Design, start date, and installation each run on their own clock. Here is what Green Landscape Solutions publishes for homeowners in Niwot and across Boulder County, and what moves the schedule.
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Green Landscape Solutions says design typically takes 2 to 4 weeks, and installation can range from 2 to 8 weeks. Work typically begins within two to eight weeks of contract acceptance, depending on weather and the time of year. Your own timeline depends on scope and complexity.
Those figures come from the firm's design-build page. They are ranges, not promises. A small planting bed and a full backyard rebuild with a patio, lighting, and irrigation sit at opposite ends of them.
One thing to watch: the start window and the installation window are separate ranges. The firm does not publish a single total, and the ranges can stack. Ask for dates in writing before you sign.
Green's process has five steps: initial contact, consultation, design and budget, build, and a final walkthrough. The clock starts moving at different points in each step, and some of them depend on you.
The team collects your ideas and contact details, then schedules a consultation to talk through services. This is where you ask for a timeline. The firm says it provides a detailed one during the consultation.
You approve a design proposal and return it signed with a retainer. The retainer is what begins the design process. The published design range is 2 to 4 weeks.
You control part of this stage. Slow decisions on materials or layout add days. Quick, clear feedback on the first draft helps keep design moving.
After you approve the design, you receive an installation proposal. When Green receives the signed contract and deposit, the team schedules the job and orders materials. Scheduling and material ordering happen at this point, so work does not start the next morning.
You and the designer or project manager walk the finished landscape. Anything that needs attention is noted and, in the firm's words, promptly resolved.
Several things can stretch a schedule: project size, weather, the time of year, and what is buried under the work area. The first three come from Green's published language. The fourth is a notice requirement that applies before digging.
The firm states that timelines vary with scope and complexity. A project that combines hardscape, planting, and irrigation has more steps to sequence than a single feature. Each step has to finish before the next one can start.
Green ties its start window to weather and time of year. Outdoor work in Colorado has a real season, and fall pushes against it. NOAA's Boulder record puts the average first frost on October 6, using data from 1948 to the present. NOAA defines frost there as a minimum temperature at or below 32 degrees F.
That is an average, not a forecast. It does show why a contract signed in late October may land on a spring calendar.
Before anyone digs, utilities have to mark buried lines. The City of Longmont tells residents to make a locate request with the Utility Notification Center of Colorado, also called Colorado 811, at least 3 business days before work starts. You can call 8-1-1 or 800-922-1987.
Plan for that notice window. It matters on any job that moves soil.
It depends on the work. Some jobs can proceed in cool weather and others are better held for spring. For Niwot, Longmont, and the rest of the Boulder County service area, ask Green which parts of your scope suit the season.
Planting is a useful example. Colorado State University Extension says balled-and-burlapped nursery stock is best transplanted in cooler weather, generally spring or fall. Container-grown trees can go in during spring, summer, or fall. Bare-root trees are generally only available in early spring, before leaf-out, and survival drops rapidly once the plant leafs out.
That guidance covers tree planting only. It does not tell you how a patio or wall will schedule. For those, Green's weather and time-of-year language applies.
Winter is also a planning season. Design takes 2 to 4 weeks, so a signed design proposal in winter can have you ready when the build window opens. Green's earlier post on why winter is the best time to plan for spring covers that idea in more detail.
You cannot control the weather. You can control the parts that sit on your side of the table. These habits help the design stage and protect the build date.
Financing is available through HFS Financial. Details are on the financing page.
The cover photo shows a finished entry walk with stone walls, ornamental grasses, and layered planting. It shows a result, not a schedule, so it says nothing about how long any one step took.
Green Landscape Solutions was founded in 2002 and has completed more than 1,000 projects. The timeline for yours is set at the consultation, based on your scope.
Green Landscape Solutions handles design-build landscaping for homeowners in Niwot, Louisville, Lafayette, Erie, and Longmont. Boulder homeowners can see the full coverage map on the service areas page.
Green says design typically takes 2 to 4 weeks. The phase begins once you return the signed design proposal with a retainer. Your own feedback speed affects where you land in that range.
Work typically begins within two to eight weeks of contract acceptance, depending on the weather and the time of year. Green schedules the job and orders materials after it receives the signed contract and deposit.
The firm says installation can range from 2 to 8 weeks. Scope and complexity decide where your project falls. You receive a detailed timeline during the consultation.
Colorado 811 asks that locate requests be made at least 3 business days before digging. Ask your contractor who handles the request on your job, and confirm it is done before work begins.
Some work can proceed in cool weather, and CSU Extension notes that spring or fall suits balled-and-burlapped trees. Whether your full scope fits the season is a question for your consultation.
Every yard has different scope, soil, and access. The fastest way to a real schedule is a conversation. Call (720) 468-0987 or Tell Us About Your Property, and the team will walk you through a detailed timeline during your consultation.
Green Landscape Solutions says design typically takes 2 to 4 weeks. The phase begins once you return the signed design proposal with a retainer. Your own feedback speed affects where you land in that range.
Work typically begins within two to eight weeks of contract acceptance, depending on the weather and the time of year. Green schedules the job and orders materials after it receives the signed contract and deposit.
The firm says installation can range from 2 to 8 weeks. Scope and complexity decide where your project falls. You receive a detailed timeline during the consultation.
Colorado 811 asks that locate requests be made at least 3 business days before digging. Ask your contractor who handles the request on your job, and confirm it is done before work begins.
Some work can proceed in cool weather, and CSU Extension notes that spring or fall suits balled-and-burlapped trees. Whether your full scope fits the season is a question for your consultation.
