Landscaping in Newark is a rear patch, a side gap, a tree pit, or a front that is mostly stoop and sidewalk. Some houses have a real small yard. Many have soil in a bed along the brick and a fence you can touch from the kitchen. Shade comes from the next building. Heat comes off masonry. Rain has almost no distance to run before it is at the foundation or in the alley. Say what you have. Do not call it a lawn if it is a court.
Drainage is the useful work. A rear yard pitched at the cellar door, a leader that ends at the foundation, and soil piled against brick will keep the basement wet. That is the call, ahead of flowers. Containers and a tight bed dry out in summer and then sit in splash all winter. Salt from the street hits the front strip. If there is no path for debris except through the house, say so. A few bags of soil are a stair problem in a walk-up.
Trees may be street trees you do not own, or a backyard tree rubbing the flat roof and the leader. Say which. A limb on a low-slope roof is a roof problem. Irrigation is rarely the main event on these lots, and anything that holds water through a freeze can split. A weekly mow applies only if you truly have grass. Otherwise the work is cleanup, beds, grade, and keeping growth off the brick.
Describe the space in one line. Rear yard, side alley, front strip, or planters only. Say whether the cellar takes water. Say whether a gate exists or everything comes through the building. Skip a planting speech until water and access are clear. If the project is only cutting back growth that holds moisture on the wall, say that. It is a legitimate job on these blocks.
Leave the suburban lawn plan out of it. Landscaping in Newark is a tight older lot, brick, and water that has nowhere to go. Call the number on this page.