Bedford · Grounds & gardens
Mowbray Grounds
Cut to a line. Kept to a standard.
Mowbray Grounds keeps lawns, borders, and hedges on a schedule for houses in northern Westchester. Same crew, same day, from the first cut in April to the last leaf in November.
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Lawns on the schedule
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Seasons on Guard Hill Road
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People, one standard
6:40
First route rolls out
The lawn
The stripes are the signature.
Every lawn is cut in a pattern that suits its shape, at the right height for the month, and finished with a blade-edged border. The same crew, the same day, sixteen seasons deep.
The lawn program
The border
Curated to open in rotation.
Borders are planted to hand over from one bloom to the next — hellebore into allium, allium into aster — and edited every year. Nothing fills in by accident.
The border work
The hedge
Squared by hand, twice a season.
Boxwood, yew, and hornbeam cut to a line with hand shears where it counts. Topiary is shaped the slow way, and it shows.
Hedges & topiaryEvery week, April to November
This week on the routes.
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The work, by season.
The whole plan01
Fine lawn care
Mowing on a set day, cut at the right height for the month, finished with a blade-trimmed edge. Clippings leave with us.
Weekly, April–November · from $85 a visit
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Garden borders
Perennial borders curated to roll through the seasons, planted in spring and fall and edited every year.
Design + planting · from $2,400
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Hedges & topiary
Squared hedges and clean lines, hand shears where the powered ones are too loud. Boxwood, yew, hornbeam.
Two to three cuts a season · by the yard
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Lawn renovation
Aeration, overseed, and topdressing where the lawn needs rebuilding — after dogs, construction, or a hard August.
Spring & fall windows · from $700
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Trees & shrubs
Pruning for shape and health, ornamental cherries by hand, deadwood out before it drops.
By the crew day
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Spring & fall cleanup
Leaves by the pass, beds cut back properly, gutters while the ladder is already on the truck.
Seasonal · by the quote
5 out of 5Google·1 month ago
“The stripes are straight and the border has something open in it every week from April to frost.”
5 out of 5Google·4 months ago
“Same crew for four years. They found the pool gate open once and called before they left.”
5 out of 5Yelp·3 weeks ago
“They rebuilt the lawn after construction in two seasons and told me the truth about what had to go.”
What things cost
Weekly lawn care
Cut, edge, clippings gone. Set day, April to November.
From $85 a visit
Border planting
Design and plant a curated border, soil included.
From $2,400
Hedge trimming
Squared and swept. Two to three cuts a season.
By the yard
Fall renovation
Aerate, overseed, topdress where the lawn needs it.
From $700
Visit
Crews out at 7, Monday–Friday · Office the same hours
Bedford, Katonah, Mount Kisco, Pound Ridge, Cross River, and Chappaqua. Routes stay inside northern Westchester.
- Ray Mowbray · Founder
- Carla Ives · Gardens
- Sam Dooley · Routes
Questions
Book a walk-through
Name the town and what you see when you look out the window. We bring the season plan to the walk, not before.