Local landscaping for Kensington, MD
Kensington is a small town that takes itself seriously — under a square mile inside the Beltway, an actual mayor, a designated historic district, and a town tree ordinance that protects every street tree over a certain caliper. The lots are tighter here than most of Montgomery County, and that changes how we work. A 0.15-acre lot in Old Town Kensington isn’t a property where you can just mow and blow; it’s a garden, and the bed-to-lawn ratio is usually closer to a 1920s English cottage than a modern subdivision. We do precision work: hand-edging, careful canopy work that respects the town tree ordinance, restorative plantings for Victorian and craftsman homes, and we work in close coordination with the town when permits or removals are involved.
Services we deliver in Kensington
Regular mowing, aeration, dethatching, and overseeding.
Design, installation, and ongoing maintenance.
Safe tree removal, precision pruning, trimming, and stump grinding by experienced crews with proper equipment and full insurance.
Patios, retaining walls, walkways, and outdoor structures built with quality materials and proper technique — designed to hold up through Maryland winters.
Residential and commercial snow plowing, salting, and ice management throughout the Maryland winter season.
What makes Kensington different
Tight lots in the historic district
Old Town Kensington lots run 0.1–0.2 acres. We work at garden scale, with hand tools where blowers and zero-turns won’t fit. Precision matters more than horsepower here.
Town tree ordinance compliance
Kensington’s tree ordinance protects mature street trees, and removals require town permits. We pull the permits, work with town arborists, and don’t drop a tree without sign-off.
Victorian and craftsman plantings
Most homes here pre-date 1940. Period-appropriate boxwood, peony beds, hydrangea, and hellebore beat anything from a contemporary catalog.
Smaller scale, higher detail
A Kensington job isn’t measured in acres — it’s measured in bed-feet of edge, hand-pruned shrubs, and how clean the lines look from the sidewalk. That’s how we bid it.
Neighborhoods we serve in Kensington
- Old Town Kensington
- Rock Creek Hills
- Kensington Heights
- Town Center
- Antique Row corridor
- Kensington Estates
Kensington on the map
Kensington FAQ
QDo you pull permits for street tree work in Kensington?
Yes. The town has a tree canopy ordinance and we work with the town arborist before any pruning or removal of a regulated tree. Permits are part of our bid, not a surprise add-on.
QCan you work on a tight lot where there’s no rear access?
Yes. Most of Old Town Kensington has narrow gates or no side yard access. We bring the right equipment for it — walk-behinds, hand tools, and crews who don’t tear up brick walks.
QDo you handle plantings appropriate to historic homes?
Yes. We design with period-appropriate species — boxwood, peony, hydrangea, hellebore, mountain laurel — that fit Victorian and craftsman architecture without looking like a modern subdivision border.