Landscaping in Montana is two climates sharing a name. Western valleys are greener, wetter, and full of conifers, with slopes that shed water at a foundation if the grade is wrong. Eastern yards are drier, windier, and dependent on irrigation that may come from a ditch as much as a tap. A planting plan for one will embarrass the other. Say the town before you say the plant. The season is shorter in the high valleys and still not long on the plains.
Grade on a hill is a building problem. Water that runs toward the house becomes a basement, a crawl, and a mold complaint. Swales, downspout extensions, and beds that do not bury the siding matter more than mulch color. Wind on the plains lays young trees over if they are not staked, and it dries new seed before the root takes. A windward row is structure, not decoration. Limb work over a roof is tree work plus a roof look, not a mow.
A weekly cut needs a season that matches the place. Wet weeks in the west and dry weeks in the east change what a visit includes. Cleanup after a snow-break limb or a wind throw is not part of mowing unless you say so. Irrigation heads that spray siding keep a wall wet that the grade is already threatening. Blowouts and ditch schedules belong in the call if you have them. You do not need a drawing. You need the slope and the water source.
Short growing time punishes late starts, especially where nights fall hard even in the warm stretch. Planting without a watering plan is how the row dies. Say if you want establishment included or only the install. Foundation shrubs buried in a drift on the windward side are a heating and access problem as much as a garden one. Mention that if the furnace termination or a well head disappears under the pile every year.
Say the town, mow or grade or trees or water, and which way the lot sheds. Mention a slope into the house if that is the worry. The next valley does not have your dirt. Call the number on this page.