Lakewood Ranch is a community where the lawn is not optional. Most villages have HOA standards for turf condition, plant beds, and edging, and the Florida sun will turn a neglected St. Augustine lawn brown in a single bad month.
The ranking below comes from each company's public ratings on Google, Yelp, Angi and the BBB, weighted by review count, with the companies in our lowest-rated tier left out. Nobody pays to appear here. Florida does not license this trade, so insurance, fertilizer applicator certification and references from your village do the work a license would. The checklist further down covers what to ask before you hire.
Rankings use a review-count weighted average of each company's public ratings on Google, Yelp, Angi and the BBB, with our Top Rated picks first. Companies in our Lowest Rated tier are excluded from this list. Nobody pays to appear here.
Veteran-branded tree service (941-Army-Man) led by Brandon, based just west of Lakewood Ranch near University Park, providing tree removal, pruning, palm removal, and storm work across Sarasota and Manatee counties. Uses an articulating Avant loader on turf tires to protect lawns, and offers free estimates. Open Monday through Saturday.
Licensed and insured landscaping company in east Bradenton offering landscaping, lawn care, tree service, irrigation and storm cleanup across Manatee and Sarasota counties. The company says it has operated since 1980; BBB lists the LLC as started in 2006.
Sarasota tree company founded in 2018 offering trimming, pruning, removal, stump grinding and landscape maintenance for residential and commercial properties.
Lakewood Ranch-area tree company serving Manatee and Sarasota counties since 1984 with tree and stump removal, pruning and landscaping, with certified arborists on staff.
Design-build landscape contractor on Fruitville Road east of Sarasota, established in the early 1980s, offering landscape design, lighting, retaining walls, concrete and irrigation for Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch and Longboat Key.
Sarasota landscape contractor handling planting design, tropical foliage, xeriscaping and sod for residential and commercial properties. BBB lists the corporation as started in 2002.
Bradenton tree removal and trimming company operating since 1990 for residential and commercial customers in Manatee County.
Bradenton tree service in business since 1980 specializing in hazardous tree removal, pruning, stump grinding, transplanting and lot clearing across Manatee and Sarasota counties.
Sarasota lawn care, landscaping and irrigation company serving residential, commercial and municipal properties. BBB lists the corporation as started in 2000.
Family-owned Parrish landscaper founded in 1978 providing tropical landscaping, waterfalls, ponds and water features across Manatee, Sarasota and Hillsborough counties.
18 more landscapers and lawn care companies serve Lakewood Ranch. See the full landscaping & lawn directory, including the lowest rated companies to avoid.
Nearly every lawn here is St. Augustine (usually Floratam), which needs weekly mowing in summer, irrigation on the county's allowed watering days, and regular treatment for chinch bugs, sod webworms, and fungus. Both Manatee and Sarasota counties restrict nitrogen fertilizer during the summer rainy season, so a legitimate lawn company will adjust its program between June and September.
Many villages irrigate with reclaimed water, which affects what you can plant and how irrigation is scheduled. Plant beds lean on Florida-friendly choices: crotons, ixora, dwarf bougainvillea, muhly grass, and palms. Any significant change to front-yard landscaping typically needs HOA architectural review, and the best landscapers here will prepare the submittal for you.
On pricing: Weekly maintenance is priced monthly by lot size. Landscape design and installation is quoted per project; ask for the plant list with sizes so quotes can be compared. Irrigation repairs are usually hourly plus parts.
Watering days depend on your county and your address, and both Manatee and Sarasota publish schedules by odd and even house numbers. Reclaimed-water communities sometimes have their own rules. Your landscaper should set the irrigation controller to match.
The usual suspects are chinch bugs (summer, sunny areas near pavement), fungus (rainy season), or an irrigation zone that failed. A lawn care company that also holds a pest license can diagnose and treat all three.
In most Lakewood Ranch villages, yes, for anything beyond replacing a plant with the same type. Front-yard bed changes, tree additions, and hardscape all usually need an architectural review submittal.
Yes. Manatee and Sarasota counties restrict nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application during the summer rainy season to protect the bay. A compliant lawn company uses slow-release products before and after and skips nitrogen during the restricted period.
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