Green Scene's own photographs from Brentwood show two very different jobs: the front of the brick home at the top of this page, lit from the beds up, and a stacked-stone fireplace patio under a cedar pergola that's at its best after dark. Between those, the crews here repair and maintain sprinkler systems, replace tired shrubs and prune the ones worth keeping.
Brentwood also has its own way of handling water, and it touches anyone with an irrigation system. The city runs a cross-connection program with a yearly fee, and it takes permit applications online. Both are worth knowing about before any work starts.
What does Brentwood charge for an irrigation backflow device?
$57.00 a year per device. Brentwood's cross-connection program covers domestic and irrigation backflow devices alike, and inspections are done by city staff and by state-certified testers. The one exemption the city lists is an irrigation system that's been disconnected from the public water supply.
Brentwood doesn't treat its own water. It comes in through Harpeth Valley Utility District and Metro Water Services, and the city's Water Services department runs the backflow program on top of that. For a homeowner, the fee is the part that shows up.
A new system we install includes the backflow device, and on an annual maintenance agreement it gets looked over for leaks at the spring start-up and again at winterization. If you bought a Brentwood house with a system nobody can explain, we'll chart it zone by zone and tell you what's worth repairing.
Does an outdoor fireplace in Brentwood need a permit?
Almost certainly. Hardscape fireplaces and the patios they sit on nearly always need a construction permit, and in Brentwood the city's Codes Section accepts those applications electronically. Our office handles the permit work before a crew is booked.
The Brentwood fireplace in our gallery shows why the paperwork is the easy part. A stacked-stone firebox that heavy, under a cedar pergola, depends on what's underneath it, which is why Jose's crews level and stabilize the site with the proper base material first on every build. The fire pits and fireplaces page goes through the masonry, gas and wood-burning choices.
What goes into lighting the front of a brick house?
Mostly decisions about what to show. On the home above, fixtures set low in the beds throw light up the brick so the gables, the arched windows and the stone around the door read clearly at night, while the lawn stays dark and the house does the work. A small ornamental tree near the walk gets its own light.
The reasons people give us are practical as much as anything: seeing the steps and the walk, fewer stumbles after dark, and a house that doesn't disappear once the sun goes down. Every package is designed with the homeowner, starting from a budget and the features you want lit. More on how that works is on the exterior lighting page.
What have Brentwood customers hired Green Scene to do?
Plenty of it is plant work. Doug P. had old shrubs, trees and bushes pulled and replaced, then the existing trees and shrubs pruned, and wrote that the prices "were competitive, and the work was excellent." Pruning is where a crew's habits show. Ours cap any single cut at 15–20% of the plant, and time it to the season that suits that plant.
Josh F., also in Brentwood, came to us after calling several other companies. What he remembered was the first meeting, where Jose arrived on time and was straight with him about the job.