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Slater Lawn & Garden

Rowlett, TX · Family-run since 1978

Lawn and garden. Both halves, one crew.

Family-run on Main Street in Rowlett since 1978. Mowing, beds, sprinklers, planting — across Lake Ray Hubbard and the eastern Dallas suburbs.

Free, no-pressure walk-through. We quote on-site so the number you get is the number you pay.

47+ years on Main Street in Rowlett BBB-accredited since 1983 On-site nursery Insured · the phone gets answered

What we do

Everything inyour yard.

Mowing, beds, planting, sprinklers, mulch, stone, sod — pick one or all. We’ve been doing every piece of this since 1978, and the nursery on Main Street stocks half the plants that end up in your beds.

Weekly Mowing

Crisp, even cuts on a schedule that fits your yard — St. Augustine, Bermuda, or Zoysia, cut at the right height for a North Texas summer.

starts at $45 · per visit

Edging & Trimming

Clean, deliberate edges along beds, walks, and drives — plus string-trim around fences, posts, and trees.

starts at $30 · per visit

Garden Bed Care

Hand-weed beds, refresh mulch, prune perennials at the right time, and keep the roses, irises, and salvia looking like someone tends them — because someone does.

starts at $75 · per visit

Seasonal Planting

Spring annuals, summer perennials, fall color, and the right shrubs for North Texas clay — sourced from the nursery on Main Street.

starts at $95 · per visit

Spring & Fall Cleanups

The big two — leaves, sticks, and dead growth out; mulch, edges, and beds reset for the season.

starts at $85 · per visit

Sprinkler Repair & Install

Spring start-up, summer adjustments, fall blow-out — leak repairs, controller programming, and the head you keep meaning to call about.

starts at $125 · per visit

Mulch Installation

Hardwood, cedar, or dyed black — installed at the right depth so the beds look fresh and the weeds give up.

starts at $95 · per visit

Stone Patios & Walkways

Hardscape that lasts — proper base, polymeric sand, edges that stay put through Texas summers and Lake Ray Hubbard storms.

starts at $1800 · per visit

Sod & Hydro-Seeding

Bermuda, St. Augustine, or Zoysia — graded, laid, rolled. Hydro-seeding for the back forty or a fresh build pad.

starts at $750 · per visit

How it works

Three steps,no hassle

We try to make hiring us boring in the best way — predictable, quiet, easy to explain to your spouse.

  1. Walk the property

    We come out, listen to what you want, and look at what the lawn actually needs. No high-pressure quotes, no surprises.

  2. Quote on the spot

    You get a flat per-visit price the same day. That number is what shows up on the invoice — no add-ons.

  3. Same crew, every week

    Once we start, the same two-person crew shows up the same morning every week. Quiet, on-time, gate latched.

The other half

We don’t just mow.We plant.

The name has two halves on purpose. Most crews around Lake Ray Hubbard mow the lawn and ignore the beds. We’ve had a nursery on Main Street since 1978 — so we hand-weed beds, prune the roses at the right time, refresh mulch, and plant what actually thrives in North Texas clay.

Lawn & Garden — both halves of what Slater does.Lawnmow + edgeblow walks cleangate latched, every time&Gardenweed by handmulch 2–3″plant from our nursery

What “Garden” means here.

  • Hand-weed beds, not just mow around them. No glyphosate near edibles unless you ask. Beds stay clean for the full week.
  • Prune to the plant, not the calendar. Knockouts get a hard cut in February. Crepe myrtles get a sane cut, not a chainsaw. Roses get deadheaded weekly through summer.
  • Plant from our own nursery. We know the plant before it goes in your yard — and what it’ll look like in three years.
  • Mulch top-up spring and fall. Two to three inches, hand-spread, pulled back from the trunks. Holds moisture through August.

Spring planting list — pulled from the nursery

What we’d put in your beds this April.

  • Knockout RoseBlooms April through frost. Bulletproof in Rowlett clay.
  • Texas SageSilver leaves, purple blooms after rain. Doesn’t care about August.
  • LantanaPollinator magnet. Cut to the ground in February, comes back fuller.
  • Salvia (Mystic Spires)Deep blue spikes from May to November. Hummingbirds find it the same week.
  • Hosta (shaded beds)For the north side of the house. We pick the variegated ones if you want light.
  • Crepe MyrtleThe North Texas porch tree. We prune the right way — not “crepe murder.”

Want something not on the list? Stop by the shop on Main Street and we’ll source it.

In their words

What customers say

Some of the long-time customers who’ve put up with us showing up every week, rain or shine, since the ‘90s.

Slater’s been doing our yard since we moved to Rowlett. They mow it, edge it, and — the part that matters — they actually know what to do with the rose bed out front. Every other crew just ignored it.

Karen M.

via Google

Called about a sprinkler leak that had been bugging me for months. They were out the next day, found the broken line under the side bed, fixed it, and reset the controller so the back zone actually waters now. Reasonable bill.

Doug R.

via Google

Bought half my front-yard plants from their nursery and had them install. The Knockouts and the Texas sage have been blooming for three years straight. They knew what would actually live in our clay.

Patricia W.

via Facebook

Ready for a Rowlett crew that’s been around the block?

Call the shop on Main Street and we’ll walk the property within the week. Or send a quick message — whatever’s easier.

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Good to know

Frequently asked

  • Both — it’s in the name. Most weeks we are mowing, edging, and blowing. But we also weed beds, refresh mulch, prune perennials, and plant from our own nursery on Main Street. If it lives in your yard, we handle it.