A good landscaper in Lake Oswego, OR holds an active Oregon Landscape Contractors Board license, works locally with verifiable reviews, and gives you a written estimate before touching your yard. HD Landscape and Maintenance is a licensed, insured landscaper serving Lake Oswego, meeting all three of those bars — and this guide covers how to check them for any company you’re considering.
By Donavan Hesedahl, Owner · Last updated 26 August 2026
There isn’t one objectively “best” landscaper for every yard — a lawn-care specialist and a full design-build crew solve different problems. But the ones worth a second call share a few traits: an active LCB license, a body of local work you can actually see, and a written proposal instead of a verbal ballpark.
HD Landscape and Maintenance is a local landscaper Lake Oswego homeowners hire for both — recurring lawn and yard care, and full landscape design, hardscaping, and sustainable installs, under Oregon LCB license #9977, in business since 2018.
Start with the license, not the sales pitch. Oregon’s Landscape Contractors Board runs a public license lookup — any landscaping company near me Lake Oswego OR search turns up should show an active, current license there before you go further.
From there, four things separate a reliable hire from a risky one:
They’re required to be, for most of the work that actually matters. Oregon’s Landscape Contractors Board requires a license for planting and nursery work, irrigation installation and repair, grading and soil prep, and installing or repairing drainage systems — the core of most landscaping jobs.
There are narrow exceptions. A Construction Contractors Board (CCB) license covers some hardscape work like patios and retaining walls, and new-home builders can do limited landscaping under their CCB license, but irrigation always requires an LCB license regardless.
Hiring an unlicensed crew for licensed work isn’t just a compliance issue — it usually means no bond, no required insurance, and no recourse through the state if the job goes wrong. HD Landscape and Maintenance operates under LCB #9977; you can verify that directly on the state’s site before booking a consultation.
We’re a professional landscaper Lake Oswego property owners use for both ends of the job — the recurring work and the one-time builds. On the recurring side: lawn and yard care, scheduled mowing, pruning, and seasonal cleanup. On the build side: landscape design and installation, hardscaping like patios and retaining walls, and native, sustainable landscaping conversions.
We’ve worked on residential and commercial properties across the Portland metro since 2018, and Trustindex has independently verified our Google review score above 4.5 over the past 12 months, qualifying HD Landscape and Maintenance for its Top Rated Certificate.
We’re active throughout Lake Oswego — Lake Grove, Mountain Park, Palisades, Westlake, First Addition, Old Town, and Glenmorrie — on both residential lots and small commercial properties. Outside city limits, the same crew covers West Linn, Tualatin, Wilsonville, and the greater Portland metro from our base in Aloha.For a closer look at how we handle recurring maintenance specifically, our yard care services guide and lawn care services guide cover that side in detail.
Yes. HD Landscape and Maintenance holds Oregon Landscape Contractors Board license #9977 and carries insurance. You can verify any Oregon landscaper’s license status, including ours, through the LCB’s public lookup tool before signing a contract.
We work throughout Lake Oswego — Lake Grove, Mountain Park, Palisades, Westlake, First Addition, Old Town, and Glenmorrie among them — plus West Linn, Tualatin, Wilsonville, and the wider Portland metro from our base in Aloha.
HD Landscape and Maintenance has been in business since 2018, working residential and commercial properties across the Portland metro, including Lake Oswego and Clackamas County, under the same ownership the whole time.
Yes. Every project starts with a free on-site consultation and a written, itemized proposal — you approve the scope and price before any work begins, whether it’s a single maintenance visit or a full-yard install.
Yes. We handle recurring lawn and yard care alongside one-time installs — landscape design, hardscaping, and sustainable native plantings — with the same crew, so nothing gets lost between a design team and a separate maintenance company.
Yes. Drainage and grading correction requires an Oregon landscape contractor license, which we hold. We regrade, install swales, or correct drainage systems before any planting goes in, so water problems don’t resurface later.
If you’ve checked the license and you’re ready for a real quote, HD Landscape and Maintenance handles the consultation, the written proposal, and the work itself — one licensed, insured crew from start to finish.
Call (971) 336-5520 to schedule a walkthrough.. See the full range of what we do on our services page, or browse completed projects in our portfolio.