Landscaping in Virginia is drainage on clay, sand, or a mountain slope. Piedmont clay holds water against a foundation and then shrinks away in a dry spell. Coastal lots can be flat and soft. Western lots dump hill water at the uphill wall. If the yard moves water toward the house, say that before you talk about beds. A green lawn can still be rotting a sill.
Lawns fight humidity and shade. A regular cut is not grading, not a tree off the roof, and not a wall that has begun to lean. Downspouts that end at the stoop, soil above the siding, and moss on the shady side are building problems. Oaks and pines own a lot of yards from the plain into the foothills. Describe the slope in plain language.
Salt spray matters near the bay and the ocean. It does not matter on a Richmond-area clay lot or a Shenandoah slope, so do not ask for a beach plan in the Piedmont. Irrigation should not soak the foundation and needs a fall shutdown anywhere a freeze is real. Broken heads are a specific call. So is leaf haul on a wooded acre. Tight town gardens are a different visit from rural fence lines.
If a tree is the subject, say roof, foundation, or lines. Red clay heaves walks and pulls on roots in dry weather. Erosion on a new suburban bank and erosion on a mountain drive are both calls, and they are not the same equipment. Say the region. Plants that like Tidewater will not love a ridge.
Walk the downspouts after a rain. Name the region so the yard is not treated like the wrong end of the state. Landscaping in Virginia should send water away from the house and then live with clay, salt, or a mountainside, whichever you have. Call the number on this page.