Residential landscaping in New Gloucester, Maine.
Residential landscaping in New Gloucester is shaped by lot size. The zoning ordinance sets a five-acre minimum in the Farm and Forest district, two acres in Rural Residential and Residential C, and one acre in the Village district and most of the Upper Village. A yard on a parcel that big is rarely a full lawn; it is a finished area around the house that fades into field or woods.
Our crews handle design, plantings, hydroseeding and seasonal cleanups, along with the hardscape that ties it together. Weekly residential mowing is not part of what we offer. The goal on a big New Gloucester lot is usually a well-built core the owner can keep up, with the rest left rougher on purpose.
Deciding where the finished yard ends
Most new houses here went in after the land was cleared for a foundation, driveway, well and leach field. Those four pieces set the bones: the septic field wants grass and nothing deep-rooted, the well needs its separation kept, and the driveway edge takes plow damage every winter. Plantings and beds go where none of that conflicts.
Beyond the core, meadow mowing once or twice a season or a planted woodland edge costs far less to maintain than lawn. On lots in the Groundwater Protection Overlay District, a smaller lawn also means less fertilizer over the aquifer the town has mapped for protection.
Soils and hardiness for plant choice
New Gloucester is in USDA zone 5b on the 2023 map, with an average coldest night between -15 and -10°F. Plant lists built for coastal towns do not always carry over. The soil adds another filter: on sandy Hinckley and Windsor ground, drought-tolerant shrubs and fescue lawns hold up; on wet Lamoine and Scantic silts, plants that tolerate seasonally saturated roots do better than those that need sharp drainage.
The town's pesticide ordinance requires applications to follow state Department of Agriculture standards, and a program built on soil testing, correct pH and the right plant for the spot needs few of them anyway.
Cleanups and what happens to brush
Since June 1, 2026 the New Gloucester Transfer Station no longer accepts brush of any size, citing state environmental rules. The town points residents to Oldcastle Lawn and Garden on Spring Water Road in Poland, which takes clean brush free. For a spring or fall cleanup, that makes hauling part of the plan from the start.
Design · Planting · Cleanups
How we handle landscaping
We design and install residential landscapes across Cumberland and Greater Portland: plantings, hydroseeding, cleanups and the hardscape that ties the property together. Weekly residential mowing is not what we sell — full landscape work is.
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