LawnWorks, Bret-Mar Team Up on Lawn Care
Joliet's LawnWorks Lawn Care and Bret-Mar Landscape announce a collaboration letting clients access services outside each firm's specialty.
Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Landscaping
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LawnWorks Lawn Care, a family-owned company serving Joliet since 1988, has announced a working collaboration with Bret-Mar Landscape, a second-generation landscape architecture firm. Clients of each company can be connected to the other for services outside each firm's specialty.
Why it matters
Homeowners often need both a well-designed outdoor space and a healthy, maintained lawn. The partnership aims to let property owners handle design and ongoing lawn care without coordinating unrelated companies.
LawnWorks has served Joliet and surrounding communities since 1988 and offers lawn treatments, fertilization, weed control, aeration, mosquito control and overseeding. Bret-Mar specializes in landscaping, hardscaping and outdoor living spaces, and the arrangement's pricing and terms were not detailed.
The players
LawnWorks Lawn Care
A family-owned lawn care company based in Joliet, Illinois, offering treatments, weed control, aeration and pest control.
Bret-Mar Landscape
A second-generation landscape architecture firm specializing in landscaping, hardscaping and outdoor living spaces.
The details
Landscape structures are installed by one company and the surrounding lawn is maintained by the other under the arrangement. LawnWorks tailors its lawn care programs to individual properties and budgets.
Timeline
1988: LawnWorks Lawn Care begins serving Joliet and surrounding communities.
November 6, 2026: The collaboration is announced.
Seasonal Patterns
Partnerships between design and maintenance firms tend to cluster around the spring and fall planting seasons when homeowners commit to outdoor projects. The November announcement falls outside that peak planting window, which may reflect winter scheduling for upcoming seasonal work.
Joliet-area homeowners who need both design work and ongoing lawn care can now be referred between the two firms rather than hiring separate contractors. The arrangement may simplify coordination for projects that combine new outdoor structures with lawn maintenance.
The takeaway
Pairing design and maintenance under one referral arrangement can reduce the coordination burden on homeowners. Property owners planning outdoor projects may want to ask contractors whether they can handle both the build and the ongoing lawn care.
Further reading
For more on outdoor upkeep and design, browse our Landscaping coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Trinidad Express Newspapers.
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