I'm in Baldwin Park — do you know the ARC rules?

Yes. Baldwin Park has a specific approved plant list and rules around hardscape, lighting, and fence treatments. We draft submittals that align with the current ARC requirements; rejections are rare when we do the package.

Can you maintain my office park or restaurant location?

Yes — commercial maintenance is a meaningful share of our Orlando work. We can handle the contract, the COI requirements, and provide monthly reporting through CompanyCam. Sand Lake Restaurant Row, Lake Mary Boulevard corridor, and office parks off I-4 are all in our service area.

Watering restrictions are different in Orlando — what's the rule?

Orange County (which includes Orlando proper) follows the SJRWMD schedule: one watering day per week during EST, two days during DST, before 10am or after 4pm. We program every controller to your address's day. Some properties (well water, hand-watering) have exemptions — we'll tell you if yours qualifies.

How does urban heat affect plant choices downtown?

Urban heat islands run a few degrees hotter than suburban yards. We lean toward heat-tolerant natives — firebush, dwarf yaupon, muhly grass — and away from species that struggle in concentrated sun reflection. Downtown lots also tend to have compacted soil; we amend more aggressively.

I have a small lot downtown — is it worth the visit?

Yes. We don't have a minimum project size in Orlando. Smaller lots often need more thoughtful design than larger ones — there's no room to hide a mistake.

What's your service radius from downtown?

Our core service area is the Winter Park / Windermere / Bay Hill triangle, with Orlando proper inside that triangle. Anything outside roughly 20 miles of Park Avenue we'll evaluate case by case but usually decline — short response times matter more to us than expanding the map.

Orlando, FL

Landscaping in Orlando, FL

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

Orlando isn't one landscape — it's many. The mid-century block houses around Audubon Park and Mills 50 have different lot characteristics than the newer planned communities like Baldwin Park; the high-rise residential downtown has different needs again from the office parks along Sand Lake. We work across all of it, residential and commercial, with the same crew running everything from a single-bed refresh in Thornton Park to a multi-property maintenance contract for a property management firm.

What stays consistent across Orlando is the climate: heavy summer rain, sandy soil that drains too fast for thirsty plants, watering restrictions enforced by Orange County, and chinch bug pressure that takes out St. Augustine in unprotected lawns every August. We adapt the plant palette and the maintenance schedule to each property, but the fundamentals carry across the region.

Most of our Orlando work flows from properties in our existing Winter Park / Windermere / Bay Hill service triangle. We don't take jobs we'd have to drive 45 minutes to — that keeps the crew on schedule and keeps response times tight.

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Professionally maintained landscaping in Orlando, FL

Where we work in Orlando.

Audubon Park
Mills 50
Thornton Park
Lake Eola Heights
Baldwin Park
SoDo / South Orange
Conway / Lake Conway
Lake Highland

What we do here

Every service, in Orlando.

The full Firsthand service lineup is available across Orlando. 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 Orlando

What Orlando homeowners hire us for.

Both sides of the residential/commercial line.

We handle single-family bungalows in Audubon Park, planned-community homes in Baldwin Park, and office park / restaurant row commercial accounts. Same insurance, same documentation, same contracts — different scope.

Baldwin Park ARC fluency.

Baldwin Park's landscape rules (approved plant lists, hardscape restrictions, lighting placement) are strict. We've worked through them enough to know what gets approved.

Downtown access logistics.

Working downtown — Thornton Park, SoDo, Lake Eola — means tight parking and street access. We schedule deliveries and crew arrival so we're not blocking the street for an hour at 8am.

Property management ready.

We hold the insurance and licensing required to onboard with property management firms. Certificates available, additional-insured endorsements available, monthly reporting in CompanyCam.

From Orlando customers

Reviews from your neighborhood.

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FAQ

Questions specific to Orlando.

Other service areas.

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Working on a property in Orlando?

Tell us where and what you're thinking. We'll come out, walk it with you, and write up an honest estimate — usually within two business days.

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