New lots in Lakewood Ranch
The builders left. Now the lot needs a real landscape.
A new Lakewood Ranch home often comes with thin sod, a placeholder bed, and a date by which the association expects the front to look finished. We'll design that first landscape so it fits the house and the community, then build it with the same crew.
A real pair from our work: the front started as gravel and shell beside a drive, and became a finished landscape with palms and a curved paver drive. We do not invent locations for these photographs.
The lot is new. Let's design the first yard.
Book a free site visit. Add your closing or HOA date if you have one.
By Sarasota Landscaping Inc.. We design the work and the same crew builds it.
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First landscapes
The work on this page is the first real planting and finish on a new or unfinished lot, not a refresh of a mature yard.
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Association timing
If you have a review or compliance date, put it on the form so the visit can account for it.
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Same company
A Sarasota Landscaping Inc. site. The company has been doing this work since 2014.
After the certificate of occupancy
Placeholder plants are not a plan.
Builder packages are meant to close a house, not to finish a yard. We replace that holding pattern with bed lines drawn to the facade, structural palms, a walk that meets the way you enter, and enough turf or groundcover to look complete without being a maintenance problem.
The before-and-after pair in the photos is a front that started as gravel and shell beside a drive and became a finished landscape with palms and a curved paver drive. Use it as a picture of unfinished ground, not as a claim that the house is in Lakewood Ranch.
The calendar
Closing, irrigation, and the association's clock.
New-construction work has extra moving parts: irrigation that may still be a builder layout, crews still finishing the house, and a village review date. Tell us where you are in that sequence. A rushed planting to 'get something in' is how yards get redone two years later.
If the back has to wait, we still design it so the front does not block it. Phasing is normal on a new lot. Inventing the back later is not.
Dirt to done
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Visit while the lot is still new
We look at the house, the builder planting, irrigation, and any HOA deadline you have.
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Design the first phase
A complete front, and a back that can follow, written into an on-site estimate.
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Install before the rushed deadline if we can
The same crew builds it. Be upfront about dates; we will be upfront about whether they are realistic.
A complete front with palms and clearly drawn beds.
4.8 stars · 15 Google reviews
Beautiful backyard landscaping. All my neighbors and friends rave about it!! Colorful!!
Sue Lee
Used company twice. One of the few landscape contractors that provides great service and design. On-site crew was on time and worked tirelessly to complete both projects. I certainly recommend for your next small, or large landscaping project.
David Fountain
From the Google listing for Sarasota Landscaping Inc.. Read them on Google.
The builder offered a landscape package. Why call you?
You can use the builder's package. People call us when they want the first landscape designed for the house, not only to close a checklist. Bring both options to the visit if you want a comparison.
Can you start before we move in?
Often, if access and water are available and the builder or association allows it. Mention your closing date.
Do you handle irrigation changes?
Irrigation is part of the conversation on a new lot, because a builder layout may not match new bed lines. We'll tell you what the crew will do.
How is this different from the other Lakewood Ranch page?
This page is specifically for new and unfinished lots. The lakewoodranchlandscaping.com page covers LWR yards more broadly, including HOA context for houses that are not brand new.