Landscape Lighting
Landscape lighting puts low-voltage light on your paths, patios, walls and trees. We set the transformer and the fixtures, then run the cable between them.
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Rock landscaping gives a bed a clean, finished look that lasts. We build rock beds in coquina rock or river rock, and we lay shell and mulch beds too. Tired mulch, old rock, weeds and dead plants come out first. Then a firm edge goes in, and the new rock or mulch goes down over clean ground.
We are based in Ormond Beach and work for homeowners across Volusia and Flagler counties. A new bed is a good time to plan landscape lighting, before the rock or mulch goes down. If the lawn around the beds needs work too, our sod installation in Ormond Beach covers it. Call or text (386) 238-9215, and we will look at the job and put your free quote in writing.
Tell us about the sod, pavers or drainage work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put your free quote in writing.
Rock lasts. UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions calls rock and shell mulch very durable, while organic mulch breaks down. It says rock may be used on pathways or under downspouts, away from plants.
Around plants, UF/IFAS favors mulch. It says rock and crushed shell add nothing to the soil's nutrients or its ability to hold water. A UF/IFAS Extension office adds that rock can overheat plants in direct sun and raise the soil's pH.
Mulch helps the soil keep its moisture and slows weeds, says the Florida-Friendly Landscaping program. It breaks down as it ages, so beds need a fresh layer from time to time. A bed can use both: mulch around the plants and rock in the open ground. We help you pick the mix for each bed.
Coquina is a shell stone from the ground of this coast. Around Ormond Beach, the NRCS maps a soil that sits on coquina rock a few feet down. That soil lies on low, narrow sand ridges near the coast. The NRCS describes the rock as typically a porous limestone.
River rock is smooth and rounded, and crushed shell gives a bed a light, coastal look. Whatever the stone, a firm edge helps keep it in the bed. UF/IFAS notes that rock spilled onto a lawn can become a nuisance. We set bed edging or a border of pavers along the lawn line.
Where a bed sits higher than the yard, a low garden wall can hold the soil in place. Before any edge is dug, show us your sprinkler lines and any lighting cable. Sunshine 811 has the utilities mark only the lines they own.
Mulch installation starts with a weeded bed. UF/IFAS recommends a layer 2 to 3 inches deep on plant beds. More than 3 inches can keep rain and irrigation from reaching the roots.
Mulch stays pulled back from trunks and stems. For large trees, UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions says to start the mulch about a foot from the base. Small plants get a couple of inches of bare ground around them. Mulch piled against a trunk holds moisture there.
The Florida-Friendly Landscaping program suggests sustainably harvested mulch, like pine straw or melaleuca. It does not recommend cypress mulch, because it may not be harvested sustainably. Here, more than half the year's rain falls from June to September, NOAA's averages for Daytona Beach show. UF/IFAS says pine straw is not likely to wash away, because the needles knit together.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 30 miles around Ormond Beach across Volusia and Flagler counties.
(386) 238-9215From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (386) 238-9215, or use the form. Tell us what the yard needs and the town the house is in.
We look at the yard and where the water goes. Point out any sprinkler lines or lighting cable, since utilities mark only their own lines after an 811 call.
The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out. Once you say yes, we set a date.
The old lawn or the worn-out beds come out first. Then we grade the ground, and pavers get a compacted base.
We lay the new sod and water it in, or set the pavers and sweep in the joint sand. Then water new sod every morning for its first two weeks.
Common questions about rock and mulch around Ormond Beach and across Volusia and Flagler counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Landscape lighting puts low-voltage light on your paths, patios, walls and trees. We set the transformer and the fixtures, then run the cable between them.
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Block and stone retaining walls level out a sloped yard and hold raised beds in place. We build them around Ormond Beach on a compacted base, with drainage behind the wall.
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A yard cleanout clears overgrown beds and pulls out dead plants and old sod. Fresh topsoil goes in, and the yard is ready for new sod or new beds.
Learn MoreStanding water and low spots are grading problems. We fix the grade before new sod or pavers go down.
We sell St. Augustine, Zoysia, Bahia and Bermuda sod, fresh cut. Buy it by the pallet for pickup or delivery, or have us lay it.
The company that lays your sod also builds paver patios and retaining walls. Irrigation, rock and mulch beds, landscape lighting and yard cleanouts are part of the work too.
Call or text and tell us what the yard needs. We look at the job first, then put your free quote in writing.
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My experience was excellent. Cesar was punctual and did an outstanding job installing a stone retaining wall in the front of my house. He completed the job in a very professional manner. He takes pride in his work and the finished product is beautiful. I would recommend Cesar and GBS Sod and Landscape to anyone who needs a retaining wall installed.
Caesar and Hugo did an awesome job in getting my front and backyard looking beautiful. They stripped my backyard and my front yard, put in new irrigation, border paving, weed block, seashell, along with new sod. My beach house now looks like something that belongs in a magazine. I can’t thank them enough for what they have done for me. GBS sod landscaping was fair priced, worked on time, and completed my job in a very quick time. I highly recommend GBS Sod and Landscaping for all your yard needs.
Wonderful experience working with GBS sod and landscaping !They installed new Sod, pavers and irrigation system in our yard after we had to put in a new septic system. Front yard looks amazing. Highly recommend.
Tell us about the yard and the work you have in mind. Call or text (386) 238-9215 or use the form, and we will set up your free quote.
Tell us about the sod, pavers or drainage work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put your free quote in writing.