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Avatar for Kuhlman Lawn Service
Kuhlman Lawn Service
4.7(
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Landscape - Install Landscaping for Yard or Garden

Serving Poolesville, MD and surrounding areas

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In business since 2002

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"The crew from Kuhlman lawn service did a great job doing the spring mulching and weeding from my front yard. They also edged everything very neatly and everything looks great. We will hire again next year."
Response time2 days
Response rate100%
2 neighbors recently requested a quote
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JK Gardening Lawn & Garden Care
5.0(
22
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Landscape - Install Landscaping for Yard or Garden

Serving Poolesville, MD and surrounding areas

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In business since 2000

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"I can't say enough how much I LOVE Jose, Kevin and the crew with JK Gardening! These guys go above and beyond. I love how Jose has eye for the littlest details and he always one step ahead of me with something that needs his attention on, he already thought it and has solution on how get it done. I originally hire Jose a while back where he did retainer wall and did beautiful job so I knew he was capable of doing great work with my next project. My front stairs were never right they little wonky. When I approach Jose and Kevin about new design idea from my front steps and walkway they were on it and together we came up with show stop walking way and stairs. It didn't stop there. My driveway was always a "hot mess" with sump pump kind in middle of driveway. Once again Jose, Kevin and I came with up an design idea for the driveway and they delivered. Now I'm envious of the neighborhood with my beautiful new stairs, walkway and driveway. Thank you guys... you are the best!!"
Delaware River Jack stone filling in bare dirt areas. Forming a stone bed.
In this project, we transformed a bare dirt area by using Blue Ice stone in the corner. Along the patio border, we added Delaware River Jack to seamlessly connect the entire stone bed around the pool.
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Response time8 hrs
Response rate100%
1 neighbors recently requested a quote
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R Mejia Landcare LLC
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14
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Landscape - Install Landscaping for Yard or Garden

Serving Poolesville, MD and surrounding areas

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Free estimates

Warranties offered

Credit card accepted

"Hired to remove remove shrubs, trim clean up shrubs, mulch, grade and seed. Excellent services provided. The staff was professional, prompt, and left the property in great condition. Will hire again for other landscape projects."
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Response time1 day
2 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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JP Landscaping Inc
4.5(
27
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Landscape - Install Landscaping for Yard or Garden

Serving Poolesville, MD and surrounding areas

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In business since 2008

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"I finally found my company. Every year I've had a different company do my mulch for the last five years. Out of the five companies, JP Landscaping shined above the rest. They arrived on time, charged less than the rest, provided more mulch than the rest, provided high quality mulch, and did a fabulous job. Highly recommend them."
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Response time1 day
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Baumann's Lawn & Landscape
4.5(
134
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Landscape - Install Landscaping for Yard or GardenLawn Care - Maintain and Mow a Lawn

Serving Poolesville, MD and surrounding areas

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In business since 1987

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Baumann's Lawn & Landscape did an amazing job, in a short amount of time. I couldn't be happier. These are the guys to call! Santos brought numerous workers to execute the job. They effluent and fair I would call them again for my next haul job."
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SL LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE
4.7(
15
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Landscape - Install Landscaping for Yard or Garden

Serving Poolesville, MD and surrounding areas

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Customers say: Terrific value

"SL Landscaping came quickly and gave me a good estimate. I needed neighbor permission for access and cost sharing. When all was arranged at my end, I contacted SL for the work and they gave me date/time for performance. The showed up on the date, at the time and did the work quickly and efficiently with minimal disturbance to the surrounding vegetation, etc. I was very pleased."
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Response time10 hrs
Response rate100%
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Woodstone Group Landscaping & Design
4.5(
26
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Landscape - Install Landscaping for Yard or Garden

Serving Poolesville, MD and surrounding areas

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Customers say: True professional

"I was amazed at how quickly they transformed my back yard hill into a beautiful garden with retaining walls, walkway, trees, shrubs, and perennials. In just ten days they completed the project and it looks great. They were very professional, courteous, and polite. Since I often have deer traveling through my back yard they even selected plants and shrubs that were deer resistant. I couldn't be more pleased with the job they did and will definitely call on them again to help maintain my gardens mulching, weeding ,etc. throughout the coming years."
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Mulch and Topsoil questions, answered by experts

Top up your gravel driveway whenever water starts to pool in areas. This is bound to happen over time. You can be proactive and top up your driveway at the start of the warm season, and then check on it throughout the summer, particularly after heavy rainfall. Every few years, you should consider installing a new, clean layer of gravel—and that’s a good opportunity to install a layer of landscaping fabric before doing so.

Topsoil should go down first. If the topsoil is next to your house, make sure the grade slopes away from the house to keep water from pooling against your foundation and possibly leaking into your basement or crawl space. Don’t cover your decorative landscape mulch with topsoil as that defeats the purpose of laying down the mulch. If you’re trying to create a certain soil composition to improve plant growth, you’ll likely want compost mixed into the topsoil instead of mulch. Over time, any decorative wood mulch will simply decompose under the topsoil.

Yes, and in many cases, you should. Large gravel works best as a base layer because it improves drainage and keeps the surface stable. A top layer of smaller gravel fills in gaps and creates a smoother, more compacted surface. This combination is common in driveways and high-traffic areas where both stability and comfort matter.

It depends. High-end colored mulch can be fairly costly. However, you'll have to replace less-expensive natural mulches, like pine needles and cedar mulch, more frequently. 

The cost is balanced out somewhat, though, as although you'll have to replace colored mulch less often, you'll have to replenish nutrients in your soil more frequently to make up for the decrease in organic matter and nitrogen from the mulch.

Stump grindings are usually safe to use in soil, but in some cases, it’s not recommended. Wood chips in particular can bind nitrogen in the soil, which will make it difficult for grass to grow. That’s why it’s important to remove most wood chips and use healthy garden soil if you want to cover the stump spot with grass. Large wood chips may attract beetles and could encourage the growth of fungi when they decay, so you may want to remove them when using the grindings.

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