Maintenance
Mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, cleanups and four seasonal fertilizer applications on a 12-month program. The monthly rate stays the same in winter and in leaf season.
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About four in ten Tigard homes were built from 1970 to 1989, and their yards have had a long time to grow. Shrubs planted with the house now reach past the windows. Weeds push up through the bark dust, the shredded bark mulch Northwest yards use. If you just want someone to keep it looking good all year, that is the work we do.
Green Tree Landscape and Maintenance is a landscaping company serving the south and west Portland metro, Tigard included. Here we run a year-round maintenance program, and we plan and put in new planting beds and lawns. We also build paver patios, retaining walls, cedar fences and French drains. Call or text (971) 772-9892, and we will look at the yard and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the yard, the project or the maintenance you need and where it is. We look at the yard and put the quote in writing.
Half of Tigard's roughly 23,900 homes were built in 1988 or earlier, per Census Bureau estimates for 2020 to 2024. Only 14 percent were built before 1970, and 57 percent are detached houses. Most of those yards are well past their first planting.
Our program runs all 12 months at a flat monthly rate, the same in January as in leaf season. It covers mowing, edging, trimming shrubs and small trees below six feet, and picking up debris. It also brings four seasonal lawn fertilizer applications and weeding of the beds. The fall leaf cleanup and the spring cleanup are part of the program year.
Anything above six feet is quoted as separate work. A big tree is a job for an arborist.
More than a third of Tigard sits on sediment the Missoula Floods left behind, per the federal NRCS soil survey. The most common soil in the city is Aloha silt loam, rated somewhat poorly drained. In a normal year it holds water perched just 1 to 2 feet below the surface.
Low ground is wetter still. Cove silty clay loam, a flood plain soil, covers about 4 percent of Tigard. Its water table sits within a foot of the surface from December to June. Fanno Creek flows through the city on its way from the West Hills to the Tualatin River.
On ground like this, a lawn can be more moss than grass by March. OSU Extension ties moss to poor drainage and to shade where grass gets under 4 hours of sun. Before new sod goes in, the fix is often a French drain or a regrade. Both move water away from the house.
Bull Mountain rises on the west side of Tigard. NRCS maps more than half of the Bull Mountain area as silt loam on slopes of 7 to 30 percent. A few feet down sits a dense layer called a fragipan, and water passes through it slowly. Cascade silt loam covers about a quarter of that area, and NRCS notes water perched on its fragipan in winter.
Homes on the hill are newer than the city as a whole. In unincorporated Bull Mountain, 69 percent were built from 1990 to 2009. River Terrace, on the mountain's western flank, has grown from rural land into new housing. The first residents moved in during 2016.
A sloped backyard here often needs terraced block retaining walls to make room for a flat lawn or a patio. Each wall gets drainage gravel and pipe behind the block, and taller walls get geogrid. Oregon's residential code sets the building permit line at 4 feet, measured from the bottom of the footing. A shorter wall carrying extra load can need a permit too, so the permit question is settled before work starts.
Tigard's urban forestry code puts the street trees beside your lot in your care. Removing a street tree takes the city's written approval. So does removing a native tree with a trunk 6 inches or wider at chest height inside mapped sensitive lands.
Clean Water Services is the stormwater agency for Tigard and the rest of urban Washington County. It says relandscaping or a new fence will require its review and may need a permit. Retaining walls, and grading that disturbs more than 500 square feet, fall under its Limited Development Review. In Tigard, its staff also handle the erosion control inspection.
Before any digging, utility lines get marked through Oregon 811, which needs at least two full business days of notice. About two-thirds of Tigard gets its water from the Clackamas River through the Lake Oswego Tigard Water Partnership.
Communities and areas we serve around Tigard: Downtown Tigard, Tigard Triangle, Washington Square, Metzger, Bull Mountain, River Terrace, King City, Durham, Summerlake Park, Fanno Creek Park, Dirksen Nature Park, Hall Boulevard.
Tigard ZIP codes served: 97223, 97224.
Tigard is part of our service area. We look at the yard and put the quote in writing.
(971) 772-9892 Mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, cleanups and four seasonal fertilizer applications on a 12-month program. The monthly rate stays the same in winter and in leaf season.
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New landscapes and full yard makeovers with planting beds, shrubs, trees, bark dust and rock. We plan the layout with you and put the quote in writing.
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Paver patios, walkways, steps and flagstone paths set on a compacted gravel base. Each patio slopes away from the house so rain runs off.
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Segmental block retaining walls and terraced walls for sloped lots around Tualatin, with block steps where a path climbs. Each wall sits on a compacted gravel base with drainage gravel behind it.
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New automatic sprinkler systems for lawns and drip lines for planting beds, planned zone by zone. Every system runs from a controller and starts at a backflow assembly.
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We strip the old lawn and lay new sod on prepared soil for homes around Tualatin. For a thin lawn, overseeding or a lawn renovation is the smaller fix.
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Artificial turf lawns for backyards, side yards, play areas and dog runs, laid on a compacted rock base that drains. Turf stays green in the shade and through the dry summer.
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Low-voltage LED landscape lighting for walkways, steps, trees and walls across the south and west metro. We add lights to a finished yard or build them into a new patio or wall.
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Cedar privacy fences with vertical boards or horizontal slats, and gates to match. We also repair leaning fences and replace rotted posts.
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French drains and catch basins for yards that stay soggy from November to April. Downspout drain lines and regrading send water away from the house.
Learn MoreReal reviews of our maintenance, sod, sprinkler, patio and fence work, 15 reviews on Google.
Carlos and team did a great job on our new paver patio and pathway. Communication was excellent and responses were quick. He shared examples of options and asked questions along the way to make sure we were getting what we wanted. We'll use them again for future projects without hesitation.
We had a great experience working with Carlos and his team. Carlos was professional, reliable, and easy to communicate with throughout the entire project. His pricing was very reasonable, and I really appreciated his attention to detail. He took the time to make sure the grading and sod installation were done correctly rather than rushing through the job. It’s clear Carlos takes pride in his work and cares about doing things well. We would absolutely hire him again and highly recommend him to anyone looking for landscaping or yard work.
He was very good. Review our system and did an upgrade. Checked all sprayer heads and adjusted as needed. He was very professional and efficient. Great job. Would recommend he to anyone who has a sprinkler issue.
Excellent service by thorough, competent people for the past several years.
Our yard was a mess and Green Tree made it beautiful for us. They cleaned up the back yard and laid sod. That was an amazing transformation and the grass is still gorgeous. In the front yard they dismantled an aging pathway I put in years ago and replaced it with large stone and some kind of filler in any gaps so weeds don't grow. it's perfectly angled for water run off. It looks beautiful and every time see it I'm thrilled with the quality of work.
Our experience with Green Tree has been very satisfactory they are predictable consistent and we believe we get a real value for our investments we've done business with them for many years and they have consistently met our needs
A few of the questions we hear most around Tigard. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us what the yard needs and which town it is in, and text us photos if you have them. Call or text (971) 772-9892 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the yard, the project or the maintenance you need and where it is. We look at the yard and put the quote in writing.