Drive through Green on a Saturday in June and you can read the whole history of the city in its front yards. There are 1950s ranches around Greensburg with foundation shrubs that were planted before the city existed and have long since swallowed the front windows. There are subdivisions off Massillon Road where every house went up inside the same eighteen months and every yard got the same three arborvitae and the same ring of mulch. And there are properties out toward Portage Lakes sitting on ground that drains three different ways across a single half-acre lot. Same city, same climate, and three completely different landscaping problems.
I’m Jordan Filimonuk, owner of Fili Property Maintenance, and I’ve spent over 15 years designing, building, and maintaining landscapes across Northeast Ohio. I personally walk every Green property, work out the design myself, and stay on the job through installation. With 140+ five-star Google reviews and a 4.9 rating built on doing exactly what I say I’ll do, I’ll give you a straight answer on what it takes and what it costs before you commit to anything.
Green is not a generic suburb. The city sits on the heavy glacial clay that runs under most of southern Summit County, but the northern end near Turkeyfoot and Nimisila has pockets of sand and gravel left behind by the same glaciers that dug the Portage Lakes. Two properties four miles apart can need opposite drainage strategies. Add Zone 6a winters, the February freeze-thaw swing, and a building boom that left a lot of newer Green homes sitting on compacted construction fill, and you get a place where the cheap approach fails fast and visibly. I’d rather work with the ground than against it.
Why Green, Ohio Homeowners Choose Fili Property Maintenance
Most of my Green work arrives one of two ways. Either somebody bought a house and inherited a landscape that hasn’t been touched in fifteen years, or somebody built new and the developer’s landscaping package turned out to be three shrubs and a bag of mulch. Both are fixable. Neither is fixed by a company that shows up, sticks hostas along the foundation wall, and sends an invoice.
I design it before I build it. You get a plan showing what goes where, what it will look like in year one and what it will look like in year seven when everything has filled in. Skipping this step is how you end up with a dwarf spruce planted eighteen inches off the siding that has to be torn out in five years.
I don’t subcontract your work out. The person who walks your property and quotes the job is the person standing on it while it’s built.
I build the base right even though you’ll never see it. Every patio goes over a 5-inch compacted open-graded base. Every retaining wall gets proper drainage behind it. It’s the part that separates hardscaping that lasts twenty years from hardscaping that starts shifting after two winters — and the easiest part to cheat on, because nobody can see it once the pavers go down.
I give you a real number. Not a range so wide it’s useless, and not a lowball that turns into change orders. If your project is going to cost more than you were hoping, I’d rather tell you that on the first visit than halfway through.
Landscape Design for Green Properties
Design is where a landscaping project is won or lost, and it’s the step most homeowners are talked out of. When I design a Green landscape I start with the things that can’t be changed: where the water goes, where the sun lands in July versus October, what the soil is actually made of, and what the house itself is asking for. A 1990s colonial in Camelot Hills wants a different treatment than a mid-century ranch on Greensburg Road.
Then I work out the structure — beds, edges, walkways, grade changes, the shape of the lawn that’s left. Structure is what makes a landscape read as intentional even in February when nothing is blooming. Plants come last. A design plan covers bed layout, a plant schedule with mature sizes rather than nursery-tag sizes, hardscape locations and materials, grading and drainage corrections, lighting placement, and a phasing plan if you’d rather build over two or three seasons. Plenty of my Green clients do the front yard the first year and the back the next, and having a plan means year two doesn’t fight year one.
Garden Beds, Planting & Foundation Landscaping
The single most common landscaping job I do in Green is tearing out an overgrown foundation planting and replacing it with something chosen deliberately. When I rebuild a bed I fix the soil first — Northeast Ohio clay compacts, holds water, and will strangle a root ball planted into a hole the exact size of the pot. Beds get amended, the grade gets set so water moves away from the foundation, and plants go in based on mature size. For Green I lean on things that handle clay and Zone 6a winters without drama: viburnum, ninebark, oakleaf hydrangea, switchgrass, coneflower, catmint. Where a property backs onto woods — common on the east side of Green — deer pressure changes the list entirely, and I plan around that up front rather than sell you a hosta buffet.
