Seven core programs — sod installation, reel mowing, lawn maintenance, topdressing, irrigation, landscape design, and lawn care — owner-operated by a turfgrass-certified specialist. Soil-first, cultivar-matched, calibrated to the estate lawns of Oviedo, Winter Park, and Central Florida.
Yard Works runs seven core programs across the estate neighborhoods of Oviedo, Winter Park, Winter Springs, Maitland, College Park, Lake Mary, Sanford, and Lake Nona. Every program is owned by Michael Geist — a turfgrass-certified Central Florida specialist who walks the property, pulls a soil sample, and calibrates the program to the cultivar, the irrigation, and the Zone 9b reality of the site. No franchises. No call centers. No subcontractors swapping cultivars to save a dollar a pallet.
The seven services below are the entry points. Most properties run two or three of them on a bundled monthly program; a few run all seven. Below the service grid is the soil-first methodology that ties them together — the reason these programs produce a different long-term result than the lawn down the street.
Soil-first sod installs across all eight cities. ProVista, Floratam, Seville and Palmetto St. Augustine ($2.00/sqft) and CitraZoy and Empire Zoysia ($2.15/sqft), with other cultivars quoted on site, matched to your light, soil, and irrigation. 60-day establishment program.
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Tournament-grade reel-cut programs for fine-blade Zoysia and Florida Bermuda lawns. Sharpened reels, calibrated cut heights, weekly stripe rotation. Never on St. Augustine.
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Weekly mow, edge, trim, and clipping management on standard rotary or premium reel programs. Cut height calibrated to your cultivar. The compounding work that keeps an estate lawn estate-grade.
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Premium sand-and-compost topdressing (from $300/cu yd) to build organic matter into Central Florida sand, smooth surface variance, and dilute thatch. The work that compounds over seasons.
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Smart controller installs, head-by-head coverage audits, repair, and seasonal calibration. Zones split by turf type. The plumbing that determines whether your lawn lives or stalls.
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Zone 9b landscape design and installation. Native plant palettes, hardscape integration, lighting, drainage. Plants installed at correct depth, amended with the right soil, spaced for mature growth.
View landscape design →Sod cultivar selection is the largest single variable in whether a lawn establishes. We install seven St. Augustine cultivars and seven Zoysia cultivars across Central Florida — each suited to specific light, irrigation, and mow programs. Browse by family below.
ProVista, CitraBlue, Floratam, Seville, Palmetto, Cobalt. Broad-bladed, classic Florida lawn aesthetic. Rotary mowed at 3.5–4 inches. Best for partial-shade and high-canopy properties.
Browse St. Augustine →CitraZoy, Empire, Zeon, Geo, Palisades, Trinity. Fine-blade, reel-mow capable, golf-course-style finish. Cut at 0.5–2.5 inches depending on cultivar. Best for full-sun showcase lawns.
Browse Zoysia →Every service above shares a common foundation. It's the reason an estate lawn that runs on these programs reads differently from one that doesn't — even when both lawns get mowed every week.
Native Central Florida sand sits under 1% organic matter on most construction lots. Per UF/IFAS, healthy turf soil sits at 3–5%. Every program starts from that gap and builds toward it — through amendment, topdressing, and the right fertility windows.
There is no universal best sod. Floratam under deep oak shade fails every time. ProVista under a reel mower scalps every time. Cultivar selection follows the soil test, the light map, the irrigation overlap, and the HOA constraints — not what's on the truck.
Every program is walked, quoted, and run by Michael — not a franchise crew chief swapping out every six months. The same hands that pulled the soil sample are on the driveway the day the install runs. That continuity is what compounds.
Eight cities across Seminole and Orange Counties. Each has its own city hub linking the seven services to local detail — neighborhood names, HOA culture, soil notes, irrigation reality.
Alafaya Woods · Carillon · Kingsbridge · home base.
Windsong · Olde Winter Park · The Vias · Genius Drive.
Tuscawilla · Parkstone · Howell Creek estates.
Maitland Boulevard estate corridor · Dommerich Hills.
Edgewater Drive corridor · bungalow restoration neighborhoods.
Heathrow · Markham Woods · Timacuan estates.
Lake Mary Boulevard corridor · Lake Monroe historic lots.
Laureate Park · Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.
Yard Works runs seven core programs across Central Florida: sod installation, reel mowing, lawn maintenance, lawn topdressing and leveling, irrigation installation and repair, landscape design and installation, and lawn care including fertility and pest management. Every program is owner-operated, turfgrass-certified, and calibrated to the cultivar and Zone 9b conditions of each property.
Most properties enter the system through sod installation or lawn maintenance. New-build lots and properties with failing turf start with sod installation. Established estate lawns enter through weekly lawn maintenance or a reel mowing program. From there, topdressing, irrigation, and landscape design layer in as the lawn matures. Michael walks the property and recommends the right entry point on a free estimate.
Both. Most residential clients run a bundled program — weekly mowing plus seasonal topdressing plus annual irrigation tune-up — billed monthly. One-time projects (sod installation, landscape design-build, irrigation repair) are quoted separately on-site. The bundled programs come with a plant and lawn replacement guarantee that one-off services do not.
Oviedo, Winter Park, Winter Springs, Maitland, College Park, Lake Mary, Sanford, and Lake Nona. The crew is based in Oviedo and routes radiate out through Seminole and Orange Counties. Properties outside this corridor are taken on a case-by-case basis.
Yes. Licensed and insured across Seminole and Orange County. Owner Michael Geist is turfgrass certified for warm-season cultivars, sports field management certified, and has been maintaining Central Florida lawns since 2005. Insurance certificates are available for HOA submission on request.
Every program starts the same way — Michael on the driveway, soil sample in the bag, walk through the cultivar, irrigation, light, and HOA reality of the property. Free, on-site estimates for any of the seven services, or any combination.
