Landscaping in Arkansas is drainage wearing a green coat. Bermuda holds the sun. Fescue sulks in it. Pine straw washes down hill lots. Azaleas and crape myrtles sit in air that never quite dries, and a bed against the brick stays wet enough to invite termites and soft mortar. Storms rearrange the grade you thought was settled. The yard is part of the house envelope, not a separate hobby.
Say what the yard is doing to the building. Water standing at the foundation, mulch piled over the weep holes, a limb over the ridge, a gutter that empties into a bed against the siding. A mowing schedule is a fair call too, but name the slope, the shade, and whether you want a cut or a fix. Hill properties and flat Delta lots do not share a plan. Pretending they do is how water ends up in the crawl space.
Trees deliver the storm damage. Sweetgum, pine, and oak drop wood on roofs and fences every severe season, and the stump they leave changes how rain moves. If a limb is on the house, say that first and keep people out from under it. If you want pruning before the next line of storms, say how close the canopy is to the ridge and to the service drop. Do not promise you know which limbs are sound. Describe what you see.
Irrigation is less universal here than people assume, and that matters. A zone that runs at dawn in July can still drown a shaded bed and leave a sunny bermuda patch gasping. If you have a system, say whether it is broken, wasteful, or simply shut off. If you do not, do not invent one. Planting plans that ignore August heat and September storms are how new beds die and how fresh grade settles back toward the wall.
Arkansas rain will test whatever you do to the yard. Call with the town, the job, and whether water, trees, or the weekly cut is the reason. Walk the downhill side of the house before you dial so you can say where the water wants to go. The plants are the easy part. The grade is the part that protects the floor. Call the number on this page.