What your budget buys
These are rough examples before HST, using our 2026 prices. Your yard will be different, and the free on-site estimate gives you the real number in writing.
Up to about $2,500
- New sod on a 1,000 sq ft front lawn, with the old lawn taken out: about $1,500–$2,000
- A 100 sq ft decorative stone bed: about $600–$1,200
- 50 ft of decorative curbing: about $900–$1,250
- Grub prevention on a typical lawn: about $250–$550
Around $5,000
- New sod on a 1,500 sq ft front lawn: about $2,250–$3,000, with money left for curbing or a stone bed
- A 300 sq ft turf side yard or dog run: about $3,000–$4,800
- A 10 by 12 ft concrete patio: about $1,440–$1,920
- 100 ft of wood fence: about $3,500–$5,500
Around $10,000
- A full front yard makeover, which usually runs $5,000–$10,000
- A double concrete driveway of about 800 sq ft, broom finish: about $6,400–$9,600
- A 500 sq ft turf backyard: about $5,000–$8,000
$25,000 and up
This is whole-yard money: patios, turf, beds, curbing and fencing together. A typical backyard project runs $8,000–$25,000.
How much does it cost to landscape a small front yard?
A small refresh can stay under a few thousand dollars. New sod on 500 sq ft is about $750–$1,000, and a 50 sq ft stone bed is about $300–$600. A clean lawn, tidy beds and a sharp edge do most of the work.
What's the cheapest way to landscape a yard?
Usually it's fixing what's already there. Level the lawn, lay fresh sod, clean up the beds and put a clean edge around them. Sod costs far less than turf or concrete, and a tidy yard reads as a finished yard.
Where to save
Do it in phases
Front this year, back next. You still get a plan for the whole yard, and you pay for it in pieces.
Pick the simpler finish
A broom finish costs less than exposed aggregate or stamped concrete, and it does the same job.
Use sod where you can
Turf makes the most sense in small, shady or hard-working spots. Keep sod on the big, sunny areas.
Start with smaller plants
Smaller shrubs cost less and fill in over a couple of seasons.
Group the work
Doing related jobs together, like sod and sprinklers or a driveway and its edges, saves digging up new work later.
Where not to save
The grading
If the ground is wrong, everything on top of it is wrong too. Fix it once, before anything goes down.
Taking out the old lawn
Sod laid over an old lawn usually fails. Paying to do it twice is the most expensive way to save money.
The base under concrete and turf
You'll never see it, and it's what decides how long the job lasts.
Insurance
A cheap quote from someone without insurance isn't cheap if something goes wrong on your property.
Why the cheapest quote can cost you more
Low quotes often leave out removal, disposal, grading or soil, and those are real costs. Ask every landscaper what's included, in writing, so you're comparing the same job.
Do you take small jobs?
Yes. Every job, big or small, gets the same free on-site estimate and the same written quote that day.
Our take
Tell us your budget at the estimate. We'll tell you straight what it buys and what to do first, and if it makes more sense to do the job in stages, we'll say so.
Tell us your budget
Free on-site estimate anywhere in Windsor-Essex, with a written quote the same day. Call or text 519-567-4724.
