I'm right on the Bay Hill course — what are the rules?

Bay Hill Club has rules about fencing along the property line, what can be planted within a certain distance of the cart path, and lighting that might affect course play. We coordinate with the club when projects touch the perimeter.

Sand Lake Road restaurant — when can you do the work?

Restaurant Row maintenance is usually done early morning before opening or weekday afternoons between lunch and dinner service. We don't run loud equipment during peak service hours.

When should I trim trees before hurricane season here?

April through early June. The big live oaks and laurel oaks around Bay Hill catch a lot of wind in a storm; thinning the canopy reduces the chance of branch failure. Booking by mid-May is recommended — we run out of slots in June.

My Doctor Phillips home has heavy oak shade — what grass works?

Palmetto St. Augustine for partial shade, mulched beds with ground covers (perennial peanut, Asiatic jasmine, mondo grass) in deep shade. Don't try to keep Floratam alive under heavy canopy — it won't last.

Can you do a full-property landscape redesign in Bay Hill?

Yes — and we do them regularly. Full-property Bay Hill redesigns typically run $30K–$150K depending on scope. We can phase the install over two seasons if the budget calls for it.

Both residential and commercial — same crew?

Same crew model — we don't subcontract between residential and commercial. The team you meet on a residential install is the team you meet on a Restaurant Row maintenance visit, with the licensing and insurance to cover both.

Bay Hill / Doctor Phillips, FL

Landscaping in Bay Hill & Doctor Phillips, FL

Name: Firsthand Lawns — Bay Hill
Address: 3720 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL, 32804, US
Telephone: (407) 337-5191
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.9

Bay Hill is a country-club community wrapped around the Bay Hill Club & Lodge — most properties either back onto the golf course, sit along the Butler Chain of Lakes, or both. The landscape standard is high; you don't move into Bay Hill expecting to settle for a 'good enough' yard. Most of our work here is full-property maintenance contracts, landscape redesigns to update homes purchased in the last few years, and hardscape work for outdoor entertaining areas.

Doctor Phillips covers the broader area — neighborhoods like Phillips Bay, Sand Lake Hills, Sand Lake Cove, and the residential streets off Apopka-Vineland Road. Restaurant Row along Sand Lake Road is the commercial spine, and we run maintenance contracts for several of the restaurants and office sites there.

Mature trees are everywhere in Bay Hill and Doctor Phillips — live oaks, magnolias, palms — and most pre-hurricane season work for us in May and June is right here, thinning canopies before the storms come through.

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Professionally maintained landscaping in Bay Hill, FL

Where we work in Bay Hill.

Bay Hill Club & Lodge perimeter
Phillips Bay
Sand Lake Hills
Sand Lake Cove
Doctor Phillips Boulevard
Restaurant Row (Sand Lake Road)
Apopka-Vineland Road corridor
Big Sand Lake waterfront

What we do here

Every service, in Bay Hill.

The full Firsthand service lineup is available across Bay Hill. Click any service for details, pricing range, and FAQ.

Lawn Maintenance

$175–$350/month (residential)

Landscape Design & Installation

$500–$2,500 design · installs $5K–$50K

Sod Installation

$1.50–$3.50 / sq ft installed

Irrigation

Repairs $150–$800 · new install $3K–$8K

Hardscape Installation

$10–$15 / sq ft installed

Tree Trimming & Removal

Trim $300–$700 · removal $400–$3,000+

Stump Grinding & Removal

$150–$400 per stump typical

Bamboo Trimming & Removal

Trim $300–$800 · removal $1.5K–$10K+

Property Cleanup

$500–$5,000+ typical residential

Why Bay Hill

What Bay Hill homeowners hire us for.

Golf-course perimeter work.

Bay Hill homes that back onto the course have rules: setback from cart paths, restrictions on what can be planted along the fairway, occasional golf-ball-strike considerations. We've worked these lots enough to know.

Restaurant Row commercial maintenance.

Sand Lake Road restaurants have high foot traffic, high turnover on plant material, and strict timing windows (you can't run a chipper during the dinner rush). We schedule around it.

Hurricane-season tree work.

Mature live oaks and laurel oaks are everywhere in Bay Hill and Doctor Phillips. May and June pre-season crown thinning is one of our biggest work pushes here. We trim ahead of storm season, not after a limb lands on the roof.

Estate-scale landscape redesigns.

Many Bay Hill homes are bought and sold every few years, and new owners frequently want to redo the landscape. We've handled enough full-property redesigns here to scope, draft, and execute quickly.

From Bay Hill customers

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