes to composting. It is included in every plan.

Do you do one-off clean-ups?

Yes. Spring and fall clean-ups, overgrown yards and pre-sale tidy-ups are quoted as single jobs, usually within a few days.

Free yard visit

Tell us about your yard.

Your address and a few lines about the yard are enough to get started. We reply within one business day and book a 20 minute walk-around.

Rather talk it through? Call or text

(604) 555-0172

Mon to Sat, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm

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