Lawn maintenance
Weekly or bi-weekly mow, trim, edge, blow. Kentucky bluegrass and fescue blends, kept the way a Salt Lake yard expects.
Salt Lake City, UT — since the early 1990s
Yards Joe's been keeping for thirty-five years.
Mowing, sprinklers, sod, fall cleanups. Most of the lawns on the route have been on it longer than the kids who play on them. Joe Pekipaki picks up the phone himself.
Joe's Landscaping
Joe's Landscaping
Joe's Landscaping
About Joe's Landscaping
One name on the truck. Same one for thirty-five years.
Joe Pekipaki started Joe's Landscaping in Salt Lake City back in the early 1990s. One mower. One truck. A short list of yards he could get to before lunch and finish before dinner.
The list got longer. The kids in those yards grew up. The trees Joe mowed around grew up too — some of them planted the same year he took the job. Most of the families on the route are still on it.
That's the whole story. Same valley, same hands, same way of doing it: mow it clean, edge it sharp, blow the walks, leave the gate the way you found it. We don't do anything Joe wouldn't do himself, because Joe is the one doing it.
Older than most of the yards we maintain.
— Joe Pekipaki, owner
Thirty-five years in the valley
A short history of one Salt Lake landscaper.
We don't make a lot of noise about it. But thirty-five years on the same streets is an unusual thing in this trade — and it changes how the work gets done.
Early 1990s
Joe starts solo
One mower in the truck bed. One trimmer. A short list of yards on the west side of the valley. Joe answers the phone the same day, every day.
Mid-1990s
First crew
The route gets long enough that Joe brings on family. Same name on the truck. Same Joe still on the call sheet.
Early 2000s
Ten-year customers
The first lawns Joe ever mowed hit ten years on the route. Their owners send neighbors. The route fills out across Holladay, Millcreek, and Sugar House.
Early 2010s
Sprinklers across two hundred yards
April turn-ons and October blowouts become a route of their own. Joe knows which old controllers in the Avenues need a tap to come on and which are best replaced.
2020
Pandemic year
Most of the route stays on. Neighbors look out for each other. Joe keeps the schedule. The yards stay green.
2026
Still going
Thirty-five years in. The first kids who played on these lawns have kids of their own now. Joe still picks up the phone.
Most landscaping companies don't last five years. We've been at this seven times that. The yards that prove it are still on the route — call us and we'll add yours.
Call (801) 884-2950 — Joe answers.
What we do — Salt Lake City
Seven things, done plainly.
Thirty-five years on the same kind of yards has trimmed the service list down to what actually matters in a Wasatch climate.
Sprinkler installation, repair & blowout
April turn-ons, summer fixes, October blowouts so nothing splits over winter. New systems sized for a Wasatch summer.
Sod installation
Fresh sod where the old lawn's gone. Prep, lay, water schedule. Bluegrass blends that handle the dry months.
Aeration, overseed & fall fertilizer
Core-aerate in spring, overseed in September, fall fertilizer before the freeze. The three calls that decide what next August looks like.
Tree pruning & removal
Pruning on the right calendar — fruit and shade trees in late winter, deadwood any time. Removal where it's needed.
Yard cleanup
Spring openers, fall leaf hauls, post-storm clears. We bring the trailer and leave the yard the way you wanted it.
Shrub disease management
Fire blight, powdery mildew, scale, the iron-deficient look that hits Wasatch shrubs. We diagnose, treat, and tell you straight if it's not worth saving.
Where we work
Salt Lake proper, plus the east bench.
We stay close. Salt Lake City and the neighborhoods that ride the Wasatch foothills — that's the route. Most of the addresses on the schedule have been on it for years.
The route
- Salt Lake Cityhome
- Holladay
- Millcreek
- Sugar House
- East Bench
- Avenues
- Cottonwood Heights
We know every yard up here. That's not a brag — it's just what thirty-five years on the same streets gets you.
What we don't drive to
We don't run trucks out to West Jordan or Sandy or up to Park City. Tighter radius, faster response.
Reviews — Salt Lake City
Quiet pride, decades of repeat customers.
Joe and his family are honest and trustworthy. We've had him on our yard for years now. I definitely recommend them.
- Yelp
Quick to respond, friendly, efficient — and the work is great. They came out, got it done, and the yard looks the way it hasn't in years.
Joe's been doing my mom's yard since I was in high school. I'm forty-two. Says everything.
October blowout, every year, before the freeze. Never had a split line in twelve years on the route.
- Yelp
Honest about what was worth fixing on the sprinklers and what was past it. New zones run perfect. Old-school work ethic.
Joe answered the phone himself. Walked the yard with us. Gave a price that was the price. Refreshing.
How the regulars do it
One call every fall.
Most of our long-time customers don't call us four times in October. They call us once. Here's what that one call gets you.
Sprinkler blowout
Compressor on every zone, lines blown clear, controller shut down. Before the first hard freeze rolls down off the Wasatch.
Final mow + edge
Last cut of the season at the right height, edges sharp, walks blown. The yard goes into winter looking the way it should.
Leaf cleanup
Maples, oaks, all of it. We bring the tarps and the trailer. Beds raked out, lawn cleared, gutters not our job — but we'll mention them.
Winterizer fertilizer
Late-fall nitrogen feed so the bluegrass roots store what they need to come back strong in April.
One call. Same week. Same crew that's been here since the early 1990s. The yard is ready for snow when we leave.
Get on the route
(801) 884-2950Salt Lake yards we've kept
A few of the streets we work.
East bench — fall foliage on a Wasatch-foothill street 
Established Utah front yard — autumn turn 
A street the trees grew up on 
Holladay back yard — a tree we've worked around for years 
Long-route yard, clean edges 
Mid-summer — full green, mid-route 
April turn-on — full coverage check 
Mid-summer adjust — Sugar House 
Post-blowout — winter sets in 
East-bench hillside — sunset 
Fall cleanup — bed clear-out 
October — leaf-haul day 
Retaining wall + path — Cottonwood Heights 
Wasatch backdrop — residential
Honest estimates
WalkthroughFreein Salt Lake
We come out, walk the yard, and quote in writing. Lawn care, sprinklers, sod, fall cleanup — priced after we see the lot, never sight-unseen.
Free walkthroughs anywhere in Salt Lake City and the east-bench neighborhoods. Call Joe at the number below.
Call (801) 884-2950Questions — Joe's Landscaping
Plain answers about how we work.
Joe and a small family crew. Same name on the truck for thirty-five years. No subcontracted swap-in.
Call Joe
— Joe's Landscaping
If we're on a job we'll call back the same day. Salt Lake City — east-bench neighborhoods only.
or send a quick email — ppekipaki@yahoo.com