Landscaping in Key Biscayne, FL

Key Biscayne is the most exposed ground we work on. It takes salt from both sides, it is sand all the way down, and there is nothing between an island lot and the weather.

So the planting is chosen for survival first and looks second — and the useful thing to know is that on a barrier island those two are not in conflict. Sea grape, coconut, gumbo limbo, silver buttonwood, cocoplum and native dune grasses are what belong here, they look like the island rather than like a mainland garden imported onto it, and they are still standing after the storm that stripped the imported material.

Hurricane season shapes the calendar. Palms want their fronds correctly managed before the season rather than after — and correctly means not hurricane-cut into a feather duster, which is the single most common and most damaging thing done to a palm in this county. A properly maintained crown holds up better in wind than an over-trimmed one, and it does not spend the next two years recovering.

Salt film on pavers, cages and rails is constant out here, so the washing is on a schedule rather than on request.

Call (786) 985-5921 for a free estimate on Key Biscayne or Virginia Key.