Landscaping

Patios & Pathways

The Big Gator Patio and Pergolas Services in Southwest Florida

Add a beautiful stone patio and pathway to your property for a place to relax and add character to your yard. Patios add a perfect relaxation area to your yard for entertaining guests and enjoying the outdoors. Add a expertly crafted stone pathway to accent your yard. The Big Gator is skilled in all types of stone patio and walkway work and we use only the highest quality material.

  • Flagstone is available in many different colors, sizes, shapes, and textures. This material can also be cut to customize the shape and offers a timeless classic look.
  • Slate comes in grey, blue-grey, and purple and is typically cut in squares or rectangles. Slate gives the landscape a more formal or structured atmosphere.
  • Concrete Pavers are available in many different colors, shapes, and sizes. The versatility of concrete pavers offers the ability to incorporate patterns in to the landscape.
  • Brick Pavers are also available in a variety of colors and and sizes. Brick pavers offer a classical look that can be used in combination with flagstone and as a border or control joint.

The variety of choices we offer creates the opportunity to customize the stone work to your specific taste. Our goal is to provide you with a completely customized look that will fit perfectly into the landscape of your home or business, and also provide you with the design and installation expertise that our years of experience will bring.

Stone & Water Works

The Big Gator Stone Work Services in Southwest Florida

We offer superior quality stone and water features to accent the landscaping of your home or business. A well built and professionally designed stone wall, or a flowing waterfall can be the perfect accents to make your yard even more beautiful. Let the professionals at The Big Gator work with you to design a landscape environment that fits the style of your home or business using:

  • Ponds and streams
  • Natural stone water features
  • Disappearing water features
  • Filtration
  • Retaining walls
  • Planters

Water and stone features can enhance a landscape environment both visually and acoustically. By using a tasteful mix of stone work and water we can help you design the centerpiece of your yard. The classic stone look when combined with aquatic features, and accented by the sound of flowing water, can create a very relaxing and enjoyable environment for you and your guests. Some features, such as ponds, can even support fish and attract birds, butterflies, and dragonflies. Let the experienced crews at The Big Gator create the ultimate landscape environment for you!

Lawn Maintenance

The Big Gator Patio and Pergolas Services in Southwest Florida

Regular maintenance is necessary to keep your lawn and gardens looking their best.  The Big Gator offers a variety of different services to maintain the landscaping around your home or business:

  • Weekly lawn maintenance
  • Hedge trimming
  • Fertilization of lawns and flower beds
  • Perennial and annual color installation
  • Sod installation
  • Mulching
  • And more!

The lawn maintenance crews at The Big Gator are skilled and equipped to handle commercial and residential sites. We are prepared to tackle all maintenance issues concerning your home and business. Weekly lawn and garden care is essential to keeping your business office looking sharp and your home looking beautiful. The Big Gator is ready, and experienced enough, to handle both for you.

Sprinkler Systems

The Big Gator Sprinkler Services in Southwest Florida

Keep your lawn and gardens looking sharp with one of our automated sprinkler systems! Part of having a beautiful looking lawn is regular watering, however watering by hand or using a hose attachment can be time consuming and very inefficient. Let the experienced team at The Big Gator install an automated system that will keep your lawn looking beautiful all year!

We are prepared to offer professional grade service and irrigation equipment for your home or business including:

  • Above ground/Fixed spray sprinklers
  • Drip irrigation
  • Weather station controllers
  • Rain Bird quality equipment

The importance of a professional quality system should not be underestimated. We use the highest quality equipment offered along with the know-how that only 20+ years of experience can bring. Our weather station controllers also create a more efficient watering system by detecting rainfall and adjusting water usage according to a variety of different environments in your lawn and gardens.

Landscape Design

The Big Gator Landscape Services in Southwest Florida

A beautiful landscape design is an essential part to any home or business. The experienced team at The Big Gator will work with you to create a customized landscape design for your home or business that will compliment the design of your property. Our experts are experienced in designing and installing:

  • Sod
  • Perennial and seasonal color
  • Tree and shrub installation
  • Organic planting area preparation
  • Mulch and gravel
  • Low maintenance landscape

Our expert designers are ready to serve you! We offer a wide range of plant and service choices that are perfect for any season. It is our goal to help you create a landscape design that will fit perfectly with your in to the structure of your home or office.

Drainage

The Big Gator General Drainage Services in Southwest Florida

The purpose of a drainage system is to remove water from unwanted areas, where it may cause damage, and relocate it to a suitable area. There are some signs and situations that can point to, or lead to, potential water damage as the result of poor drainage:

  • Standing water on property
  • Saturated soil
  • Downspouts discharging water at foundation
  • Water entering house/building
  • Water under house/building

These signs can point to problems that range from the destruction of landscape to building foundation issues.

The crews at The Big Gator are experts at efficiently correcting all drainage problems for both residential and commercial sites. We know that the importance of a well functioning drainage system is essential to maintaining the integrity of a property and we offer multiple solutions including, but not limited to, the use of French drains, sump pumps, and grading.