Tampa Bay lawn & landscape — mowing, lawn care plans, landscaping & irrigation
Find a yard pro you can trust.
FDACS licenses you can look up. Insurance, service agreements and plan prices from the business’s own site. Reviews you can check yourself. Then contact the pro directly — we never take a cut.
Small locally owned lawn crew in southeast Hillsborough County offering one-time, biweekly and weekly mowing plans plus seasonal bed clean-outs, mulching, shrub shaping and leaf cleanups.
Family- and locally-owned lawn care, landscape design and installation, irrigation and fertilization company serving Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties since 1990.
Family-owned Clearwater irrigation company, established 1984, that installs and repairs lawn sprinkler systems and services shallow wells and pumps in Pinellas County.
Landscaping contractor offering landscape design and construction, sod, artificial turf, pavers, drainage solutions and seasonal cleanups for homes and businesses in Hillsborough County and surrounding counties.
Largo company offering tree trimming, removal and stump grinding together with landscaping installation, lawn maintenance, bush trimming, planting and mulching for residential and commercial properties.
Owner-operated sprinkler repair, installation and maintenance business serving Pasco County and the Tampa Bay area, with 20+ years of experience; also does yard drainage work.
Exterior lighting company offering permanent architectural lighting, landscape lighting, holiday, dock and commercial lighting around Trinity and Tampa Bay.
A growing first collection, not a complete list. Hours, prices, licenses and agreements are business-published and may change. How we source our listings ↗
The trust check
What’s worth knowing before a crew shows up.
A lawn plan is a long relationship: someone on your property every week or two, chemicals on the grass your kids and pets play on, and a bill every month. So every business gets the same plain check of what you can verify for yourself — not a rating, not an ad. Unknowns stay unknown.
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It’s a real business
Sourced from the business’s own website. Lead-generation pages, marketplaces and call centers don’t count.
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It’s licensed where it matters
Fertilizer and weed-control work in Florida needs an FDACS pest-control license. We show the number when the business publishes it or the state record matches by name and address.
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It says it’s insured
Insurance exactly as the business states it, with a link to where it says so. Always ask for the certificate.
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The terms are in writing
A published service agreement or guarantee, in the business’s own words. If it doesn’t publish one, we say so.
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You can see the price
Plan and job prices only when the business publishes them, with the source and the date we checked.
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Florida-Friendly or certified
Florida-Friendly Landscaping, GI-BMP, ISA or FNGLA credentials, as the business states them. Reviews are linked so you can read them yourself — we never invent ratings.
NEW TO A FLORIDA YARD?
The grass doesn’t stop, so pick your crew carefully.
Around Tampa Bay, lawns grow most of the year and summer rain is heavy, so most plans run year-round and some cities restrict fertilizer in the rainy season. Compare written quotes, ask what each visit includes, and pick a business you trust. How to choose a lawn care company ↗
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Jun 1 – Sep 30, typicallyRainy season: several communities restrict nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer.
Fig. 1The Tampa Bay lawn year. Lawns grow most of the year; fertilizer rules differ by city and county. Summer fertilizer rules ↗
Are you licensed for fertilizer and weed control?In Florida, commercial fertilizer, pesticide and weed-control work on lawns is licensed by FDACS. Ask for the license number and look it up yourself.
Are you insured?Ask for a certificate of insurance (general liability, and workers’ comp if they have employees) before a crew works on your property.
What’s in the plan, and how do I cancel?Get the visit frequency, what each visit includes, price changes and cancellation terms in writing.
What happens if a visit is missed?Ask how rain-outs and missed visits are rescheduled or credited, and how you’ll hear about it.
ASK AROUND
Who does your yard? Send them the pro.
Good lawn crews get found through neighbors. Share a business to the group chat with one tap — the link opens with their services, stated license and contact details. Saved a shortlist? Share that too and let a neighbor weigh in.
our lawn guy moved away, anyone have someone good?
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FLORIDA RULES
Chemicals on the lawn your dog lies on?
Fertilizer and weed-control work in Florida is licensed, and several Tampa Bay communities restrict summer fertilizer. Know what to ask before you sign a treatment plan.
Straight answers about licenses, local fertilizer rules, lawn plans and how Find Yard Pros works. How we source our listings ↗
How do I find a trustworthy lawn care company in Tampa Bay?
Look for things you can check yourself: an official website and a real contact, an FDACS pest-control license if they apply fertilizer or weed control, a clear statement that they are insured, written service-agreement terms, published or written prices, and review pages you can read on the original platform. Find Yard Pros lists 1079 lawn care and landscaping businesses based in 77 Tampa Bay areas and shows which of these details we could confirm for each one, with links to the sources and the date we checked them (latest check 2026-11-06).
Does a lawn care company need a license in Florida?
Commercial application of fertilizer, pesticides and weed control to lawns and ornamentals is regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS): businesses doing that work need a pest-control business license, and the people applying need the matching certification. Mowing, trimming and installing plants alone generally don’t need an FDACS license, though your city or county may require a local business tax receipt. This is general information, not legal advice — check with FDACS for your situation. Right now 7 pros in the directory show an FDACS license number we could source.
Can lawn companies fertilize in summer around Tampa Bay?
Several local governments around Tampa Bay restrict nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer during the rainy season (typically June 1 to September 30) to protect the bay and other waters; rules differ by city and county and can change. Ask your lawn company how its summer program follows your local ordinance. See our guide: /guides/fertilizer-rules-tampa-bay.
What is the Find Yard Pros trust check?
It is a checklist on every profile: a real, sourced business; an FDACS license where the services need one; insurance as stated by the business; published service-agreement terms; published prices; and Florida-Friendly Landscaping or industry certification. It is not a rating. A missing item means we could not confirm it from a public source, not that the business is bad.
Does Find Yard Pros rate or rank lawn companies?
No. We never give businesses our own star ratings and we don’t copy ratings from other sites — we link to each business’s review pages so you see current reviews in context. By default, listings are sorted by how many trust-check details we could confirm. Some owner-verified businesses are Featured through a partnership with Winback Engine, the company behind Find Yard Pros; Featured listings are always labeled and can appear first, but Featured never changes a listing’s trust check, credentials or reviews.
What should I ask before signing up for a lawn care plan?
Are you licensed for fertilizer and weed control? In Florida, commercial fertilizer, pesticide and weed-control work on lawns is licensed by FDACS. Ask for the license number and look it up yourself. Are you insured? Ask for a certificate of insurance (general liability, and workers’ comp if they have employees) before a crew works on your property. What’s in the plan, and how do I cancel? Get the visit frequency, what each visit includes, price changes and cancellation terms in writing. What happens if a visit is missed? Ask how rain-outs and missed visits are rescheduled or credited, and how you’ll hear about it.
What is Florida-Friendly Landscaping?
Florida-Friendly Landscaping is a University of Florida IFAS program built on nine principles, such as right plant, right place; watering efficiently; fertilizing appropriately; and reducing stormwater runoff. Some landscapers say they design or maintain yards to those principles; we show it only when the business states it. 17 pros in the directory state it.
Do I book or pay through this site?
No. Every profile links to the business’s own website, quote page or phone number, so you deal directly with them. Find Yard Pros does not take bookings, payments or referral fees from homeowners.
A business is missing or out of date. How do I fix it?
Owners can claim a free profile, and anyone can suggest a missing business or a correction from the “For businesses” page. Requests are reviewed against the business’s official sources before anything changes on a public profile.
Claim your free profile. Show your license, your insurance, your service agreement and your plan prices, and make it easy for homeowners to trust you before the first visit.
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