Landscaping in Billings is the trade the short warm season punishes if you wait. Seeding, grading, trees, and drip have to happen while the valley will still grow something and the soil can still be moved. Wind off the rims dries new sod. Irrigation and ditch water decide whether a planting survives the first hot stretch. Cottonwoods throw limbs and roots into the same yards. A weekly mow is the small chapter. The grade away from the house is the chapter that keeps the basement dry when fall rain turns to ice.
The Heights and other exposed lots need staking and a windward plan. A tree that leans in August is a tree that will not protect anything. South-side yards with older canopy need limb cleanup so the roof can be seen and repaired while the season allows. Those are different visits. Do not buy one package for both. Downspouts that end at the step and mulch against siding hold water on clay. Extensions and a bed line below the siding are the work. The slope is not optional.
Define the cut: how often, what a dry week means, and whether storm debris is included. The green weeks are few. A schedule copied from a wetter state will be wrong by midseason. Irrigation heads that spray the house undo the grade. Heads tipped by mowers and a controller running through a wet spell belong in the call. Blow the system out before the warm season is gone or the freeze will find the line you meant to handle.
You do not need a drawing to start. You need the size of the yard, the direction of the wind, and whether water runs at the foundation. Planting in the last mild week without water is how the row dies under the first real cold. Say if establishment is included. A cottonwood over the ridge is tree work and a roof deadline, because the warm season is also the roof season. Say if that limb is why you called.
Say the part of Billings and whether the ground is still a friend. Say grade, trees, mow, or water. Mention the deadline you are actually under. The short warm season ends on its own. Call the number on this page.