Patios, Retaining Walls, Grading & What It Costs
A well-built patio is the highest-value thing you can add to a Green backyard. The failure is always the base: a patio set over ground that wasn’t excavated and compacted properly starts telling on itself after two freeze-thaw cycles. Every patio I install goes over a 5-inch compacted open-graded base with proper pitch, edge restraint, and polymeric sand. Retaining walls are structural elements that happen to be decorative — walls fail for exactly two reasons, no drainage or no base, and both are invisible from the driveway. If your property has a wet basement or a soggy patch that never dries, the problem is grading, and I’d rather solve the water first and landscape second.
Real ranges from Green-area work: bed renovation and replanting $2,500–$6,500 · paver patios $18–$30 per square foot installed · retaining walls $35–$60 per face foot · grading and drainage corrections $1,200–$3,500 for small work · landscape lighting starter systems $2,000–$4,500 · full property design-and-install $15,000–$60,000+, phased over seasons if that suits your budget. These are starting points, not quotes — the only way to get a firm price is for me to stand on the property. Estimates are free.
Serving These Green, Ohio Neighborhoods
Greensburg — Green's historic core and one of the original five burgs. Established homes and mature landscapes along Greensburg Road create a charming setting. Properties here range from modest ranch homes to larger established residences that benefit from comprehensive lawn care programs.
Forest Lakes and Enclave at Forest Lakes — Premium newer developments with modern homes and HOA-maintained common areas. These Green properties benefit from our consistent, professional lawn care maintenance that meets strict community appearance standards.
Camelot Hills — Established Green subdivision with family homes on generous lots. Comprehensive lawn care programs maintain the neighborhood's well-kept appearance and protect property values.
Spring Hill and Spring Hill Villas — Mix of single-family and villa-style Green properties. Our flexible lawn care service programs accommodate both property types and HOA requirements.
Turkeyfoot Heights and Portage Lakes Area — Green properties near Portage Lakes State Park with unique soil and moisture conditions. Our experience with lakeside and near-water properties ensures appropriate lawn care for these distinctive settings.
Robinwood Estates, Jacobs Ridge, Summit at Forest Lakes — Upscale newer Green developments where professional lawn care maintains the neighborhood's premium appearance and protects significant property investments.
Central Park Area — Properties near Green's exciting new $5 million community park development benefit from the increased community investment in appearance and property values. We also serve all Green-area commercial properties including office parks and retail centers along Massillon Road and the Akron-Canton Airport corridor.
Why Green Property Owners Choose Fili Property Maintenance
My 4.9 Google rating and 140+ reviews didn’t happen by accident. They happened because I do what I say I’ll do, on the day I said I’d do it, for the price I quoted. I’m owner-operated and locally owned, I’ve worked Northeast Ohio properties for over 15 years, I don’t subcontract, and I answer my phone.
Worth saying plainly: landscaping and lawn care are different jobs. This page is about landscaping — design, planting, beds, hardscape, grading, drainage, lighting. If what you need is weekly mowing, fertilization or aeration, that’s covered on my lawn care in Green, Ohio page. Plenty of my Green clients use both — the crew maintaining the lawn is the crew that built the beds, so nobody is weed-whipping the base of a new redbud.
Jordan and his team did such an amazing job! They completely transformed our yard and made it look so amazing! 10/10 would recommend them to anyone!!
Jordan and his team did a great job with our home! We had our front and side large flower beds redone. Jordan picked out some great bushes and flowers to help our home stand out. Jordan and his team also ripped out multiple bushes in our backyard, removed tons of rock and planted new grass. We are so happy with the work he did! Highly recommend! Affordable, friendly and efficient!
The most amazing people. They are very professional, did everything right. I've had others, nothing compares. If you want a professional job, give these guys a call
Jordan and his crew did a great job installing our new lawn. They started by thoroughly rock hounding our yard, followed by nice top soil, seed, fertilizer, and straw. Highly recommend!
Jordan and his team at Fili Property Management installed an in-ground trampoline in our backyard, and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for this service. They were efficient, punctual, and their work was of the highest quality.
I highly recommend Jordan and his crew for any job, big or small, they did amazing work for me and were quick, professional and affordable. He's my new go to for any landscaping projects.
Jordan and crew did a fantastic job installing our inground trampoline! Thank you for everything!
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