Green Scene Irrigation & Landscaping is a Franklin business. Jose and Teresa Garcia own it, Teresa grew up here, and so did Cristian Garcia, who sells the work and then turns up at job sites with the materials. From the Mealer Street office the crews put in and repair sprinkler systems, build patios, pergolas and fire pits, and keep up lawns and beds for Franklin homeowners.
Being local is useful in a practical way. It means knowing what the City of Franklin expects of a sprinkler system after it's installed, which chapter of the zoning ordinance deals with trees, and how a backyard like the one in Westhaven comes together trade by trade.
What does Franklin require of a sprinkler system’s backflow device?
A test every year. The City of Franklin tests residential backflow devices annually, as state rules require, and the fee shows up on the water bill. A new system's device joins that cycle as soon as it's connected, so we tell Franklin customers about it at the estimate rather than letting the bill be the first they hear of it.
The city's water quality report also notes that Franklin buys some of its water from Harpeth Valley Utility District. That doesn't change who tests your device if the city bills you. If your bill comes from a utility district instead, the district's rules apply, and its name is printed at the top.
Separate from the city's test, our technicians look the device over for leaks at every spring start-up and every fall winterization, whoever installed the system.
Do Franklin’s tree rules affect a backyard project?
They can, and it's better to find out before the plan is drawn. Tree protection in Franklin is covered in chapter 17.2 of the city's zoning ordinance (2024 edition). A patio footprint, a pergola's posts or a sprinkler trench that runs close to an established tree is the kind of thing to settle first.
Every hardscape design Jose prices starts with a walk around the lot to look at drainage and at what the build will do to the plants already there. If the city has a say, the permit work goes through our office before the crew is scheduled. The same goes for your HOA's guidelines, if the neighborhood has them; a covered patio or pergola is drawn to fit inside them.
What did Green Scene build in Westhaven?
A backyard meant to be used after dark. Under a cedar pergola strung with café lights there's a paver patio, a stone fire pit ringed by four wicker chairs, and a grill station with a refrigerator built into a stacked-stone counter. Beside the patio, past a border of river rock and low path lights, sits an artificial putting green.
That one yard drew on most of what Green Scene builds: the patio and fire pit, the pergola, the green, and the lighting that ties them together. The green needs no mowing, watering or fertilizer, so it's the one part of the yard that stays the same in August as in March. More of the Westhaven job, and others like it, is in the project gallery.
Who handles a Franklin job from the first call?
Teresa manages the office and the service calendar, and calls ring through to her staff. Jose walks the property, prices the work and draws the design; he still quotes and designs every project himself. Once a job is underway, Antonio Estrada keeps you posted on progress and is the one to call after it's finished.
Franklin customers have been specific about what they noticed. Addison J. wrote that the crew "even did a great job cleaning up afterwards," after trimming, weeding and mulching every bed. Megan B., who had a dead crape myrtle and overgrown hollies replaced, said she'd "absolutely be working with Jose again."